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Toilets are a privilege that nearly half the world lacks. At least 2.6 billion people around the planet have no access to a toilet - and that doesn't just mean that they don't have a nice, heated indoor bathroom. It means they have nothing - not a public toilet, not an outhouse, not even a bucket. They defecate in public, contaminating food and drinking water, and the disease toll due to unsanitized human waste is staggering. George notes that 80% of the world's illnesses are caused by fecal matter: A single gram of feces can contain 10 million viruses...
...data shows that people have still have more access to credit than ever before," says Andrew Davidson, a VP at Synovate. "Some companies are pulling back credit to riskier borrowers, but for the industry as a whole, access and usage of credit cards is at record levels...
...It’s important for students to have access to unbiased information based on scientific evidence,” said David C. Tian, a first-year medical student who soon joined his peers in their quest to tighten the school’s conflict of interest policies...
...Virgin America will offer in-flight Internet service starting Nov. 22, just in time for Thanksgiving travel. Access will cost $9.95 for short flights, and $12.95 for long hauls. The first wired flights will be on the West Coast, but the airline plans to extend service to the whole fleet by Spring...
...upcoming election," Celestin Niyongabo, the Burundian ambassador to the United States, told TIME. "Burundi is a country emerging from conflict," and given potential security threats, "the police had the right to go and look at what is happening in the house of any citizen." He emphasized that Sinduhije has access to a lawyer. He could not say when the trial would be, but said he hopes "as soon as possible." He noted that Sinduhije has not been physically harmed - an assertion that Sinduhije's supporters have backed up. Burundi, the ambassador declares, remains "committed to human rights...