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...Fraser goes down hard along the left-side boards in the Harvard zone. We'll be back to 4-on-4, with Scott picking up a minor for boarding...
...measured by size alone, the Spanish family has seen better days: until 1996 Spain had the lowest fertility rate in Europe. The rate has actually started to inch back upward, from a low of 1.16 live births per woman in 1996 to 1.38 in 2006. That minor uptick is linked to larger immigrant families, but also to children of Spain's early-1970s baby boom starting to have kids of their own. It's not enough, though, to maintain the population level, so Parliament last year approved a $3,700 "baby bonus" subsidy for each child born...
...country where many people suffered horrifically under Indonesian rule, leaving scarred psyches, minor conflicts can easily escalate into major battles. In the first half of 2006, gangs of former guerrillas fought with one another and the authorities across Dili. The conflict spiraled, leaving entire areas of the city burned to the ground, and tens of thousands of East Timorese in temporary shelters...
...question now is whether that letter means carte blanche for Raul, Fidel's longtime Defense Minister, to accelerate at least the economic if not the political reforms he's been hinting at in a series of speeches and minor policy adjustments over the last 18 months. As long as Fidel "is breathing and aware," says Latell, "Raul is still going to be somewhat constrained in what he can do." At the same time, he adds, Fidel's full-blown retirement "really does free Raul to do a lot more than he could in the provisional role. Now I think...
...candidate could swing the votes in his or her favor. It is more likely, say analysts, that rigging will take place at the count, or in stations where voters are unable to visit due to security fears. The government insisted today, however, that voting was completely fair, with only minor disturbances...