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...enemies divided. But in these days of post-ideological, yet increasingly chilly, peace, Russia and China are linking arms against the U.S. Presidents Boris Yeltsin and Jiang Zemin held talks Wednesday at a regional summit in the border nation of Kyrgyzstan, and both emphasized the need to build a common front against the U.S. Jiang warned of a "new display of hegemony relying on force (that) has already drawn concern on the international scene," while Yeltsin complained that "some nations are trying to build a world order that would be convenient only for them, ignoring that the world is multi...
...expected to conclude a deal this week in which Russia will sell a large number of SU-30 jet fighters and other military hardware to China. Although border disputes had fueled their feud during the 1960s, both countries also now share an interest in resolving those and developing a common approach to Islamic secessionist challenges. Most important, though, Moscow and Beijing share an intense resentment at being relegated by Washington to the role of character actors on the international stage. Where Mao?s doctrine of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" had once led China into an alliance...
...COMMENT] May be the last common ancestor of both Neanderthals and modern humans; species designation debated...
Most important, you need to find a medical professional who has the time and inclination to get to the bottom of your problem. "Fatigue is so common, many doctors treat it like background noise," says Dr. Benjamin Natelson, a neurosciences expert at the University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School, in Newark, N.J., and the author of Facing and Fighting Fatigue (Yale University Press, $15.95). But even if your physician can't pinpoint a specific reason for your fatigue, there are ways to manage it. For instance, Natelson has found, somewhat to his surprise, that gentle conditioning exercises...
...EMPTIVE STRIKE It's a cruel but common outcome: a patient with lung cancer appears to be in complete remission, but then dies when the disease spreads to the brain. Prophylactic radiation of the skull has been used for years in hopes of preventing or delaying the onset of brain tumors, but its effectiveness was uncertain. A new analysis concludes that the therapy does bestow a small but significant survival advantage...