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...religious extremism and inter-faith conflict pose the toughest foreign-policy challenges for this Pope. And the signs are that he intends to talk tough. He used a meeting with German Muslim leaders on Saturday to bluntly denounce terrorism. "Those who instigate and plan these attacks evidently wish to poison our relations ... to oppose every attempt to build a peaceful, fair and serene life together," Benedict said. Nadeem Elyas, head of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, welcomed the Pontiff's message. "We hope the Pope's visit will help the dialogue between religions attain a new dimension...
...inspired by Islam? He said last month that he wanted "to try to find the best elements to help." To that end, on Saturday he met with moderate German Muslims, and offered them blunt words on terrorism. "Those who instigate and plan these attacks evidently wish to poison our relations, making use of all means, including religion, to oppose every attempt to build a peaceful, fair and serene life together," Benedict said. The Muslims he met wholeheartedly endorsed the Pontiff's concerns and desire for inter-faith dialogue, urging that it be extended to a permanent forum to discuss issues...
...tendency to worry and feel victimized. Significantly, they also score lower in the so-called constraint category, meaning they are given to impulsiveness and thrill seeking. That's a bad combination, particularly when you throw drugs, drink or gambling into the mix. "It's like picking your poison," says psychologist Avshalom Caspi of King's College in London, one of the researchers in the study...
That's not how DEA administrator Karen Tandy sees it. "Dr. Hurwitz was no different from a cocaine or heroin dealer peddling poison on the street corner," she told reporters after his sentencing. Prosecutors said Hurwitz prescribed "obscene" amounts of medicine to patients he knew were addicted to cocaine and other drugs. As for the DEA's other investigations and prosecutions, "We're not on a witch hunt," Tandy told TIME. "We are very careful in our investigations. More than 600,000 doctors are registered to prescribe controlled substances. There are a very small number of bad apples." Her agency...
...essayists and teaches English in Tehran, ?It was made in China, of plastic. The mullahs told us that the key would open the door to a golden palace with hundreds of rooms and a beautiful virgin in each room. You see, we were facing certain death - the Iraqis had poison gas.? Like hundreds of thousands of young conscripts in the Iran-Iraq war, Mehrdad was destined for a suicidal human-wave charge on the Iraqi lines. He was spared only by his commander's desire to be taught English...