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...awarded the commander level of the Order of the British Empire...
...Diseases will not decide to avoid transmitting themselves from a Mexican to an American vacationing in Cancun simply because of her national allegiance, nor are they particularly deterred by massive GDPs. The fight against H1N1 is a global one, which requires more of a commitment by wealthier nations in order to avoid its spread. Such a commitment is not only a sign of benevolence toward poorer nations, but also an investment in the health of their own populations...
...College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Cabot House Master Jay M. Harris, who both wrote that Shaker had died. In fact, College spokesman Jeff Neal later clarified that those e-mails were inaccurate, and that though Shaker would not make a meaningful recovery, she was being kept physically alive in order to allow her to be an organ donor. She was officially pronounced dead later Wednesday evening...
...Taliban checkpoints along the way. A Western businessman says his trucking firm pays a local commander from $5,000 to $6,000 for the safe passage of each fuel tanker along the highway, a sum which he suspects the Taliban get a share of. He also claims that in order to ship fuel from Kandahar to a Dutch base at Tirin Kot, the firm hired a local tribal mafioso who boasted of having a strong militia to protect the convoy. The arrangement worked well until the trucking firm quarreled with the mafioso over a price hike. The next convoy...
...real democracy could deliver a more responsible, more accountable and functional government. On most counts, they were disappointed. Six weeks on, the results are mired in widespread allegations of fraud mostly favoring the incumbent, President Hamid Karzai. On Monday, electoral authorities began a sample audit of suspect ballots in order to ascertain the extent of fraud and whether or not Karzai in fact earned the 50% plus one vote to forestall a runoff. The crisis of legitimacy has been a boon for Taliban propaganda, and the U.S. Administration is debating the value of sending more troops to a country whose...