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...become - in just the past six months - the most active hub in the people-trafficking trade between Africa and Europe. While authorities in other developing countries such as Albania, Egypt and Tunisia have stepped up border patrols, the Libyan government has turned a blind eye to smugglers. Unable to absorb its own foreign population (in a country of just 5 million, there are 2 million immigrants) and hoping to pressure the European Union into lifting economic sanctions, Libya has allowed camps of would-be immigrants to flourish near the coastal towns of Zuwarah and Zlitan. From there, small and often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Desperate Journey | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...Rangers are insisting that the Sox absorb some of Manny’s contract in addition to taking on A-Rod’s salary...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love It Or Leeve It: A-Rod Can't Fill Two Voids | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...BIGUANIDES This class of drugs signals the liver to produce less glucose and sensitizes muscle tissue to absorb more glucose from the blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Diabetes: What You Can Do | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...stellar grades in ninth-grade English. “One time I had a vocabulary test,” Camann he says, “and I memorized all the 24 words in five minutes.” Give him three hours and he’ll absorb 1440 vocabulary words...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Straight As, Cubed | 12/4/2003 | See Source »

Society provides a breeding ground for the “virus” of religion by labeling children with the religion of their parents. Children, in turn, absorb these beliefs because they are conditioned...

Author: By Asya Troychansky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oxford Scientist Launches Sharp Critique of Religion | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

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