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...camera?can also shoot 2-megapixel photographs and has a built-in 10x optical zoom lens for both video and stills. One thing that's not mini, however, is the price: $1,425 for the basic GZ-MC100, and $1,605 for the GZ-MC200, which has a swiveling grip for extra comfort...
...Magic Seeds, Willie comes back to India, to join a movement of armed revolutionaries intent on ending the grip of feudal landlords on the countryside. But his real goal is not social revolution: time is running out for him to make a man of himself, and he figures he'll do it by fighting for a good cause. Almost as soon as he joins the guerrillas, he realizes he has made a mistake: he has fallen in among murderers and terrorists. In the chapters that follow, Naipaul sketches brilliant psychological portraits of the guerrillas?you understand that...
...Pedro Alonso of the University of Barcelona. It protected 30% of the children from clinical infection with the disease. If further trials are successful, GlaxoSmithKline, which developed the vaccine in partnership with the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, hopes to get a license for commercial production by 2010. Strengthening His Grip PAKISTAN Opposition parties decried as unconstitutional a bill passed by the lower house of Parliament enabling President Pervez Musharraf to remain as head of the army. Musharraf pledged in December 2003 to step down as military chief at the end of this year. The opposition said that such a constitutional change...
Particularly impressive is Karlin’s portrayal of Harper. She captures the perfect blend of maternal familiarity and suppressed hysteria that makes her so dangerous. Only a catch in her voice and grip of her hand reveals the potential of her hatred...
...will face 17 rivals in the country's first-ever presidential election. Since political differences here are often resolved with bullets, Karzai, 46, has been an invisible candidate, rarely leaving his granite-walled palace. U.N. officials say a third of the country is still in the grip of either Taliban fighters or lawless warlords, making it nearly impossible for Karzai and other candidates to campaign freely. Parliamentary elections will be held next April...