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...drive. Memories of the massacre, which Beijing euphemistically refers to as an "incident," are dangerous to the legitimacy of the regime, so acts of remembrance are forbidden. Last week, to ensure that the June 4 anniversary of the crackdown passed quietly, police kept the streets clear of those who insist on using their rearview mirrors: dissidents, former student activists and mothers of Tiananmen victims were all placed under surveillance...
...BELIEVE THAT THE SECURITY SITUATION WILL SOMEHOW IMPROVE AFTER JUNE 30? That's what we hope will happen, but it will require a lot of work--by the Iraqis. That is what I always insist on. The U.N. does not do anything...
Corrections officials also insist that inmates have to raise their hand to be at Lawtey and that more than 100 prisoners at the facility who wanted out of the experiment were moved to other institutions in December. Those places were quickly filled by inmates from other facilities who, like Newton, say they're looking for a more meaningful way to spend their prison time than lifting weights. The religious alternative seems to be working. Assistant warden John Hancock says Lawtey's confinement wing for inmates with discipline problems usually held close to its capacity of 28 prisoners, but now rarely...
...corn refiners say it's a mistake to blame their products for obesity. They note that in countries that consume almost none of the syrup, such as Mexico and Russia, obesity is still a problem. Corn growers and refiners also insist that the body treats sugar and high-fructose corn syrup identically, an argument that has recently been challenged by scientists studying sugar metabolism at the molecular level...
...retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support." In the past month, three in his unit have been killed and five injured, he says. Other fighters say they are receiving help and advice from former soldiers of Saddam Hussein's army--but not, they insist, from the hard-core units that massacred Shi'ites after their abortive 1991 uprising...