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...this already poor border population vulnerable to abuse by trading agents and border guards. Academics who study informal border trade say the volume of smuggling would not be possible without the collusion of the BSF. "There will always be black sheep," says BSF chief Kumawat, "but it's not rampant." In interviews with sex workers in the town of Petrapole, many told Sikder that they started as smugglers and turned to prostitution to finance more smuggling or to get back released goods that had been seized...
...Nadya Suleman, 33, became pregnant with octuplets is the subject of rampant speculation. Her mother has indicated that the preemies are the result of IVF treatment, a confounding thought from both a parent's perspective--Suleman already has six children under the age of 8--and a physician's. In June, just about the time those eight babies began growing inside her womb, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) issued updated guidelines on the number of embryos that should be transferred to a woman's body in the hope they'll implant in the uterus and lead...
...California woman, apparently a single mother who already has six young children, including a set of twins, got pregnant is the subject of rampant speculation. But regardless of whether the octuplets are the result of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or fertility drugs - the latter has historically been available on the cheap in Mexico - there is little doubt that from a medical and ethical perspective, something went very wrong. And fertility specialists now find themselves on the defensive, trying to fend off the perception that theirs is an undisciplined, irresponsible profession. (See five truths about health care in America...
...Administration's plans to win the war in Afghanistan. Thursday's announcement postponing Afghanistan's presidential election from April to August means that Karzai will remain in office as a new U.S. plan for Afghanistan goes into effect, even though U.S. and NATO commanders have long warned that the rampant corruption and inefficiency of the Karzai government are undermining the war effort. NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer recently wrote in the Washington Post that "the problem in Afghanistan is not too much Taliban; it's too little good governance" and warned bluntly that the alliance expects Karzai...
Many have been very concerned over Jobs' health. The accusations have been rampant, and now it seems that all of the worst fears over this great CEO leader's health are at least now partially realized...