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Many newspaper reporters will tell you that now is not the time to enter their business. Circulations continue to plummet as new and old readers head to the web. Several leading journalists face jail time for refusing to disclose the names of confidential sources...
...Arroyo has seen her popularity plummet since being elected President last May, largely because of unpopular economic moves like new taxes intended to combat the Philippines' budget deficit and a hike in electricity and petrol prices to offset rising oil costs, which have prompted numerous street protests. "These protests and bishops worry me no end," says Jose Ma. Rufino, national executive director of Arroyo's Lakas Party. "It's a new phenomenon." Unfortunately, coup tremors in the Philippines are anything...
...mosque in the center of Sa-Nur was built for Jordanian soldiers, a reminder of the contested history of this tiny piece of land. Israel conquered the hilltop in 1967, and now the mosque is a synagogue. Until recently, though, it had few worshippers. Sa-Nur saw its population plummet in the first years of the intifadeh because of its isolated position near the Palestinian town of Nablus, a terrorist hotbed. A little more than a year ago, it was home to just nine families and two young bachelors. But since Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced plans to evacuate...
...Samukeliso Dube, the futility of writing out prescriptions for patients who could not afford to have them filled became too much. She left in 2003 after watching the health-care system deteriorate and her own living standards plummet. "The health system has been ravaged by hiv/aids," says Dube, who is now studying for a masters degree in public health in Johannesburg. "Almost everyone I knew working there had a strategy to leave...
Three-quarters of avalanche fatalities are caused by asphyxiation. For those buried under the snow, survival chances plummet if they are not found in the first 15 minutes; in the U.S., 70% of people buried in avalanches do not survive. The most widely used avalanche-protection technology is a radio transceiver worn on the body that sends out signals that can be picked up from above the snow. But these beacons only increase survival rates by about...