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Unlike most Western and Indo-European cultures—in which last names are passed down in a male-dominated system, from father to son—clan names ultimately cut across blood lines in Uganda, making the clan, and not the father, the fundamental source of authority, Maureen said...
...into the house, the last thing I said to her was, "I'm going to go in the house and call Joe. Thanks for coming by." I turned, I got my hand on the knob of the door. I only know that because the police said there was blood on the inside of the doorjamb. Within that second, she pulled a gun out, aimed it at my head and pulled the trigger. The next thing I knew, it was three days later...
Donors also must meet an array of requirements before a hospital will operate. You must be healthy enough to withstand a four-hour operation. You must be free of disease - HIV, hepatitis or cancer will disqualify you - and, of course, you need to have the same blood type as the recipient. It takes an average of three months for hospitals to assess and approve a transplant. Kidney donation is a major commitment - you can't drive or lift anything for six weeks, and it can be over a month before you're ready to return to work. (See pictures...
...Fifty-year-old Zagas Erdenebileg is the leader of Dayar Mongol (All Mongolia), the most prominent of the neo-Nazi groups. "If our blood mixes with foreigners', we'll be destroyed immediately," says Erdenebileg, who has run unsuccessfully for parliament four times. He loathes the Chinese - whom he accuses of involvement in prostitution and drug-trafficking - and reveres Genghis Khan, who he says influenced Adolf Hitler. I ask him if he considers his adoption of the beliefs of a regime that singled out and executed people with Mongol features from among Soviet prisoners...
...oration was spent in praise of "our armed forces who astonished the world by their skill in war." He linked their effort to the nation's heroic past defending itself against invaders. "The lessons we learnt from those great battles of the past are ingrained in our flesh, blood and bones...