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Preserving the documents in normal times is not easy: a flood flattened one house in Ber last October, obliterating more than 700 manuscripts. Mahmoud says his family's collection of thousands of manuscripts include many with termite damage. One of his sons, Omar Ag Mohammed, shows me about 30 of the books, which are kept stashed in a rickety wooden closet in his small house. The most cherished volumes are not here, but buried in the desert. "We use ashes to protect them from the termites," he tells me. "Then we build a dome on top of them...
...Western culture” is perhaps the greatest marketing success story in history. In India, working for an American company serves as a source of pride. American designers—the so-called “high-end brands”— flood the malls, and some Indian retailers advertise items as “export quality,” a label that marks clothing deemed suitable for only the most fashion-savvy...
...methods including bans and tax hikes. So far, 164 countries have joined the pact. The U.S. signed the treaty in 2004 but has yet to implement it, though the President is expected to seek Senate ratification soon. That step--like every step taken to hold back the tobacco flood tide--will help. Meanwhile, here's a snapshot of where we stand--and the work that still needs to be done...
After famine, now comes the flood. SEACOM is the first of three fiber-optic cables that will connect East Africa, via the Kenyan port of Mombasa, to the rest of the world. Analysts say that could lead to a more than 90% reduction in the cost of Internet access in years to come. The high price of using the Internet has up until now crippled the region's nascent tech sector, denying jobs to millions of well-educated young Africans. (Read: "Kenya's Blackboard Jungle...
...until mid-October, when flu season is already under way, so additional measures will need to be taken to control H1N1/09. In New York, by far the hardest-hit city in the U.S., plans include setting aside space in hospitals and clinics to screen potential flu victims before they flood emergency rooms. During the initial weeks of the spring outbreak, legions of the "worried well" - those who mistakenly thought they had swine flu - overwhelmed New York hospitals, leaving fewer resources for the truly ill. By trying to identify possible victims early, officials hope to keep hospitals running, mindful...