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...vanished loot. Maybe the money total is as inflated and false as his victims' accounts; maybe large chunks were taken out by depositors. Either way, outside experts say it stretches credulity to think a clever sociopath and long-term bandit would not take special, even basic steps to protect his extended family from the ugly shame of poverty, particularly since this alleged bandit knew he was headed for the brig...
...keep searching for central mechanisms that control why abdominal obesity confers so much risk,” he said. Kahn is now exploring the questions that his findings have raised. “What we are trying to do now is to show if transplanting fat would actually protect you against diabetes or bad effects of obesity even if you’re on a high-fat diet,” he said. “Secondly, we’re trying to...isolate from subcutaneous fat the different kinds of proteins it might secrete into the bloodstream that might...
...Bush's decision is a long overdue recognition that the seas are just as deserving of conservation as the land is. But while the U.S. has been establishing national parks for more than 130 years (beginning with Yellowstone National Park in 1872), we're only just now moving to protect the ocean and the multitude of life that depends on it. "We're more than a hundred years behind terrestrial conservation," says Nelson. And there's still a lot of ground to make up. A study by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimated that less than...
...laws. Recently accused expatriates include an Australian teacher whose novel referenced a fictional wayward prince, and the BBC's Thailand-based correspondent whose online pieces described the role of the monarchy within Thai politics. Both cases have prompted an outcry from international human-rights organizations. "By trying to protect the King's image, the government is actually doing it harm, and in some cases the charge of lèse-majesté has been entirely inappropriate and unjustified," said media watchdog Reporters Without Borders...
...administration of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva seems, if anything, more determined to protect Thailand's monarchy from criticism. Thailand's military appears to share a similar mission. Late last month, army chief Anupong Paochinda reiterated that it was the military's duty to protect the royal institution and ordered his men to report any possible instances of lèse-majesté, according to local news reports. Anupong also urged battalion commanders to comb the Internet for antimonarchy material. With the military now on the case, Thailand's Internet war room just got a lot more ammunition...