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...Iraqi interviews took place on Sept. 20, and the completed study went to the Lancet on Oct. 1 and on to peer review - a fast turnaround for scientific work. Roberts concedes that he wanted the study released before the U.S. election and had hoped to prompt candidate commitments to protect civilian lives: "That is what we'd most like, and that was our goal in getting this out." In Iraq, meanwhile, it was business at usual: at least seven people died in a Baghdad car-bomb blast on Saturday, and the hostage ranks continued to swell...
...Ervigio Corral Torres, head of SAMUR, Madrid's emergency-services unit, praised his efforts after the March 11 attacks in Madrid [Oct. 11]. But several emergency services were involved that day, and all of them - including SERMAS (the Madrid Health Service), the Red Cross and the Civil Protection unit - worked as hard as SAMUR. Because of the large number of injured, even more services from nearby areas were called, and their help was invaluable. I am a Red Cross volunteer, and I believe that, since we emergency workers undergo training to prepare us for this kind of situation, the real...
...high priest presiding in the temple at the summit of a dormant volcano. It's there in the 23 priests serving along with him, selected for their jobs when they were still children by a bevy of virgin priestesses. It's there in the rituals the priests perform to protect the island's water, which in turn is needed to nurture the island's rice...
...hack away wedges--or at least slivers--of voters with appeals to religion and morality. It is already happening. Desperately contested Ohio is one of 11 states that will decide on Nov. 2 whether to amend their constitution to ban gay marriage. Phil Burress of the Ohio Campaign to Protect Marriage, which favors that state's proposed amendment, is preparing to mail 2.5 million bulletin inserts to some 17,000 Ohio churches. His group has already submitted nearly 55,000 voter-registration cards. "The church will show up on Nov. 2," he says, and although his effort...
...often do things to help protect animals and plants from extinction. TRUE FALSE...