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...From the top of the left facebook circle, Brown's Dave Robertson beats Richter to the top right corner for a quick 1-0 Bears lead...
Both sets of volunteers seem unfazed by the swirling controversy, and are quick to acknowledge the strength of their opponent. With "two intelligent, hard-working elected officials," says Keith Lilly, the volunteer campaign coordinator in Obama's office, "We have our cake and we're eating it, too." Clinton's team volleys back the compliment: "I think it's pretty clear that Obama will do very well among African-American voters," says Wardally, though he expects his candidate to garner "her piece" and carry the district. A Jan. 20 statewide poll conducted by Siena College, which found Clinton leading Obama...
...Dodgy doctors exploit those same factors - illiteracy and poverty - to buy cheap organs on the black markets. There are millions of poor young men in India, desperate for a job and only too ready to travel to India's big cities at the promise of a quick buck. And even if they're not willing, they're still potential fodder. The Associated Press reported that while some donors sold their kidneys willingly, some were forcibly brought to clinics, held at gunpoint and then forced to undergo operations that they didn't want. "India is not such a literate population," says...
...Opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi refused to budge from his call for immediate elections, convinced that a quick vote will return him to the Prime Minister's office for a third time. Though not all his allies are as convinced of the wisdom of a quick vote, they don't want to damage their own future by going against him. Critics argue that even if the billionaire leader wins, under the current electoral law, he will lack the necessary leverage to get much done, just as Prodi's government...
...most striking changes of 2007 is the relative candor with which U.S. military officers now talk about Iraq. Unlike most of their starry-eyed predecessors, when asked, Petraeus and Odierno are quick to list what isn't working well. Iraqi security forces remain unable to mount operations without the logistical help of U.S. forces. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is on the run, but it has not been routed, and it still enjoys free rein in some parts of the country. Murder, death threats and kidnappings are still commonplace; more than 100,000 sections of concrete car-bomb barriers now snake...