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...prospect of drug-resistant strains of influenza A? Only modestly, says World Health Organization spokeswoman Sari Setiogi in Geneva. "Influenza A has been circulating for many years. It's not likely to cause a pandemic," she says. The patients who gave samples for the European study all showed only mild symptoms. What's more, just because a flu bug has adapted to survive drug treatment, it doesn't mean the bug is necessarily more dangerous to humans. In fact, lab studies suggest that Tamiflu-resistant flu viruses may be less infectious...
...badly Asia will feel the effects of the U.S. slump depends on its depth and duration. A mild, relatively short U.S. downturn might not be entirely a bad thing in the country that's become the world's second growth engine: China. Most economists believe inflation remains China's biggest risk going forward, and a slow down in the export sector - now unavoidable - could actually do the People's Bank of China's work for it: cool the economy a bit without the need for another rise in interest rates. (The PBOC raised rates six times...
...clear that mild and short is what the U.S. will get. Merrill Lynch & Co. put out a chilling forecast on Jan. 22, saying that the U.S. housing debacle has a long way to run. According to Merrill, nationwide home prices could fall 25 to 30 percent from present levels, which, if true, would put U.S. consumption on ice for a prolonged period...
...population rolled past the 300 million mark in late 2006 and continues to rise, but the growth is uneven. From 2006 to '07, the most populous state, California, grew by more than 300,000, to 36.5 million. Most states had a mild population bump, though a few lost people--like ailing manufacturing giant Michigan, which lost 30,500 inhabitants. Meanwhile, despite the influx of more than 10,000, Wyoming remains the least populated U.S. state, with just 522,000 residents--or roughly 5 people per sq. mi. [This article consists of a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine...
...Amir and his father (stern yet yielding and well played by Homayoun Ershadi) escape to America, to avoid the Soviets, but never again see Hassan, who is lost in the fog of war. But he leaves a legacy, a son, who must be rescued from the Taliban by the mild-mannered Amir, who, in attempting to redeem this child, finally redeems himself from his boyhood cowardice...