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...proof that the Venezuelan government is indeed a democracy. “If somebody can turn a defeat such as this into a success, it’s him,” Ortega said of Chavez. But Harvard economist Ricardo Hausmann said he did not think the results will prevent Chavez from seeking power in the future. “I think we have to keep being vigilant,” Hausmann said in an interview yesterday. “He didn’t get the votes last night, but he announced that he was not abandoning his plan?...
...land about one-ninth the size of Syria. Do they really believe that Arabs and Muslims are innately so much worthier than Jews? Much has changed in the Middle East during the past six decades, but one political feature remains disturbingly constant. The Arab League formed in 1945 to prevent the emergence of Israel, launching the most lop-sided war in human history, a war that continues hot and cold to the present day, pitting multiple non- and anti-democratic regimes against the Jewish State. Scapegoating Israel and the Jews became a means of deflecting attention from the mounting failings...
...Dines is not just some fringe radical—she represents an entire movement of anti-pornography activists who wage war on the rights of individuals and corporations to take part in commerce. Indeed, there is a type of pornography that is disturbing to view—efforts to prevent young children from viewing this, for instance, is a worthy goal. Beyond that, however, one does best to pursue a libertarian approach to porn...
...which has a 90% death rate, has now spread to neighboring Uganda, where a new strain of the virus has already killed 19 since September. Now, as the Ebola strain continues to sweep western Uganda, the question is how - and if - the virus can be stopped in time to prevent more mass deaths...
...However, says Zaramba: "We believe this Ebola outbreak is not as serious as the strain we had in 2000." Still, he says, "we cannot predict what will happen." Rwanda, Uganda's southern neighbor, announced Saturday it was tightening health border controls to prevent the disease from spreading south. A team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will arrive in Uganda this week for further investigation and to advise on further containment of the disease...