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...economic commentary may not cause as much speculation and anxiety as that of U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, but the words of China's Premier Wen Jiabao have taken on new portent in global financial markets. The fast-growing Chinese economy, the world's sixth largest, is experiencing irrational exuberance, mainland style, and it's up to Wen to reassure everyone that Beijing can ease the country's growth rate from last year's torrid (unofficial) rate of 11.5% to single-digit levels?and do so without causing a crash that slashes China's demand for imports...
Ashrawi delivered a stinging rebuke of Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, a vocal advocate of Israel who spoke at the forum on Monday. “Academics should not become propagandists for anyone, or apologists for anyone,” she said, referring to Dershowitz...
...well-attended speech at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum last night, Alan Dershowitz criticized Israel’s global portrayal as a “colonialist, apartheid, genocidal” state, arguing that the reputation does not line up with the country’s actual policies...
...gruesome. There is no doubt that an aborted fetus is not a pretty thing. However, the widely circulated pictures of dismembered, highly-developed fetuses are deceptive because they imply that all or even most abortions are late-term abortions. In fact, according to 1999 statistics collected by the Alan Guttmacher institute, 88.1 percent of abortions in the United States are done within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion done during the first trimester is one of the most common surgical procedures in the United States, and can be done quickly and safely with relatively simple technology. And the more...
...control pills. If taken within 72 hours of intercourse, emergency contraception can reduce a woman’s risk of becoming pregnant by between 75 and 99 percent. Like regular birth control pills, it inhibits ovulation, fertilization and implantation—but will not affect an existing pregnancy. The Alan Guttmacher Institute estimates that 51,000 abortions were prevented in 2000 due to better access to and better knowledge of emergency contraception...