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...swine flu.) A few days earlier, Russia had banned the import of Spanish pork products in response to the relatively high number of swine flu cases in Spain. For Anatoly Gendin, a reporter covering the conference for a Moscow-based culinary magazine, the ban is simply a measure of caution. "It's not always easy to explain the fine details [of the virus' spread] to the whole population," he said. "So they did this to be on the safe side." (See pictures of swine flu hitting Mexico...
...Fortunately, the flu pandemic did not materialize. The rate at which people are getting infected is slowing. The rate at which people are dying is decelerating even more. In a few weeks, the pandemic could be down to a few dozen cases. But, the latest caution from the WHO is that these flu viruses can become more virulent over time. No one knows how bad the mutations of the "swine...
...findings, saying no civilians had died, only Taliban. But after a high-level investigation, widespread protests and heavy pressure from President Karzai, the military revised the civilian death toll to 33. In the aftermath, McKiernan issued a directive that commanders in the field err on the side of caution when fighting near populated areas, opting for disengagement rather than hot pursuit...
Bernanke has shown that he has evolved from being an academic to being a man of action, but he has not made any progress as an economist. He takes a position of optimism balanced by caution in almost all of his public statements, which makes them nearly useless...
While the report's aim is to compare societies across the globe and examine how government policy affects people's daily lives, its authors are quick to caution against jumping to conclusions, especially for large countries "with a significant degree of federalism" (think U.S., Canada and Australia). Still, the report does offer some tidbits that tickle the brain: did you know that despite having one of the longest life expectancy rates in the world, most Japanese people think their health is poor? Well...