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...likely to be slow and painful for Elisabeth and her children. The Austrian teenager Natascha Kampusch, who was held hostage for eight years, has said her own traumatic experience and suffering would stay with her for the rest of her life. The Fritzl family, in addition, has the huge burden of incest to deal with. Experts suggest that Felix, the youngest, may have the best chances of living a normal life. Kepplinger said the boy was a "very affectionate, bright child," who sticks close to his mother's side. The family is being given legal advice about the possibility...
...water and breathing bad air. The Indian government says that 55% of households have no toilet facilities. Many cities lack sewers. The missing infrastructure is not unique to India. Parts of Africa face similar underdevelopment. But some public-health experts believe that India's massive population adds to the burden, overloading systems where they do exist and aiding the spread of disease in the many places they...
...Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification at the polls is constitutional. We believe that both sides of the Supreme Court’s argument—that the law does not place an undue burden on citizens’ ability to vote and that this law protects against the imminent threat of voter fraud—are misguided. This law, which is one of the nation’s toughest, does not allow voters to use utility or phone bills or employee identification at the polls...
...story is one of alienation and self-discovery. Ares’ childhood and family life are unconventional; his mother eschews the “labels” of psychologists and doctors who would classify Malcolm as “handicapped,” forcing much of the burden of caring for Malcolm, who doesn’t like to speak or be touched, to fall on young Ares.In many ways, “The God of War” is the tale of Ares’ coming-of-age. Under the weight of his responsibilities, Ares finds himself totally alone...
...theory, this seems like an excellent idea, with the potential to ease the burden on the environment from meat production, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve human health. In practice, however, the chances of anyone actually winning the prize seem slim. "No one has yet produced [in vitro meat]. No one has succeeded in coming close," says Dr. Stig Omholt, director of Norway's Centre for Integrative Genetics and chair of the In Vitro Meat Consortium, which held its first symposium this month. Still, Omholt says, "it seems possible to develop this technology...