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TIME's interview with the author continues on Time.com. Read these extra questions for Nora Roberts. To subscribe to the 10 Questions podcast on iTunes, go to time.com/10questions
...took to the streets. They were joined by ordinary Pakistanis, who showered Chaudhry with rose petals and gathered by the tens of thousands to hear the unassuming judge give speeches on the finer points of constitutional law. Few understood the arcane legalese he used to describe his cases against extra-judiciary detentions or suspicious privatization schemes. But they did understand that Chaudhry was standing up for a system aspiring to treat all Pakistanis equally, irrespective of background or status, that it wasn't who Chaudhry was but what he represented - a society rooted in enduring institutions rather than capricious personalities...
...student in biochemical sciences and a Chinese literature scholar were among the forty-eight seniors with a little extra to be thankful this past weekend after they were inducted into Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa...
...Still, the government insists it means business with the latest helmet law. "We are sure we can do it this time. We hope it will save many millions of lives in the long run," says Bui Huynh Long, chief administrator of the National Traffic Safety Committee. Thousands of extra police will be dispatched nationwide to pull over bare-headed drivers, issuing steep fines of up to 200,000 dong (about $15) - about a quarter of the average monthly wage and, significantly, also the average price of a helmet. To underline its "No Excuses" message, the government has also launched...
...previous reports, UNAIDS had estimated national rates by extrapolating data collected at public health clinics, where young women who thought they might be pregnant or infected with a sexually transmitted disease were given anonymous blood tests. But that method gave extra statistical weight to groups with higher HIV rates, such as prostitutes and drug abusers, and virtually disregarded rural women...