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...AIDS report estimates that anywhere from 50% to 80% of the users are carrying the AIDS virus. HIV spread via unprotected sex is also on the rise here, accounting for 15% of HIV infections in 2000. All told, say health officials in Yunnan, this single province accounts for one-third of China's reported AIDS cases...
Most such cases are undertaken on a contingency-fee basis--meaning the lawyers collect nothing if they lose but commonly take about one-third of the award if they win. From the moment Edwards emerged as a possible presidential contender, Republicans have tried to cast him as a millionaire ambulance chaser, the kind of man who forces doctors and businesses to pay ever higher liability-insurance costs, which are passed on to consumers. Edwards argues that he was defending the consumer and that high premiums have more to do with bad financial management at insurance companies. But the fight goes...
...everyone is happy with this ever expanding frontier. Critics say the jet skis, which can dump up to one-third of their unburned fuel into the water, are major polluters. Environmentalists in California are engaged in a battle to have jet skis banned from Monterey Bay, which would include the big reef break at Maverick's. The surfers, meanwhile, are seeking an exemption for their favorite reef...
...INDICATORS The Beet Goes On The European Commission announced an overhaul of the E.U.'s sugar regime. Beginning in 2005, Brussels wants production reduced by 16% over four years and the guaranteed price for the region's sugar producers slashed by one-third...
...Moser can't help noticing that her taxes keep going up. When she began her career on the medical faculty of Bonn University 25 years ago, she paid about one-third of her salary in taxes and social-security contributions. Today it's about half - far more than the 30% levied in neighboring Switzerland and the U.S., or the 27% rate in Japan. At the same time, beginning next year, the German government will no longer pay for some dental treatment or cover Moser's salary if she falls sick and is off work more than six weeks. That means...