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...bolted from the studio before her scheduled appearance. On Thursday a promised survivor interview was finally bumped for lack of time. CNN uses the hour to do a few stories fully rather than pepper the viewer with here-and-gone 30-second items, but last week's feature pieces often seemed simply long, not deep. Moreover, the hour seemed deliberately broken into two repetitive half-hour shows, covering much the same topics in slightly different fashion...
...organ transplants performed in the U.S. each year are often successful only because the patients take a daily dose of cyclosporine. The drug keeps their immune systems from attacking and rejecting the foreign organs. But it is not perfect. Some 70% of patients getting a new liver, for example, still suffer rejection episodes. And many organ recipients face life- threatening side effects from cyclosporine, including an increased risk of cancer and heart disease...
...between coups and assassinations is not always possible. The ban was not originally meant to restrict covert political-action operations at all, recalls Helms. "A coup d'etat seems to be confused by some people with an immaculate conception," he says. "Coups involve violence, blood and killing, and they often go in unpredictable directions." That is precisely why the risk of assassination and U.S. national interest must be weighed in each case...
...decision to place yet another creature on the endangered-species list often goes unnoticed. But last week champagne flowed in Lausanne, Switzerland, and sighs of relief echoed around the world. Reason: delegates to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to place the elephant, earth's largest land mammal, on the roll of animals that stand worrisomely close to the brink of extinction. That decision, supported by 76 nations and a legion of conservation and environmental groups, triggered a worldwide ban on the ivory trade. The hope is that it will bring an end to a decade...
...tinged daily Pravda, Afanasyev, 66, has been less than eager to rush into print any of the startling revelations or investigative spadework that has become the hallmark of glasnost. On the other hand, Starkov, 50, oversees the weekly tabloid Argumenty i Fakty, whose sharp prose and readers' letters more often than not dwell on the changes sweeping the country, and helped make the paper the most widely read in the Soviet Union. Yet last week both men faced pressures far worse than those posed by deadlines: Afanasyev was summarily fired from his job and Starkov's resignation was demanded...