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...competition. But Western firms have largely been wary of Russia's political and economic instability during the 1990s; their hesitation has allowed a domestic retail industry to grow up. It's not just Moscow-based firms that are looking to expand. Pavel Kukarskikh left his native Yekaterinburg for Ottawa, Canada, when the 1998 financial crisis hit, convinced it was impossible to do business in Russia. Three years later he was back, and today he runs 16 kebab stands, a family diner called Sunday and McPeak, a burgeoning hamburger chain with eight outlets that he says McDonald's recently offered...
What if avian flu strikes? State and local law enforcement, backed by the National Guard, may have to isolate or quarantine victims. The U.S. would not seal borders with Canada and Mexico; that would not stop a pandemic and "would have significant negative social, economic and foreign policy consequences," the plan says. The Administration may order the screening of people flying into the U.S., though carriers of the virus who show no symptoms could evade detection...
...February 2005, Canada pulled Adderall off the market, citing the need to investigate the claims of sudden deaths, heart-related deaths, and strokes in children and adults taking regular recommended doses of Adderall. A few months later, Adderall was back on the market, now marked with a warning about misuse and heart-related side effects...
...Administration officials, backed by experts, have decided against sealing borders with Canada and Mexico in the event of an outbreak. The report says that "would likely delay but not stop the spread of influenza to the United States, and would have significant negative social, economic and foreign policy consequences." Alternatives include screening of people entering the United States, possibly with checks pre-departure, en route and upon arrival, because of the flu?s typical two-day incubation period. Still, for all its detail, the report is a reminder that the nation, as Bush is fond of saying in the context...
Would you be interested in an ecologically sound pastime that's mostly free of charge, adventurous and helps you lose kilos in the process? Then get your boots on. Hiking may smack of church camps or high school geography clubs, but vistas like that of Canada's Kootenay Lake Forest, can be just the thing for restoring the jaded traveler's sense of wonder. Here are four other sensational hiking destinations...