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...swarm the country in an effort to trace the virus's spread, the big question remains: Why is the disease seemingly so much more deadly in Mexico than anywhere else? "This will be the object of a great deal of research and attention," said Keiji Fukuda, the interim director-general for health, safety and environment for the World Health Organization (WHO). "But we can't say why there seems to be a difference." (See the five things you need to know about swine...
...Perhaps not surprising, some college students are starting to get nervous. The health center at the University of Texas at Austin has been experiencing such a high volume of calls that an automated message now directs students to the center's website. If you are calling for general swine flu information but aren't feverish or coughing, the recorded message directs, "Please hang...
...text message on their mobile phones or to be notified by e-mail. The new account is GSE’s second twitter feed. The first one—named “hgse”— launched in early February and is used to report general school news and information about upcoming events. Subscribers occupy a broad range within the education community—from Harvard affiliates to charter schools and other universities. According to Rodman, school administrators developed the idea for a new live-feed when GSE student Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar provided live commentary over...
...Admittedly, the Iranian delegation’s extreme actions were an aberration in what was a generally respectful diplomatic meeting. But, even so, the conference’s final declaration was simply insulting in its treatment of genocide. The 143-point “Outcome Document” states that the conference “reaffirms its support for the mandate of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, who acts, inter alia, as an early warning mechanism to prevent potential situations that could result in genocide...
...notorious for his tirades against Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, running for re-election in June, first made international headlines four years ago by calling for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map." Last week at a U.N. gathering, he denounced Zionism as a manifestation of racism. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon publicly reprimanded Ahmadinejad for that outburst. So it came as a surprise Sunday when Ahmadinejad told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, in effect, that the Islamic republic would recognize the state of Israel - if the Palestinians signed a two-state peace deal with Israel. "Whatever decision they take...