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...hurt at seeing this," said Dr. S. Hakki Onen, a sleep specialist and geriatrician with the Hôpital Gériatrique A. Charial, part of the Hospices Civils de Lyon in France. "To see [the research] used in this manner is upsetting because [the CIA's] goals run counter to the therapeutic intent of our effort ... In publishing clinical findings like this, you're aware you lose control of them, because they can be read and even abused by people who may have other objectives in mind...
...Abhisit needn't have worried. With Songkran fast approaching, the ban was scrapped - not because it was unfair to the responsible majority of Thai drinkers but because, like minimum pricing, there was no guarantee it would make any difference. Thais would either stockpile booze or buy it under the counter...
...each other for a moment, and then, without thinking, I raise the milk to my nose to smell it.“Still good?” she asks, dropping her keys on the side table by the door.I smell it again, and then put it down on the counter. “Yup.”She comes over to the alcove by the fridge and just stands there quietly. “There’s a lot of cars out in the driveway,” she says, after a minute...
...Over the past few months, Mexican president Felipe Calderon has been deploying troops throughout Mexico to counter gangs and drug cartels, especially those in Ciudad Juarez. His decision is justifiable; last year, over 2,000 people were murdered in the infamous city. The addition of more troops throughout the nation, however, has led to even more violence, resulting in over 6,000 total deaths. With the situation in Ciudad Juarez so volatile, America needs to look after its own citizens in the area. The Department of Homeland Security should deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, where, while...
...contemporary field of AIDS research and prevention, at least, does not accord the data such dignity. Dr. Green and those who concur with his findings run counter to the prevailing prejudices. Leftist politicians continue to malign and censure the Pope for his opinions, and the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS shuns “evidence-based” for “evidence-informed” advocacy, willfully blind to any scientific proof that questions its pre-conceived solutions...