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...complicated web of factors and likely causes: The panel determined that two chemicals are probably responsible for GWI, both of which were administered by the U.S. military to its own soldiers: the drug pyridostigmine bromide, given to troops to protect against nerve gas, and pesticides sprayed around barracks, dining halls and uniforms to protect against insects. But the panel did not rule out the myriad other toxic chemicals that soldiers faced on the ground, including "hundreds of burning oil-well fires that turned the Kuwaiti sky black with smoke, dramatic reports of uranium-tipped munitions, sandstorms, secret vaccines, and frequent...
...Obama's victory was brilliant, well-earned, and a real step forward for our multiracial democracy. But heaven protect him from Gibbs and the rest of the over-the-top hallelujah chorus. America's vote will "save it"? I must have missed news of its approaching death. Obama is a "radical departure" from presidents who "were born into power or bred to it"? I guess TIME doesn't remember where Bill Clinton, or Ronald Reagan, or Abraham Lincoln came from. And now Obama's a "prince"? Maybe you should tone it down. Let Obama...
...Companies don't think twice about using security guards to protect their valuable facilities ashore," Gortney said. "Protecting valuable ships and their crews at sea is no different...
...hijacking of the Sirius Star is also an embarrassment to NATO and the U.S., which had deployed naval vessels to protect shipping in the area in response to the recent uptick in attacks. According to the International Maritime Board, there have been some 80 pirate attacks off Somalia's coast this year. More than half of those were repelled, but the remainder have made for a highly lucrative year for Somali piracy...
...situation with the Sirius Star clearly indicates the pirates' ability to adapt their tactics and methods of attack," Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of the U.S. Navy's Combined Maritime Forces, said in a statement earlier this week. Gortney urged shipping companies to take greater care to protect themselves, noting that 10 of the last 15 ships to be attacked in the Gulf of Aden were traveling outside a corridor recommended by the International Maritime Organization and carried no onboard security. (See TIME's Pictures of the Week...