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...afternoon, citizens were still milling around the village's Communist Party headquarters under the watchful gaze of police. The uprisings had begun on the night of May 3, when word leaked out that six potentially SARS-infected patients from out of town would be quarantined in the party building. Furious that they hadn't been consulted about a decision to isolate possibly contagious patients in a makeshift ward just meters from the local school, dozens of villagers attacked the party headquarters, trashing three rooms and pelting the bureaucrats inside with stones. "I was very scared," says one trapped official...
...that some suspected new cases have appeared in Canadians who, unlike everyone previously diagnosed with SARS, have not traveled to Asia. The global health group has issued a travel advisory, urging " persons planning to travel [to Toronto] to consider postponing all but essential travel." Meanwhile, Toronto city officials are furious with the announcement, claiming the WHO's decree is premature, and arguing the resultant decline in tourist and business traffic could send the city into a financial tailspin. The mayor has asked the WHO to repeal the advisory...
...investigating what went wrong. Its rules require that two agents handle informants, in part to avoid inappropriate relationships. And the large payments to Leung would have required approval from supervisors. When FBI Director Robert Mueller learned details of the case, say bureau sources, he was furious. He removed the division director, named a special task force to investigate the case and moved the entire human-asset operation to the new office of intelligence...
When he turned 16, 16 months ago, Frankie Muniz gave himself a birthday present: he bought the VW Jetta that Vin Diesel drove in The Fast and the Furious. But the Muggsy Bogues-size star of Fox's Malcolm in the Middle has bigger toys in mind. He would like to own the Los Angeles Clippers. Somebody should tell Muniz that's a TV actor's ambition. If he thought himself a true movie star--and he should, having headlined last year's hit Big Fat Liar and the current Agent Cody Banks--he would dream bigger: take over...
...policies and bicker about youth involvement in politics in the living room. According to Chavez, Glickman nearly refused to introduce Chomsky. Eventually, Glickman’s job description got the better of him and he welcomed Chomsky before the Forum. “You could tell he was furious,” says Chavez. “You knew he just wanted to strangle Chomsky...