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Reports of an underground trade in human organs have circulated in India for years, but claims of outright theft from living people had not been lodged before. When Velu's story hit the newspapers, the authorities acted. In New Delhi a long-pending national statute outlawing the sale of human organs from live donors was finally put into effect. In Bangalore police arrested Dr. K.S. Siddaraj, head of nephrology at the government-run Victoria Hospital. He was accused of having referred his poorer patients to private hospitals in the city as potential kidney donors and of receiving a 15% commission...
...economy has fallen into ruin and public cynicism is pervasive. Over the past 15 months, 16 private banks have failed and been nationalized. The government has picked up the tab for $7 billion in losses, equivalent to 16% of last year's GDP. Charges of financial irresponsibility, corruption and outright theft are flying. Arrest warrants have been issued for more than 100 people in connection with the collapses, and dozens of financiers are believed to have fled the country. President Rafael Caldera has charged that the banking system has been systematically looted by ``a den of thieves.'' The debacle makes...
...verbal character of the statement chosen by these students shows at least a lack of faith--if not an outright disavowal--of the power of reasonable argument to approach and define the truth of a matter. This reliance on symbolism rather than substance should be anathema to both the Left and the Right...
Coming off an emotional victory over arch-rival Princeton, the Crimson (8-0 dual, 5-0 Ivy) avoided a letdown by destroying Dartmouth, 9-0, yesterday at Hemenway Gym. Harvard clinced at least a share of its fifth straight Ivy League title and can clinch the crown outright with a win against Yale...
...conservatives, who still dominate the parish, Pope John Paul II provides much-needed reinforcement during a period of discomforting ambiguity. Reaction among liberals varies from weary toleration to outright ridicule. "To me, this guy is a saint," says Papachristos. "But my son says he's no good at all. I say Where did I go wrong with my son?" Andrew, 18, considers his mom a little closed-minded and counters, "The church has to keep changing or it will lose people...