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Some fans are partial to the passive, assisted stretching, which makes it easier for them to attain certain yoga positions. "It gives you more flexibility," says Dr. Martha Barnette, a plastic surgeon and founder-owner of Mandala Med-Spa. "It is often very hard for people to loosen stiffened joints on their...
...computer discs recovered in Pakistan provide evidence that al-Qaeda has conducted extensive surveillance of U.S. targets. Surveillance reports found on the computers contain some 500 photographs of targeted buildings and discussions about how to hit them. A senior U.S. law-enforcement official gave TIME's Adam Zagorin a partial inventory of the material, including descriptions of potential attacks in the terrorists' words...
...could come this summer. Britain also had two blackouts because of problems with its grid. Even adequate supply doesn't guarantee performance; France, where there is plenty of juice from nuclear power plants, has suffered a series of intentional blackouts caused by workers at Electricité de France protesting partial privatization of the state-owned utility. The blackouts seem to have had an effect, as privatization has been postponed. Why is Europe's electricity sector so inadequate? There are crises up and down the system: high prices, inadequate supply, creaking infrastructure. The European Commission began liberalizing the electricity market with...
...while Greenpeace—among the six environmental and animal protection groups that appealed the 2001 ruling—was not entirely satisfied with the decision, the group touted the amendment as a “partial success...
...final tally in Indonesia's presidential election isn't in yet, but with more than 70% of the 125 million votes counted, the partial results are already defying expectations. Front runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whom pollsters had expected to take up to 45% of the votes, is now predicted to win only a third of them. Former army chief Wiranto, whose Golkar party dominated April's parliamentary elections, is now in third place, with just 22%. And in the biggest surprise, President Megawati Sukarnoputri has more than doubled her projected share to take 26% of the votes. The final results...