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...nemesis and new Foreign Minister, wasted no time throwing his hat in, saying he wanted the top job because "the country is in dire straits and we have to get it out." His unsubtle implication: Sharon botched it. The two men publicly disagreed on the U.S.-authored "road map" to Israeli-Palestinian peace, which involves an immediate handover of cash owed the Palestinian authority and, by 2005, a Palestinian state. Netanyahu said the prospect of war against Iraq pushed the plan off the government's agenda, but Sharon was more conciliatory toward Washington. The battle between the heavyweights will...
...Harvard-affiliated Whitehead Center for Genome Research has started work with 14 other research groups worldwide to map variant genes thought to underlie common diseases like diabetes, asthma and cancer...
Researchers developing the map will study the genomes of people in four different ethnic groups—Chinese, Japanese, the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Americans of Northern and Western European descent...
According to Altshuler, some population geneticists question just how much genetic variation the map will be able to capture...
GETTING INTO HOT WATER Throw a dart at a map of the Izu Peninsula and you'll likely hit an onsen, or hot spring. These naturally occurring geothermic sources are the primary reason Japanese tourists flock to the Izu, and rightly so: the baths, often attached to hotels, make for a stress-killing date with relaxation. Shimoda and its environs boast a number of splendid onsen inns, or ryokan, like the Kannon, 15 kilometers out of town. A room for one including two meals goes for $120 a night. Call (81-55) 828 1234 for reservations. But if you just...