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...that the virus reference seed?the weakened bit of live H5N1 used to build up immunity in the human body?was mixed with cancer cells to help it replicate and then grown in a monkey kidney. That method is highly unorthodox. "People could get cancer from the vaccine," says Klaus Stohr, head of the WHO's global influenza program. Even more ominous, the developers say they've followed international procedures to ensure that the virus hasn't mutated in the making of the vaccine, but they haven't opened all their records or allowed an inspection of their labs...
Time's report on Europe's most influential big-city mayors was a good thing [May 16]. I agree with the views of one of your choices, Klaus Wowereit, mayor of Berlin. He stated that despite financial and economic constraints in our city, "You must show a sense of enjoyment in life." Most people forget about doing that when times are hard. Chipepo Chibesakunda Berlin I cannot understand Time's praise for a politician like Berlin's Wowereit. It was outrageous to feature a Clinton-like character whose sole contribution to Germany has been to paint a feel-good...
...Klaus Kleinfeld THE INNOVATOR
...Czechs Like the E.U. Re "10 questions for Vaclav Klaus" [March 21]: I would like to express my deep disagreement with the way Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic, expresses his skepticism about a "stronger" European Union. Klaus uses the pronouns we and us, so it might seem like he is speaking on behalf of the whole Czech nation and expressing the opinion of all Czechs. That is definitely not the case. He doesn't speak for me, and opinion polls show a lot of support for the new E.U. constitution. So Klaus and the Czech Communist Party represent...
...Vaclav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic and a staunch opponent of the proposed E.U. constitution, was in the U.S. last week peddling his book On the Road to Democracy: The Czech Republic from Communism to Free Society. Before meeting with President George W. Bush at the White House, he stopped by TIME's Washington bureau for a chat...