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...modern secular state - in both the Western and Muslim worlds - that gives due space to faith? And, perhaps just as importantly, can he keep the world's attention? The answers will depend on whether Benedict can strike the right balance between his newfound flexibility and an ancient, iron-clad faith...
...waning. Martial law is still in place, a date has yet to be set for fresh elections, and no formal corruption charges have so far been brought against Thaksin. But interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has moved more swiftly in the south. He has departed radically from Thaksin's iron-fisted?and ultimately self-defeating?attempts to crush the rebellion. He has personally apologized for the government's past heavy-handedness, including the notorious Tak Bai incident in which 85 Thai Muslim protesters died, and has acknowledged Islam's special place in a corner of this predominantly Buddhist nation...
...medications that Western doctors take for granted is another adjustment. Even in the Centers of Excellence, which represent the higher end of medical care available in Africa, supply chains aren't always reliable. "There are still many challenges here with labs and medicine - not ARVS but things like iron supplements or antibiotics like penicillin that are not consistently available," Megan Harkless e-mailed last week from Botswana. "There is still stigma and fear, and families that are financially very limited with no [electrical] power and therefore no refrigerator. Some patients have to travel for several hours or even an full...
...been convicted of a crime. You don’t have to be a Montana libertarian—always on the lookout for the U.N.’s Blackhawk helicopters—to see this as another step toward an Orwellian world where the government has a lock-iron grip on individual actions in the name of health and safety...
...Women who ate more than 1 1/2 servings of red meat a day had nearly double the risk, compared with those who ate three or fewer servings a week. The authors offered several theories for what's behind the correlation. One possibility is that red meat delivers too much iron in a form that promotes cancer. Another is that carcinogens form in meat as it is cooked. Yet another (and one that I would bet on) is that conventionally raised beef carries residues of the hormones ranchers give cattle to make them grow faster...