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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...current study does not detail why bacterial infections are occurring less frequently than before, but Burton speculates that it may be a result of greater vigilance on the part of both hospitals and state health departments in detecting and controlling the spread of MRSA. During the 10-year study period, improved methods of inserting catheters, shorter leave-in times for catheters, as well as improved hygiene and isolation practices have all become more routine. The goal now is to further reduce the risk of MRSA in vulnerable populations by identifying them early on: according to the Association for Professionals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bacterial Infections in Hospitals Decline | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...deadly arrogance. With the cities emptied and the population under Khmer Rouge control, Pol Pot's means of implementation was to begin exterminating anyone who didn't fit this new ideal. He declared that he was turning Cambodia - now renamed the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea - back to "Year Zero," and intellectuals, businessmen, Buddhists and foreigners were all purged. "What is rotten must be removed," read a popular Khmer Rouge slogan at the time, and remove they did, often by execution but sometimes simply by working people to death in the fields...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khmer Rouge | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...unclear what Mohammed's precise role will be, or how much leverage he has in Swat. The militant leader emerged as a force in the mid-1990s, when his loyalists, sporting black turbans, seized control of buildings and courthouses before the government of then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was able to tame the revolt and sign a truce. In late 2001, Mohammed led thousands of young men - including Fazlullah - to Afghanistan to fight the Western forces that had invaded in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Upon their return, Mohammed was arrested and imprisoned. His release last year was contingent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's Shari'a Pact: Giving In to the Taliban? | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...provider, and the wife submissive. It is Family Laws that mean a Malaysian woman who goes against the 'lawful' wishes of her husband can be judged 'disobedient', and lose her right to maintenance. It is Family Law that an unmarried woman in Jordan is legally under the control of a male guardian until the age of 40. It is under Family Law, as practiced in India, that a Muslim woman can find herself divorced, unilaterally, by text message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Muslim Women Demand End to Oppressive Laws | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...YouTube video of a G7 press conference in Rome last week. Today, it finally cost him his job. At a press conference in Tokyo, he resigned from his cabinet post, delivering yet another blow to the administration of Prime Minister Taro Aso as he struggles to keep control of his party and deal with the country's ever-worsening economic crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's 'Drunk' Finance Chief Steps Down | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

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