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...latest attempt to quell antigovernment activities, Iran announced it would execute six people who had participated in a December protest. The sentence was announced one day before the start of the Feast of Fire festival, public celebration of which has been banned since the 1979 revolution, when it was denounced as un-Islamic. The announcement's timing was thought to be a warning to the opposition not to use the occasion to stage additional demonstrations. Although droves of dissidents defied the ban by celebrating in the streets of Tehran, analysts predict that the death sentences may force opposition leaders...
Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu had hoped that his apology for the poor timing of plans to expand Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem would have been enough to quell the resulting furor. Instead, the Obama Administration has opted to escalate the standoff into a major battle of political wills between Netanyahu and the White House - one in which neither side can easily back down despite the risks involved in hanging tough...
...childhood allergies could be prevented or cured - or even weakened - it could help quell many parents' outsize fear of them. "People disproportionately worry about getting extreme reactions or even dying after eating peanuts," says Clark. But while allergy experts agree that risks from food sensitivities are very real, the truth is that only a small fraction of patients develop life-threatening reactions...
...What They're Banning in Papua New Guinea: The 550,000 residents of Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands province better drink up quickly. In an attempt to quell the tribal strife that has long plagued the fractious region, alcohol will be banned there after May 11. In recent years, the island nation has seen escalating levels of domestic and sexual violence. Local police point to excessive intoxication as a culprit, though squabbles over a natural-gas-pipeline project have also contributed to the turbulence...
...lost hold of the wheel. Lawyers and politicians took charge. In Washington, Toyota executives are poised to replace bankers as populist targets before a congressional hearing. "Toyota drivers have gone from being customers of the company to being wards of the government," says Jim Cain, senior vice president of Quell Group, a marketing-communications firm in Detroit, and a former Ford media-relations executive. "It's absolutely the worst possible position to be in." Tort lawyers around the U.S. have filed class actions. SRS says it has identified 2,262 instances of unintended acceleration in Toyotas leading to at least...