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...concerned, Merkel is helped by the fact that in three consecutive coalition governments, prominent members of all parties except one have supported the military effort, including former heavyweights like her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder. Also, citizens who are normally lukewarm about employing soldiers abroad get increasingly frustrated with human rights - women's in particular - being trampled on by the Taliban in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. She may do it at a snail's pace occasionally, but Angela Merkel takes things one step at a time. Werner Radtke, PADERBORN, GERMANY...
Because the human foot has relatively little padding on the heel, barefoot runners tread more lightly, landing on the outer part of the midfoot and then rolling inward. Cushiony running shoes, by contrast, encourage a stiff heel-to-toe stride that could lead to injury. In the December issue of a journal put out by the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, researchers concluded that running in shoes exerts more stress on the knee, hip and ankle than does running barefoot or walking in high heels. "We evolved to run barefoot, and when we put shoes on, we're taking...
...combines economic metrics with indicators of well-being, including subjective measures of life satisfaction, which have become quite sophisticated (HPI uses data from Gallup, World Values Survey, and Ecological Footprint). The HPI assesses social and economic well-being in the context of resources used, looking at the degree of human happiness generated per quantity of environment consumed. The HPI metric was driven in part by the recognition that the environmental costs of economic growth must be figured into standard-of-living reports. (See the worst business deals...
...Dozens of the witnesses who cooperated with the investigation of post-election violence now fear for their lives. Human rights activists say the same political leaders who were behind the clashes that killed 1,300 people are now waging a systematic campaign to silence those who might be called to testify against them in any legal proceedings. (See how the International Criminal Court is investigating Kenya's post-election violence...
...last year, 22 of the panel witnesses have reported being harassed, according to Ken Wafula, director of the Center for Human Rights and Democracy. In early January, the Nairobi Star newspaper reports, men driving a Toyota Prado left an envelope with 3,000 shillings for one witness. The note said he should use the money to buy his own coffin. Another report said that police - many of whom have also been implicated in the violence - killed a man when he would not reveal the location of his cousin, who had testified before the panel. (See pictures of Kenya's post...