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...people who were already on a waiting list for a heart transplant could get an LVAD. The pumps simply weren't designed to be permanent. But so many patients have done so well on the newer-generation devices--playing golf or even tennis--that doctors are considering whether to expand their use. We should have a better idea later this year when researchers finish analyzing data from a study in which LVADs were given to a group of patients with end-stage congestive heart failure who, because of age or other medical conditions, were not eligible for a transplant...
...many people aren't sure is real. "A lot of the unfortunate negative perceptions are driven by the energy issues," says Maine Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Republican. In a series of rebukes to Bush, the G.O.P.-led House has in the past few weeks rejected his plans to expand drilling in national-monument lands, the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. And last week a Senate committee voted unanimously to spend nearly $300 million more for conservation next year than Bush wanted. "We have to take care of ourselves," says a Republican leadership aide...
...ranging from crimes against humanity to violations of the laws or customs of war. Specifically, prosecutors intend to link him through the chain of command to atrocities committed in Kosovo in 1999, including the murder of more than 600 civilians by Serbian security forces. Prosecutors are also looking to expand the charges to cover other crimes, including ones committed from 1991 to 1995, during the Croatian and Bosnian wars. Though U.N. lawyers will not discuss details of the indictment and the chain of command is more difficult to establish in Bosnia, charges could include Milosevic's complicity...
...special U.N. General Assembly meeting approved an ambitious Declaration of Commitment. The document, which identifies AIDS as a global political, human-rights and economic threat, committed countries to reduce HIV infection by 25% among young men and women by 2005. Countries will also have to increase access to condoms, expand aids testing and provide sterile equipment for drugs users. Twenty million people have died since the disease was discovered two decades ago, and HIV has infected 36 million more around the world. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who had proposed a global war chest of up to $10 billion...
Since the program is brand new this year, officials said they had hoped it would draw 300 applications. However, thanks mostly to Internet distribution, more than 1300 students applied. Because of the overwhelming demand for the spots, the staff hopes to expand the program in future years—perhaps boosting the program next summer to 30 students if funding comes through...