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...game - the activity involves applying pressure to the neck to stop the blood flow to the brain and then releasing the pressure to create a temporary sense of euphoria. It isn't new: French medical books mention the scarf game as early as the 18th century, and deaths in Britain, Canada and the U.S. have occasionally made the headlines over the years. What is new - and frightening - is that teenagers are now uploading instructional videos to the Internet that glamorize the potentially deadly practice. (See the 25 best blogs...
...larger countries like Britain, with relatively deeper pockets of conservatism, progress has come more slowly. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government passed a Local Government Act, Section 28 of which barred the "promotion of homosexuality" in schools and defined gay partnerships as "pretended family relationships." Such homophobia emboldened both gay-rights advocates and future politicians. "People came out who otherwise wouldn't have, and it woke up our heterosexual friends and family," says Michael Cashman, now a Labour Member of the European Parliament. In 1989, Cashman and actor Ian McKellen co-founded campaign group Stonewall. Around the same time...
...patent pools" for their more expensive second- and third-generation antiretroviral drugs. In such an arrangement, an umbrella organization like UNITAID manages a pool of patents that allows generic producers to make second- and third-generation drugs at an affordable price for developing countries. The UNITAID board, backed by Britain, France, Brazil, Norway and Chile, has just agreed to set up a patent pool for AIDS drugs, but the success of the venture depends on the cooperation of pharmaceutical companies. (Read "Is Obama Scaling Back Bush's AIDS Initiative...
...pressure from the U.S. and its NATO allies to outline her position on increasing Germany's troop levels in Afghanistan ahead of an important Afghan conference in London on Jan. 28. Germany has 4,300 soldiers in Afghanistan, making it the third largest international contributor after the U.S. and Britain. But the CDU's partners are split over whether to send more. According to media reports, Westerwelle is opposed to a troop increase and would rather focus on efforts to train the Afghan police. But Merkel's Defense Minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, a member of the CSU, is reportedly...
What distinguishes al-Awlaki is not his record; other preachers have had demonstrably closer links to al-Qaeda and jihad. It is his target audience. Al-Awlaki aims his sermons at young Muslims mostly living in the U.S. and Britain. This is a group he understands better than any other radical preacher. In his fluent English, he has become that rare specimen: the jihadist cleric who can communicate effortlessly with audiences in the West. His tone and his message can appear seductively conciliatory. Most of his sermons have nothing at all to do with radical ideology; they are simple translations...