Low-lying Pacific islands pin hopes on UN meeting as sea rise threatens survival

UN general assembly to hold special session this week as experts say rises already locked in by climate change mean disappearance of many atolls The Pacific country of Kiribati might be surrounded by water, but on land its population is running dry. The ocean around them is steadily encroaching, contaminating underground wells and leeching salt into the soil. "Our waters have been infected," climate activist and law student Christine Tekanene says. "Those who are affected, they now can't survive...