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...bravura balancing act, on May 13 Benedict simultaneously fast-tracked John Paul II for sainthood and appointed San Francisco Archbishop William Levada as his own replacement to head the Vatican office on doctrine. The first announcement may run counter to Benedict's natural inclinations: he appears to frown on mass-market saintmaking (he has said he will not attend beatifications, which are a step before canonization). However, he clearly regards John Paul as a special case for sainthood and not just because of his own admiration. In the days before his election, the then Cardinal not only heard the cries...
...Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's hold on working-class North Dublin. But there's also a risk that splinter groups could keep the violence going. "Nothing has changed," a defiant source from the Continuity I.R.A. told Time. "There is still a British presence that has to be removed." To counter that threat, I.R.A. members will need to show the same determination to keep the peace as they once displayed to wage...
...Chinese government is working to reduce antibiotic abuse. Over-the-counter sales were made illegal a year ago and advertisements targeting consumers have been curtailed. But enforcing regulations in a country of 1.3 billion people is hard; TIME reporters had little difficulty purchasing antibiotics without prescriptions in several Beijing pharmacies recently. Experts say too few people understand the risks of overuse. Physicians and consumers need to be educated. Says Dr. Raymond Yung, head of infection control at Hong Kong's Department of Health: "Antibiotics are a double-edged sword"?one the world must learn to wield with care...
...that," he says, "where does the rest of it go?" Saying he is reluctant to be "just a windbag" on fair trade, Firth has also invested in a chain of coffee shops in London that pledges to compensate the crop's farmers fairly. He has worked the counter and participated in coffee tastings. "You swirl, you spit, and someone talks poetry about it," he says...
Owners of chocolate lounges say their clientele is about 60% women, but men are discovering that they make a sweet spot for dates. Ethel's manager Rugya Marshall says plenty of single guys find their way to her counter. "You'd think the pink would scare them," she says, "but they're pretty brave when it comes to chocolate." --With reporting by Leron Kornreich/Los Angeles and Golnoush Niknejad/New York