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...could spawn a lethal genetic hybrid. "If it gets as transmittable as human-to-human flu viruses, we are basically looking at a pandemic," says Dr. Malik Peiris, a University of Hong Kong microbiologist. The 1997 outbreak came in the fall; "We were lucky," says Dr. Paul K.S. Chan, a microbiologist with Chinese University of Hong Kong. But now, in the middle of flu season, there is an increased chance of genetic mixing. With experts from the World Health Organization's Global Influenza Surveillance network on their way, a nervous public is hoping to get lucky again...
Unlike last year’s lesser known honoree, actor Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah is a return to the big-name host for the show, which in the past has chosen Jackie Chan, Will Smith, Halle Berry and Matt Damon ’92 as hosts...
Fann Wong, the 32-year-old leading lady of Shanghai Knights, spoke with TIME about her Hollywood debut, fighting alongside Jackie Chan and kissing Owen Wilson...
...TIME: What was it like working with Jackie Chan...
When James Soong left the Kuomintang (KMT) prior to Taiwan's 2000 presidential race, he essentially handed the election to Chen Shui-bian and his upstart Democratic Progressive Party. Soong, running as an independent, outpolled the KMT's nominee, then-Vice President Lien Chan, 36.8% to 23.1%. Chen, however, took 39.3%, putting an end to more than 50 years of KMT rule. But three years in the political wilderness seem to have thawed the friction between Soong and Lien, and?on Valentine's Day, appropriately enough?they announced that they would join forces against Chen in the next election...