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...Bush Administration-- approved deal to turn over operations of some U.S. ports to a Dubai-owned company. Never mind that virtually every other Democrat and Republican on Capitol Hill was right where she was in demagoguing as a national-security threat a deal that would have very little impact, if any, on how the ports would be run. And it didn't help her credibility when the Financial Times revealed that the emirate--where Bill had been paid $450,000 in speaking fees in 2002--was getting advice from her husband on how to go forward with the deal even...
...passenger traffic to slow after the holiday season, but says it will be hard to tell how much of that is due to security concerns, and how much to the weakening U.S. economy. And, unless the Bush Administration adds new security-related fees onto ticket prices, he reckons the impact of the latest scare for airlines "will be relatively limited...
...officials, is confirmed by an informal survey by Germany's Deutsche Bank following the foiled plot. It found that only 11% of passengers planned to change their near-term travel plans. The tough new baggage restrictions, in which nearly all carry-on luggage was initially banned, could have an impact on future travel, the survey found, but since then the rules have already been eased slightly to allow some cabin baggage. The upshot, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Reid: "Current travel volumes should not be challenged." The one sector that might be affected for a while is the burgeoning...
...animals, and five trials in Ghana, Nigeria and other developing nations at the most advanced stages of testing in women. Dr. Gita Ramjee, of the HIV Prevention Research Unit in Durban, South Africa, has worked with all five, and is hopeful that they will prove effective and make an impact on the disease. Because these latest microbicides are reformulated ARVs, however, the problem of the virus becoming resistant to them is a potential drawback. Dr. Peter Piot, of UNAIDS, suggests basing microbicides only on the drugs that do not make it through the pharmaceutical pipeline - many are rejected because they...
...just go walking. So what do you do in highly dense, pedestrian urban environment to bring technology that will make it green and easy and simple and fun to get around? And particularly at a time when the price of fuel is getting outrageous, when the environmental impact is becoming unsustainable, when people are looking for better ways to make their downtown to be a green environment, a fun environment. The reason I moved to a city is I wanted high density. I don't want to be spread out from everybody else here by stinking, smelly, noisy vehicles...