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PELOSI Yes. I would hope at least that number would be out of harm's way. They are viewed as an occupation force. Our presence there is a magnet for terrorists...
...effect of disease--although researchers suspect it's often a little of both. As mitochondria process food into energy, they create free radicals--highly reactive oxygen ions that can cause damage to proteins. Many experts believe that as cells age, this damage accumulates, weakening the mitochondria irrevocably and doing harm to specific organs--or, more generally, to the whole body. There's no smoking gun yet, says Mootha, but there's some tantalizing evidence. "We do know," he says, "that exercise can help slow the damage from diabetes and other disorders and also that exercise boosts the function of mitochondria...
...reversing course, the Army stanched the p.r. damage, but some harm had already been done. On hearing the news that Cardona was in Kuwait awaiting transfer to Iraq, Maryam al-Rais, a member of the Iraqi parliament, lamented, "This is just the latest in a long list of insults to Iraqi dignity by the Americans." A Western official in Baghdad said he had received several angry calls from Iraqi political figures expressing "cold fury" at what they interpreted as American arrogance and insensitivity. The timing of Cardona's return could not have been worse. Anti-American sentiment...
...Meanwhile, in a rare display of solidarity with Jewish extremists, an influential Islamic cleric is urging Muslims to stage a simultaneous protest inside the old walled city to draw away Israeli police who would otherwise be shielding the gay parade from harm. "Not only should these homosexuals be banned from holding their parade," says one Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan, who preaches at a mosque near Damascus Gate, "but they should be punished and sent to an isolated place." Hatred, it seems, can be a bridge to inter-faith harmony...
...Owning the names, Ethiopia reasons, will enable it to build premium brands (with premium prices) by better controlling where the coffees are sold and how they're marketed. How has Starbucks responded? The coffee chain has said it is against Ethiopia's trademark initiative, arguing it will actually harm poor farmers more than help them, but it denies Oxfam's claim that it asked the National Coffee Association to oppose the applications. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office turned down Ethiopia's application for the Sidamo and Harar beans, saying the names are generic, but it did grant Yirgacheffe...