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Take Gates' vaccine initiative. It came after months of research into existing immunization programs and meetings with world-health experts, including one gab session at his Medina, Wash., home a few weeks before the gift's unveiling. The cause appealed to him in part because it promised rapid, tangible returns. "The science is proved--it's just a question of driving equal access," says Gates. "It might take 15 years for that to happen. But through this program it can be cut down to as little as five years--and there are millions of lives at stake in the difference...
...after the legendary terrorist Carlos the Jackal; the State Department last year labeled bin Laden "one of the most significant sponsors of Sunni Islamic terrorist groups." He seeks to overthrow the Saudi royal family and drive U.S. forces out of Saudi Arabia, away from its holy cities, Mecca and Medina. Bin Laden is nearly everyone's favorite suspect this time too--largely because he is the obvious one. Newsday reported on Sunday that a relatively low-level associate of bin Laden may have been identified by an embassy guard as having been in the truck carrying the bomb in Nairobi...
...Medina insists money isn't the only reason he stays...
...stories get stranger. Medina says he has "heard tell of handcuffs on beds," adding that other suspicious recreational objects have been found in student rooms after move-out. But the harvest is not always negative...
...stuff like cases of beer that say 'Thank you Dorm Crew,'" Medina says...