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...also about what MONUC is. In addition to 3,000 extra troops, Doss persuaded the U.N. Security Council to expand MONUC's mandate to allow it to target the commercial drivers of the war: the trade in Congo's minerals, like gold, and the world's largest reserves of coltan, which is needed to make components for cell phones. He continues to argue for an even more muscular approach to enforcing peace. "When we make these statements, when we claim the responsibility to protect, we have to be careful that we have the means to match our mandate," he says...
...contract will allow Let’s Go to expand the number of titles it offers from 15 in the 2009 edition to 26 in the upcoming 2010 edition, to be released this November. The new titles will include updated guides for many Central and South American locations...
...relatively small provision to expand state access to family-planning services under Medicaid was seized on late last week by House Republicans as one of their chief reasons for opposing the stimulus bill. Democrats, they charged, wanted to use taxpayer money that was supposed to create jobs to instead "fund the abortion industry" and pass out contraceptives. The Republicans were caught off guard when Obama called their bluff and asked congressional Democrats to remove the provision - and fell back to complaining about the bill's cost and the insufficient size of tax cuts. But then it was liberals' turn...
...federal policy to alter a Bush-era Medicaid policy. Current law does not allow women of childbearing age (15-44) to become eligible for Medicaid coverage until after they become pregnant or they have children who are enrolled in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). States that want to expand their Medicaid coverage to allow low-income women to access family-planning services must first obtain a federal waiver...
...spinal cord. Geron has named its version GRNOPC1. By having more of these cells around the spinal cord, more nerves might be repaired and can then potentially re-establish proper connections. Simply by working with the GRNOPC1 cells, Geron scientists have learned more about how they operate, which will expand their understanding of how the central nervous system might be healed. Says Geron's president and CEO, Dr. Thomas Okarma: "They make dozens of factors that can stimulate nerve function, growth and regeneration." (Read "Scientists Reach Stem-Cell Milestone...