Australian: THE globetrotting leaders of Pacific islands who have attained international celebrity – especially in Europe – over the slow drowning of their homelands, are in a state of shock. The latest research indicates that most of the Pacific’s low-lying islands are growing, not shrinking. And this week leaders of Tuvalu and Kiribati, the nations most often cited as the victims of inundation, struggled to respond to these findings: good news for their countrymen but an awkward message …