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...that grim picture is brightening. Scientists and public-health officials are at last focusing their attention on male depression. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has launched a nationwide television, print and Internet campaign www.nimh.nih.gov) called "Real Men. Real Depression," designed to dispel the myth that mood disorders are a sign of psychic weakness. Investigators at the NIMH and elsewhere are digging into the hormonal and genetic roots of depression, while doctors are trying to get word out that there are treatments--both psychological and pharmacological--that really work. Men who continue to suffer, they insist, do so needlessly...
...Dominique de Villepin of France, attended a solemn memorial service at Stockholm's City Hall. "Anna Lindh is no longer with us. That idea still feels so foreign, so difficult to accept," said Prime Minister Göran Persson. A week after the stabbing, the country's mood remained grim and unsteady, as hundreds of Swedes gathered daily outside the NK department store to leave flowers and sign a book. So many flowers had been gathered that they formed a memorial wreath 3 m wide and 1.5 m high. "She was the best politician in Sweden and we're going...
...stood up for Ireland's cops, warning that "the mere making of an allegation is not proof of the truth," but said that "if there is a small number of police abusing prisoners, that is of course a concern." The CPT's findings on Irish prisons are just as grim as those on the police. The delegation heard many complaints of assaults against inmates, and highlighted one case where a prisoner's head was kicked "like a football," leaving his jaw broken. In the three prisons visited it found that inmates in need of psychiatric care were "frequently placed...
...fuel the nation's pop-star fantasies, there is Guitar Center. The country's largest retailer of musical instruments, with 113 stores in 30 states, Guitar Center provides the teeming ranks of wannabe musicians with guitars, keyboards and digital recording and mixing equipment. Although 2002 was a grim year for many retailers, sales at the chain, based in Westlake Village, Calif., rose 16%, topping $1 billion for the first time. Profits jumped 48%, to $25 million, and investors took note. Guitar Center shares, which trade on the NASDAQ, more than doubled, from $16 in September 2002 to $34 one year...
...world to do so. Refugees, without committing an offence, are the sole group in Australia who can be imprisoned indefinitely by order of Parliament?and no courts may order their release. These policies, widely condemned by the international community, are the target of From Nothing to Zero?a grim compilation of letters written in captivity, plaintive testaments and fierce counterblasts of a wretched Untermensch that came to Australia in leaky boats or suffocating containers looking for a lucky break they were almost always denied. Though normally a travel publisher, Lonely Planet has lent its worldly-wise imprimatur to this book...