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...exiled from his country as a rebel against the Austrian empire. No safety is to be found in France, however, as he is first glimpsed fleeing from secret agents of the Austrian government. He rides posthaste through the south of France, which is being ravaged by an epidemic of cholera, and eventually meets up with some of his comrades and fellow exiles. On the way, he takes refuge in the house of a young French woman (Juliette Binoche), who, with a poise and breeding equal to his own, treats him with unquestioning hospitality...
Soon after rejoining his friends, Angelo decides to return alone to Italy, only to discover that the border has been closed off for fear of the cholera. He also meets the young woman who helped him, whom, we do not learn until much later, is called Pauline de Theus, and is the wife of a marquis. He assists her in crossing the border, and insists on riding with her as guide and protector. As the two journey on together they build a curious kind of relationship, which never develops into intimacy since each quickly encounters a quality of deep reserve...
...wealthy. "Mine is the story of the fall from grace of a high-born cross-breed," the Moor notes, although the past "grace" he mentions consists largely of Da Gama insanities, grudges and general bad behavior. "What an epidemic of getting-even runs through my tale, what a malaria cholera typhoid of eye-for-tooth and tit-for-tat! No wonder I have ended...
...arrival of the real-life thriller The Hot Zone on the best-seller list, plus outbreaks of cholera, tuberculosis, Legionnaire's disease, hantavirus, plague and -- yes -- the flesh-eating version of streptococcus bacteria, have driven home a frightening truth: the war against infectious diseases is nowhere near over. In fact, because of drug-resistant bacteria and newly emerging viruses, medical science actually seems to be losing ground...
November has not been kind to Yasser Arafat. He has suffered unprecedented public protests against his rule in the Gaza Strip, including the humiliation of being ousted from a funeral by jeering constituents. Palestinian authorities disclosed a rare outbreak of cholera, after initially denying the news. And, worst of all, Arafat's Islamic opponents pledged to continue their campaign of violence against Israel, and to include his security forces among their targets. Late last week a suicide bomber bicycled into a group of Israeli soldiers and police near the Israeli settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip and detonated...