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...been controversial. In previous trials, each vaccine had failed to provide any protection against HIV, and in September 2004 a group of adamant scientists wrote a letter to Science arguing that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases should not to continue with the trial. "We seriously question whether it is sensible now to conduct a ... trial that, in our opinion, is no more likely to generate a meaningful level of protection against infection or disease," they wrote...
...toughest sheriff" and even used that moniker as the title of his autobiography. It's a claim few people would challenge - but whether that makes Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff Joe Arpaio an effective law-enforcement officer or, as his critics say, a flagrant human-rights violator remains an open question. The stern law-and-order advocate has declared war on illegal immigration in his sprawling jurisdiction, which includes Phoenix, but now the Federal Government is reining him in. Arpaio, who gained national attention for housing his inmates in tents when jails reached capacity and forcing prisoners to wear pink underwear...
...Given how entrenched Russia's organized-crime syndicates have become in recent years, some experts question whether the new laws will do any good. According to a report that accompanied Medvedev's proposal, the number of criminal incidents linked to the mafia increased 32% from 2006 to 2008. Last year alone, the number of "grievous or especially grievous" offenses committed by the mob - contract killings and kidnappings - climbed almost 10%. So even if the reigning dons do get locked up, replacements will likely be easy to find and the violence will probably continue, says Yury Fedoseyev, former head of Moscow...
...prevent the Guardian from revealing the existence of a report commissioned by the oil trader about the alleged 2006 dumping of toxic waste off the Ivory Coast by a ship chartered by the company. The lawyers then tried to stop the Guardian from telling its readers about a written question lodged in Parliament this week by Paul Farrelly, a Labour MP. His question mentioned both the secret injunction and the report. (Read "Bobby on the Tweet: British Police Try Twitter...
...Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer for it or where the question is to be found," wrote the Guardian's David Leigh in a historically obscure front-page article on Tuesday. "The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented - for the first time in memory - from reporting parliament...