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...worker at the farm who said he was in the U.S. illegally (like most other employers, Deal is simply unable to tell a good set of forged documents from the real thing). Why would legal workers be jealous of illegals? Because illegals can move freely. He's "like a bird," one of the guest workers told me quite earnestly. "He can move anywhere he wants." Others were also jealous, ironically, of an illegal's ability to set down roots in the U.S. The Senate plan provides the outlines of a path to citizenship for guest workers, but it first requires...
...global domination theory would see him join Hendrick Motorsports in a lineup somewhat akin to having Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson all on the same team. Hendrick, which has won six of the last seven Nextel Cup races, is home to four-time Nextel Cup champion Jeff Gordon, who recently passed Earnhardt Sr. on the career wins list, and defending champion Jimmie Johnson, as well as Kyle Busch and Casey Mears. With the four-team limit on owners imposed by NASCAR, either Busch or Mears would have to go, but Dale Jr.'s appeal to sponsors and fans...
...That doesn't mean the fight is meaningless. International experts need to have samples in lab to fully analyze the behavior and genetic structure of the bird flu virus, looking for the all-important mutation that might mean H5N1 is ready to go pandemic. (Currently H5N1 only rarely infects human beings, but flu viruses change constantly - hence the need for up-to-date analysis.) Since Indonesia is where most new human bird flu cases have been occurring - as one Jakarta official acknowledged with a twist of pride, "We do have the most deadly virus" - scientists need to see Indonesian samples...
...Both sides expect the problem to be addressed at the World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of all 193 member nations of the WHO, which begins May 14. Indonesia has been weathering criticism of its response to bird flu since the outbreaks began, but the country will come under intense international pressure if it continues to abstain from sharing. One international health expert based in the region notes that Jakarta hasn't been shy about asking for international help in controlling the disease in chickens, claiming that bird flu had originated outside its borders. "But when it comes to sharing...
...Despite its recent refusal to share samples, Indonesia has actually been fairly open about bird flu and prompt in reporting new cases - considerably more so than China, which remains a "black hole of bird flu data," according to the expert. But that goodwill will be squandered unless Indonesia resumes sharing. Unfortunately, Jakarta may be digging in its heels. Supari told TIME that "the current unfair access to vaccines worsens the global inequality between the rich and the poor, between the North and the South - and I think that is more dangerous than a pandemic." Unless Jakarta changes its policy...