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...dependable partner in Washington's war on terror, and Tunisian intelligence officers provide "intense cooperation" with CIA and FBI agents, says Tahar Fellous Refaï, director general of external relations and international cooperation at Tunisia's Ministry of the Interior. In October the ripples from Tunisia's approach to human rights reached Washington: a federal judge ordered the U.S. government not to send a Guantánamo detainee home to Tunisia, fearing he'd be tortured in jail and suffer "devastating and irreparable harm." Ten Tunisians remain in Guantánamo, and Refaï says they can expect many years...
...might explain the shift toward more positive emotions and thought processes as people age and approach death, and the preternaturally positive outlook that some terminally ill patients seem to muster. Though it looks a lot like old-fashioned denial, that's not the case, says lead author Nathan DeWall. It's not that "'I know I'm going to die, but I just con myself into thinking I'm not.' I don't think that's what's going on here," says DeWall. "I think what's happening is that people are really unaware of [their own resilience]" - whereas, with...
...Sahand Moarefy ’10, who represented the Dems in the debate, stressed the importance of diplomatic resolution to international conflicts. “We have to work within multinational institutions like NATO and the U.N.,” Padilla said. Moarefy too emphasized this approach, advocating for a thorough use of all diplomatic means before taking military action, including open dialogue with leaders such as Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. “The whole point of diplomacy is to address issues where we don’t see eye to eye,” Moarefy said...
...discovery provides the first concrete evidence to support this hypothesis. “Some paleoanthropologists have guessed that in Neanderthals it could be the same. But of course, the beauty of our study is that we prove it directly from the genes, a kind of color under the skin approach,” Lalueza-Fox said. While Neanderthals followed a different evolutionary path to their redheaded appearance than modern humans, their pale skin and red hair provided certain advantages comparable to that of northern Europeans today. At high altitudes, where there is less UV radiation, homo sapiens have light skin...
...Rodriguez had agreed to take. The deal died. This time around, would the Sox meet A-Rod's demands, which might reach upwards of $30 million a year? When I asked Lucchino if the Red Sox would pursue the superstar, he responded: "I'm not going to approach that tonight...