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...After three high-profile episodes in 1999 in which one child shot himself, another had a nervous breakdown and a third was threatened with drowning by classmates, the Czech government funded a pilot program to combat bullying in schools. Conducted in 2002 and 2003, the program found that a comprehensive approach - training the entire school staff, educating families, bringing in police and local counseling groups, and beefing up supervision of both school and nonschool activities - could reduce the incidence of bullying by up to 75% within four months. Others are also experimenting with prevention strategies. In the U.K., the antibullying...
...maybe, somewhere, it has got someone nervous, says Chief Thomas. "I hope that whoever did this cannot sleep at night. And if they do sleep, I hope they have nightmares. I hope they wake up in a cold sweat. And I hope the person next to them realizes what's going on and says something." --With reporting by Theunis Bates/ London, Marc Hequet/St. Paul and Ruth Laney/ Baton Rouge
...Roberto is “always nervous about hospitals getting a hold of my clients,” she said. “If I’m thinking maybe I can get it from first to third under diminished capacity, I get a psychologist to say, ‘Yes, he’s bipolar, and it affects his cognition...
...pretty nervous going into it,” Wollner said. “It’s a pretty huge challenge, but it’s also a huge honor...
...disappearance has clearly rattled Pakistan's nervous security establishment, underscoring the continuing threat to Musharraf, who has survived at least three attempts on his life. A Pakistani military court last month sentenced a soldier to death for his involvement in the Dec. 14 plot, and Musharraf's military-controlled regime is expected to investigate whether insiders were involved in Ahmad's escape. --By Adam Zagorin, Tim McGirk and Ghulam Hasnain