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...believes that Lyme's corkscrew-shaped spirochetes have burrowed deep into their victims' bodies and can be eradicated only with intensive antibiotic treatment over many months. Another group believes, just as adamantly, that the bacteria are long gone, making further treatment with powerful antibiotics--which can lead to potentially fatal infections or blood clots--positively dangerous...
Vacation in Bangladesh? you're kidding, right? The name is synonymous with every kind of disaster, from fatal floods and endemic disease to violent strikes, crushing poverty and?an extra recent thrill?rebels who kidnap foreigners for ransom. A local writer once said Bangladesh was a place where no one should ever have lived. He was only half joking. This is not a destination for relaxation, pampering or guided tours of picture-perfect settings. Leave that for Bali or the Bahamas. The country used to sell itself with the rather telling slogan: "Come to Bangladesh before the tourists." This...
...center-right is bleeding. But its wounds need not be fatal. In recent years strategists within the conservative movement have debated two options for recovery: veering left in a bid to reclaim the center ground, or pursuing a new, bolder identity. To survive, the center-right will have to do both. Distancing itself from the far right and projecting an image of inclusivity and compassion - as George W. Bush and Spain's José María Aznar have done with success - would be a start. But if conservatives intend to provide an alternative to the center-left, they will...
...Michela Wrong points out that Lumumba had been considered so dangerous by Washington that President Eisenhower actually signed off on an assassination plot. The idea was to slip him a poison that would mimic a fatal local disease. Devlin told Wrong that he kept the poison in his desk for several months and then dumped it in the river. In the end it wasn't necessary...
...found the King "had a very strange look on his face, and then he began to lean to the right." Rajiv, a medical doctor, rushed over from a corner and tended to the fallen King, as did Maheshwar. Ravi, a retired general, did not think these first wounds were fatal...