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...that changed on Aug. 21, 1983, when Ninoy Aquino returned to the Philippines after three years of exile in the U.S., only to be shot dead even before he could set foot on the tarmac of Manila's international airport. Filipinos were outraged, and suspicion immediately fell on Marcos. At his funeral, mourners transformed Corazon into a symbol...
...ethnic Hazara member of parliament has made a name for himself in recent months with a non-stop, everyman campaign by car, bicycle and on foot that has spanned 24 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. In a country where ethnic fault lines are steeped in bloodshed, Bashardost is trying to bridge the divide by appealing to common grievances such as corruption, insecurity and a lack of basic services. His trademark black vest features an embroidered white dove of peace. But he talks tough about President Hamid Karzai and self-serving warlords he says have betrayed the Afghan public through their...
...good side faces the camera, Adelson doesn't seem worried about much besides his exercise-and-diet plan to reduce the gut he's added since he began to need a walker to get around. "If you believe what you read in the newspaper about us, we have one foot in the pail of bankruptcy and the other foot on a banana peel, and there's a high wind. It's all wrong," he says. Adelson, always a self-believer, has reinvested more than $1 billion in his company. But he has also fired his longtime right-hand man, been...
...could continue on Medicaid ... Our [existing] system is not a health-care system - it's a disease-care system, because we wait until someone gets very sick." For example, he said, a diabetic should be counseled on health and helped long before reaching the point of having a foot amputated...
...Flying in the tiny Pacific country is not for the faint hearted. Vast, mist-shrouded mountains cloaked in 200 foot high rainforest dominate the terrain. Huge storms towering up to 45,000 feet high are a regular occurrence and airstrips range from muddy tracks to un-mown fields on the edge of cliffs which require planes to jump from zero altitude to thousands of feet in minutes. "You are talking 200 foot trees and you can hit them and fall to your death. Very few aircraft survive accidents like that," says Grant, 63. Though there are few navigational aids...