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...According to TIME's cover story, "It's not Clear that Anyone has the Ability to Get the Belligerents to Calm Down" in the Middle East. Fortunately, that is completely false. For one, the U.S. could simply tell Israel to stop bombing Lebanon and Gaza or forfeit military aid. Israel would have no choice but to comply. The fact that the Bush Administration has not pursued that avenue to peace indicates that its stated priorities are not its actual goals. Feroze Sidhwa Sugar Land, Texas...
...long as the U.S. gives substantial amounts of military and economic aid to Israel, America is going to be blamed for any atrocities that are committed. We need to look at what is right for the U.S., then worry about everyone else. Joy Cassell Orlando, Florida...
...country as secretive as North Korea, even natural disasters are shrouded in mystery. With international aid groups struggling to determine the extent of damage caused by July's torrential rains and floods, Seoul-based NGO Good Friends last week reported that the disaster left more than 54,700 dead or missing and 2.5 million homeless?a startling contradiction of Pyongyang's claim that "hundreds" were dead. Good Friends also warned that large areas of farmland were washed out, raising the specter of another famine, reminiscent of the one that cost the lives of as many as 2 million North Koreans...
...topic. Unfortunately, they contradict each other. One, appearing in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, compared a Gatorade-like drink with one similar to Accelerade, as well as with an artificially sweetened placebo. The conclusion: added protein might indeed help muscle recovery, but it does nothing to aid athletic performance. The other, appearing in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, looked not at performance but at hydration--how much of what you drink stays in your body. And in that study Accelerade came...
...rise of Hizballah and other militant Shi'ite groups in Iran and Iraq don't want to lose Lebanon. (Many of them have summer homes here.) The Saudis have already provided $1 billion in emergency funds to Lebanon's central banks and an additional $500 million in reconstruction aid to the Lebanese government. The rebuilding frenzy could provide an opportunity for the U.S. to improve its tarnished reputation with the Lebanese people. So far, the U.S. has pledged $50 million in humanitarian assistance, but few expect American efforts to have much impact. "This is going to be a very politicized...