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This is China's Great Leap Skyward. As an emergent Middle Kingdom increasingly struts its stuff on the international stage, Beijing seems to be backing up its claim to the mandate of heaven by going there. Of late, China has shown its global power by nudging North Korea into negotiations to end its nuclear-weapons program, attending a Group of Eight meeting of the world's capitalist powers and leading the developing world to demand more benefits from the World Trade Organization in September. Now comes a space effort designed to generate national pride and display the country's vigor...
...latest scientific research has shown--and the evidence continues to mount--that the plant kingdom is filled with gifts that can help fight off the ravages of chronic disease. A large group of compounds called phytochemicals (see below), found in plants ranging from garlic to cabbage to tea leaves, have been shown to help fight disease by preventing the cellular damage caused by chemicals called free radicals. A diet rich in fiber also has been shown to help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and cancer. Fiber and phytochemicals are a one-two punch...
Inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia "Oil-hungry Americans are the chief source of funds for the Saudis, who have long financed terrorist groups. Whose side are we on?" Christopher Carlson Minneapolis...
...missionaries have taken because this ban is not really about helping bar employees but about enforcing a way of life. A certain group of people, whether they be Starbucks swilling gym-junkie yuppies or the spiritual heirs of 1920s Prohibitionists, would like to see smoking banished from their gated kingdom. Their hand has been tipped by the most notorious of their lot, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has repeatedly called smokers “stupid” and “crazy,” and expressed disbelief that people didn’t drop their cigarettes in disgust...