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...with infected birds, although rare cases of human-to-human transmission have occurred. But if bird flu mutates and gains the ability to transmit as easily as normal flu-and scientists say that is a real possibility-it could trigger a worldwide pandemic similar to that in 1918. That prospect was raised last week, when Dr. Shigeru Omi, the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional director for the Western Pacific, estimated that such a pandemic could infect 25-30% of the world's population and kill up to 100 million people. Omi's number is higher than earlier estimates...
...below average. He had doubts about his ability to lead men into battle, and he slid into bouts of depression and heavy drinking. His life was about to get worse. Jenkins' unit, he had learned, was scheduled to ship out soon to the live war in Vietnam, a prospect that terrified him. "I did not want to be responsible for the lives of other soldiers under me," he said during his court-martial trial last month. So Jenkins looked for a way out. He could confess his cowardice to superiors and accept the consequences or attempt somehow to flee...
MEANWHILE IN BELGIUM ? A Room to Remember Tom Hanks faced the prospect of being bedless in Bastogne when he announced late plans to visit the town next week for the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. With all hotels booked, the local tourist office launched an appeal, eventually finding the Saving Private Ryan star a house to rent. Who says the transatlantic alliance is dead...
...diplomats, as the deadline neared, Iran stepped up its production of uranium hexafluoride, a gas that can be used to make nuclear arms. European negotiators will meet with Iran again next month, and sources tell TIME they plan to push hard for dismantling Iran's enrichment capability entirely, a prospect the Iranian national security chief dismisses. --By Scott MacLeod, Andrew Purvis and Nahid Siamdoust
...once they get into them. Sterling Cross, a junior at Pioneer High School, is often one of just two or three black students in AP classes because, he says, many of his black friends who are also qualified to take them are intimidated by both the rigor and the prospect of going it alone. They are worried that if they have trouble, they won't get any help and that a few poor test scores could mark them as failures. Jasmine Daniel, a junior with a 3.97 GPA, says the trepidation many minority students feel is understandable. She says...