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...humans in that market rather than the other way around. For Yi, a hot-tempered, chain-smoking workaholic, this was an unbearable impugning not just of his research but also of his genuine desire to apply his science to public health. Even more worrying was China's decision in August lifting the ban on sales of civets. By September, the markets were again crawling with them. One dealer in Shenzhen, when asked if he could procure a thousand civet cats, replied, "That's hard." He paused, then added, "It may take me a day to get that many...
...inquest was launched last week into the August 1997 deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed. Don't read anything into that. An inquest is required, and it began as late as it did mainly because royal coroner Michael Burgess had to wait until the French investigation (which concluded that the car crash was an accident) was finished. Still, it has revived interest in conspiracy theories--some of them fueled by Diana herself, in a letter made public in which she expressed fear that she might be killed. But most appear highly dubious...
...Riduan Isamuddin, a.k.a. Hambali, himself claims to have had no success dealing with southern Thai militants. The alleged former JI operations chief told his U.S. interrogators shortly after his arrest in central Thailand last August that Thai militants refused to help him blow up tourist spots in the country, recalling, "They did not agree with the targets." Whatever the motives behind the latest violence, there is no sign it will let up: last Friday, Thai security officers found a time bomb at a police station about 40 kilometers from the military base where the four soldiers were murdered. For once...
...that market, rather than the other way around. For Yi, a hot-tempered, chain-smoking workaholic, this was an unbearable impugning not just of his research but also his genuine desire to apply his science to public health. Even more worrying was the Chinese government's decision in August lifting the ban on sales of civets. By September, the markets were again crawling with them. One dealer in Shenzhen, when asked if he could procure a thousand civet cats, replied, "That's hard." He paused, then added, "It may take me a day to get that many...
...late August, Massachusetts lawmakers passed a piece of legislation which undid a part of state law that required fares to return to their previous level if ridership dropped by more than 4 percent...