Quickstops (Sep 24, 2005)

- NGO Mercy Relief has completed some 50 classroom structures in 19 schools on the island of Nias to replace buildings lost in the March 28 earthquake (CNA, Sep 24). Earlier, it is also reported that the group will be rebuilding two boarding schools in Meulaboh (CNA, Sep 15).

- Singapore may be on its way to getting two more submarines from Sweden (The Local; hat tip Military Nuts). These are Västergötland class boats; but the likelihood is that they will be upgraded to the Södermanland Class.

- Now for the weather: the link--or lack thereof--between hurricans and global warming (BBC, Sep 23). Another not unrelated article (Reason.com).