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...inept and often corrupt law-enforcement and justice system has left 98 percent of cases unsolved, prompting some citizens to take the law into their own hands. On Thursday, for example, an angry mob in the small town of San Juan Sacatepequez captured and burned alive three teenagers suspected of belonging to a street gang. Perez Molina has built support by promising to put more soldiers on the streets to fight crime, and to use the death penalty more frequently. He also supports temporarily suspending some constitutional rights in crime-ridden areas, a tactic used several times last year...
...strictly dietary and physical means. However, the most common contributor to female infertility—problems with ovulation—can often be abetted by these means, according to the study. Currently one in six couples struggle with infertility, and ovulatory problems have been diagnosed in 18 to 30 percent of those cases, according to the press release for the study. Until now, most reports on infertility have focused on how it can be influenced by medicine and surgery. “This is the first big long-term study in the world that’s taken a look...
Clinton has received the most media coverage of any candidate (17 percent of stories), followed by fellow democrat Barack Obama (14 percent of stories). Rudy Giuliani, the republican candidate who has received the most coverage, was covered in nine percent of the stories...
Sixty-three percent of the campaign stories examined “game” aspect of the campaign, such as which candidates were winning or losing in the polls and their fundraising statistics, according to the report. In contrast, 17 percent of stories focused on candidates’ personal histories, and fifteen percent on the candidates’ ideas and policy proposals...
...coming from a single source, that would be,” he paused, “interesting.” “But each one of these things is a fraction of the total,” he said. Hogan estimated the gift would amount to about 10 percent of the current funding for Harvard’s research in energy policy, and he said Shell would not direct how the money would be spent. Shell’s press office did not return requests for comment. Hogan said he was trying to amass more financial support to expand...