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...Minimizing unnecessary emergency calls could also help. So-called "light" and "medium" medical cases fielded by Japan's ambulance system increased by 56% and 58%, respectively, between 1996 and 2006. Last year, Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe urged communities to help to ease the burden on their hospitals and called for an increase in the number of trained doctors, but his plan has been criticized for lacking specific measures. Child care circles, such as those developed by communities in the Kansai area, are examples of how mothers educate each other on what qualifies as a medical emergency for their children...
...relations, stop backing them," he said in an interview last year. "Stop giving them contracts, stop arming them, and stop using them as political tools." Robust and public prosecution of their crimes would limit the warlords' power. The West would have to shoulder more of the security burden, but that may be unavoidable if the U.S. still hopes to transform Afghanistan...
...been that the troubles were the result of poor leadership or malicious enemies abroad. President Obama has declared that the wars and troubles we face are in fact all of our wars and troubles, marking a new era in which Americans may not feel as free from the burden of responsibility for the state of the nation as they once were. The question then becomes, as more and more people find themselves without homes and jobs, will consumers come to hold Pepsi’s recent rebranding as a symbol of a promised hope that resulted...
Harvard’s move to reduce the number of graduate school fellowships mirrors similar measures taken by Northwestern and Stanford’s graduate schools to help alleviate the financial burden...
...Biden, unveiling the broad contours of Obama's new foreign policy framework, made clear that the cost to Europe for a greater share in the decision-making would be a willingness to shoulder a greater share of the burden. While pledging to abide by international rules, fight climate change, engage with the Islamic world and "press the reset button" with Russia, Biden warned that Washington would also expect changes from Europe. "America will do more. That's the good news," he said. "The bad news is that America will ask for more from our partners as well." (See pictures...