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...during September's brutal crackdown against Buddhist monk-led democracy protests. Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate opposition leader, was allowed to meet with members of her party for the first time in three years, and released a statement saying she looked forward to "a meaningful and time-bound dialogue" with Burma's military rulers. Meanwhile, U.N. human-rights envoy Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro was allowed into the country for the first time since 2003, to check on the treatment of prisoners and meet with top junta officials...
...basis of nothing more than a counting system—Penn’s book serves to magnify the differences rather than bridge any polarizing gaps between cross-cutting groups.But at least the numbers game accomplishes one goal: When you list every trend you see, you’re bound to get one right...
...identify themselves as Indonesian. The credit cards they use are usually from other countries. When a carder provides the shipping information, he makes up a name and street address, leaving off his country's name and asking instead that the merchandise be sent to "Java West, India" or "Bound Dungs, Australia." The carder's hope is that the helpful postal workers of India or Australia will conclude that someone made a mistake and then send the parcel on to Indonesia. "I think the postal services in those countries are really trying to do a good job and make sure each...
ADHD is the most common psychiatric childhood disorder in the United States, but it's not bound by geography; diagnosis of ADHD is increasing globally. Since 1993, use of stimulant drugs to treat ADHD has more than tripled worldwide, according to one study. Symptoms for the disorder include impulsiveness, hyperactivity and poor concentration, and can develop over several months. Though most people outgrow the hyperactivity aspect - characterized by having trouble sitting still, moving around when others are seated, or talking while others are talking - about a quarter to a third of children and teenagers carry their ADHD into adulthood. Some...
...When the violence does finally manage to bump the on-field highlights off the front page, a chorus of shock and outrage inevitably follows. But on and off the field, this is a country with a gift for creating dust storms that are bound to change nothing once the proverbial dust has settled. The last fatality was in February when a 38-year-old police officer, Filippo Raciti, was killed by a teenage fan in Catania during rioting at the stadium in the Sicilian city. After the death, there was much talk of applying the same techniques that the English...