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Peter Gallagher, the caterpillar-browed actor best known for the TV show The O.C. and films like While You Were Sleeping, is standing on a street corner, cell phone wedged against his shoulder, simultaneously trying to maintain an animated conversation and order a hotdog from a street vendor. Commuters push past him on the sidewalk, and in the background, yellow taxis fight their way through traffic...
...forces in the southern city of Kut, calling the incident, which resulted in the deaths of a policeman and a bystander, a "crime" that violates the January security pact requiring Iraqi authorization for all U.S. military missions. While U.S. Colonel Richard Francey called the deaths a "tragedy," American officials maintain that Iraqi counterparts were notified of the raid, which led to the arrest of six suspected militants (all of whom have since been released from custody). Al-Maliki has demanded both an apology and the prosecution of all American soldiers involved in the incident, which occurred less than a week...
...totaled $61.7 billion, down $102.5 million from the previous month, even as total lending has swelled, according to the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce. It isn't just financing that is flowing to SOEs. So are revenues from Beijing's infrastructure-heavy stimulus package. State-owned companies maintain a strong presence in construction, the sector that will gain the most from the surge in government spending...
...countries outside Mexico, and none of those cases have been serious. The virus appears to be vulnerable to antiviral drugs like Tamiflu, and thanks to global pandemic preparations since the SARS epidemic of 2003 and last year's flu outbreak in Hong Kong, the U.S. and other developed countries maintain large stockpiles of the drug. "We are seeing a much more clear and cogent response than in the past," said Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations...
...speeches and music by The Clash that were incorporated into her lectures. Jasanoff’s friends and colleagues call her humorous yet analytical, accessible and engaging yet focused on her research, original but still realistic. It is her ability to intertwine work and life that enables her to maintain such an ideal balance. “There are scholars who are hard working and there are scholars who are talented,” says Jasanoff’s friend and Harvard Society Junior Fellow Sam Haselby. “Maya Jasanoff is both hardworking and talented...