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The Mekong is not so unyielding these days. In 2001, Chinese crews, brought in by Southeast Asian governments eager to increase traffic and trade, began blasting and dredging a stretch of the river running from Burma and Laos to Thailand, clearing away islands, reefs and rapids that once blocked the...
Then there's the economy, one of the poorest in the world. After 30 years of self-imposed isolation and ruinous quasi-socialist policies, the junta reversed course in the early 1990s, privatizing businesses, welcoming foreign trade and investment, and seeking international aid. But the West began to impose debilitating...
When a bomb exploded at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, security guard Richard Jewell helped evacuate the area and was hailed as a hero. Days later the FBI leaked his name as its primary suspect. The media savaged him; FBI agents tore through the home he shared with his...
Ely would like to see Washington encourage this trend. "There needs to be a shift of mortgage risk back into the banking industry," he says. "There's risk--it's not gonna go away--but we need to have it in banks." The banks and thrifts have natural incentives to...
For now, however, his new studies may well change standards of care. Women who are considering a hysterectomy or ovary removal now also need to be aware of the increased risk of dementia, says Shuster, who encourages patients who have had a hysterectomy and oophorectomy at a young age to...