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...doctrine of Responsibility to Protect makes it the appropriate body to spearhead this endeavor. Adopted in 2001, this policy calls on all nations to provide for their collective security through shared responsibility of world crises. The tragedy in Haiti unmistakably qualifies as a crisis. With this in mind, the U.N. is the proper agent to organize necessary supplies and services in the short term and sustain the Haitian government in the long term, since it can best facilitate the cross-national efforts required under the Responsibility to Protect...
Despite a retooled strategy that links a U.S. troop surge to efforts to build the Afghans' capacity to govern and protect themselves, Western optimism over Afghanistan's prospects has continued to ebb. So, a key task of the Jan. 28 conference convened in London by Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and co-hosted by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was to foster confidence that a positive outcome could be achieved sooner rather than later. "Today's conference represents a decisive step towards greater Afghan leadership to secure, stabilize and develop Afghanistan," declared...
...exactly excess weight would protect older adults is unclear, but the study's lead author, Leon Flicker, a professor of geriatric medicine at the University of Western Australia, offers a theory. "We can only hypothesize, but it may be that as we age, the presence of nutritional and metabolic reserves [that is, fat] are advantageous. If you develop an illness, a little more reserve gives you a greater chance to recover from that illness," he says...
...believe that the intent of the First Amendment is to protect everyday citizens, not corporations or unions. While free speech is integral to our democracy, this decision permits corporations and unions to use the media as a battleground for their own interests. “May the best man win” may as well read, “May the organization with the most money to give to their man win.” Smaller voices not linked to power hitters will likely be muted, and there will be a disproportionate effect on minor political issues where special interests...
...Change the rules. The NFL's competition committee seems ready to move on player-safety fixes. "You start with the premise that nothing is off the table," says Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay, a co-chairman of the committee. This is crucial, as NFL changes will not only protect athletes who suit up on Sunday; they will also trickle down to football's lower levels, reducing injury risk for all. (See pictures of eighth-graders being recruited for college basketball...