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There are also really large differences in infant mortality rates by race and ethnicity. For 2004, the overall [U.S.] infant mortality rate was 6.78; but for non-Hispanic black mothers it was 13.60. It was also fairly high for American Indian mothers: 8.45. For non-Hispanic whites, it was 5.66. For Hispanics it was 5.55. And the lowest was for Asian or Pacific Islander mothers, which was 4.67. So there's a huge range there. The rate for non-Hispanic black mothers was 2.4 times the rate for Hispanic or non-Hispanic white mothers...
...help them. "We don't have the means," says Sosa Calo. "To reach affected areas we have to use the river. And most of the boats in the area were destroyed by the cyclone." One area in Laputta district called Pyin Sa Lu was hit badly by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which destroyed houses and almost certainly lives (the junta released no data), then struck again by Cyclone Nargis. This time, more than 10,000 people died...
...immoral, anti-Islamic and a threat to Afghan culture. Apparently nobody told the religious leaders who, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan last fall, petitioned broadcasters to delay Tulsi, in order to accommodate evening prayers. It wasn't just that the Mullahs were losing their flock to an Indian temptress; some made clear that they didn't want to miss an episode themselves...
...That prompted rival TV stations to acquire their own Indian serials, lured by their low cost and addictive appeal, and soon the impact of Bollywood was so ubiquitous that Afghan children were seen reenacting Hindu marriage rituals and prayers, while teenagers have taken to touching their elders' feet in a very non-Afghan sign of respect...
...drama 24, while a Korean mini-series and an Afghan-made soap opera have proved popular. So, it's not the ratings effect of dropping Tulsi that worries him, Mohseni says; it's the precedent. "Is this going to cut back on what we enjoy, freedom of expression? The Indian shows go first, then they ban music, then women on TV. Once they get a taste of power, once they are successful with this, what stops them from going all the way? I can feel the Taliban breathing down my neck...