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This year is almost certain to be the warmest on record, meteorologists are
predicting. With three-quarters of the year gone, average temperatures across
the world for 1997 are 0.38 掳C higher than the average for the period
1961-1990. 鈥淭his is the same as in 1995,鈥� which set the previous record, says
David Parker of Britain鈥檚 Meteorological Office in Bracknell. 鈥淏ut with an El
Ni帽o in full flow, there is a strong warming trend, so a record is almost
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