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...harder for the surviving spouse, especially if they had relied almost exclusively on each other for company. Men, researchers say, often have more difficulty because their wives tend to be the only people in whom they confide their deepest feelings. In such cases, professional counseling can provide a boost...
...region's fastest-growing cities is Kayseri, formerly Caesaria, founded more than 3,000 years ago. Today, it still has the appearance of an old Asian trading town. But a tariff agreement signed ten years ago between Turkey and the E.U. gave a massive boost to the city's textile, furniture and electronic supply industries, with 400 new factories having been built in the past five years alone. And the expansion of exports to Europe and the U.S. has improved local quality control and raised labor and industrial standards in the region. Signs of prosperity are everywhere as the city...
...Saharan Africa, three million children, age five and younger, are orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. Since the virus can transfer through breast milk, and formula is often mixed with unclean water by African mothers, iThemba Lethu relies on donated breast milk to feed the children there and boost their immune systems...
...headed animal, despite a very public and unsuccessful mating dance with General Motors this summer and fall. Kirk Kerkorian, a large GM shareholder, wanted the flailing auto giant to join the Nissan-Renault family, hoping Le Cost Killer could wield le knife at GM and help boost the stock. Having witnessed the leaps that two former mediocrities like Nissan and Renault could make by partnering, Ghosn found the idea of pooling forces with GM appealing. And he figured GM could help his carmakers save billions of dollars on everything from power trains to transmissions. But the talks fizzled when Ghosn...
...development agency credited with keeping a lid on the violence until Thaksin dismantled it in 2002; kick-started the investigation into the 2004 abduction of a prominent Muslim human-rights lawyer, Somchai Neelaphaijit, who is still missing; and last week announced the formation of a special economic zone to boost development in the impoverished region...