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That is the theory behind a new study by researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston University and Massachusetts General Hospital and other institutions in which aging participants were asked to decide what kind of end-of-life care they would choose should they develop advanced dementia...
...FIFA's 2006 "big count," a survey of all its member associations, there were only 382,762 junior players in China. In England, there are 820,000. "Football talent is not manufactured in sports schools. The English Football Association spends over 50% of its resources on grassroots football development," says Rowan. "If participation among kids [in China] could be raised to the level in England, I guarantee you that among the extra 25 million young players, there are 11 who could develop into World Cup stars...
...Vladimir Osakovskiy, strategy and research head at Unicredit Bank, "The major message was that in the future the government will develop the budget using conservative oil price estimates. What we're seeing right now is an effort to clean up the mess." And what analysts will be eyeing with increased interest in coming months is whether the differences over the budget mark a new stage in Russia's most important political relationship: the one between Medvedev and Putin...
China Petroleum (PTR) is buying 45.5% of Singapore Petroleum for just over $1 billion and will probably move to purchase the balance of the company. China recently proposed a deal to lend $10 billion to Brazilian oil giant Petrobras to help it develop deep sea crude deposits. In exchange, the world's most populous nation has negotiated getting a steady flow of oil from Brazil at market prices...
...plight of Zimbabwean journalists remains dire. Earlier in May, two Zimbabwe Independent editors, Vincent Kahiya and Constantine Chimakure, were arrested for publishing a story the government said was "materially false and meant to make the public develop hatred towards the police." The paper had written a story revealing names of police officers who had allegedly tortured human-rights activists in jail. "It seems there is still a long way to go insofar as human-rights issues are concerned," says Leonard Makombe, a political commentator. "That might strangle the government, as it depends on Western aid for survival. That...