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...Sultanpur Lake and if you don't feel like making the trek back to town, you'll find plenty of guesthouses nearby. HONG KONG Counted among Hong Kong's best-kept secrets, the Mai Po Marshes attract many wetland birds, including endangered Dalmatian pelicans, Saunders' gulls and, in winter, rare black-faced spoonbills. Well-marked trails allow for easy access to much of Mai Po, but guides are available if you want to reach the more remote corners. SINGAPORE With more than 600 species on view, Singapore's Jurong Bird Park offers an almost bewildering choice - but geographically themed aviaries...
...then became a grandfather within a month of his passing. Time is so fleeting and so precious. I pray Kinsley has a speedy recovery. Joseph Bichler Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. Kinsley's essay is a masterpiece of good writing, humor and the human side of medicine. It's rare to find someone who can express a patient's feelings without resorting to melodrama and at the same time provide a coherent explanation of a disease and its treatment. The communication between doctor and patient would benefit from having a similar text for other conditions. José Emilio Batista, M.D., Ph.D...
Casey McArdle was watching TV this morning when he heard about Dell's recall of 4.1 million Sony-made laptop batteries sold between April 2004 and July 2006. The TV showed images of exploding laptops, but the message from Dell was more subdued: "Under rare conditions, it is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could cause a risk of fire." At that moment, McArdle's Dell laptop, which he bought last year, was resting on his lap. Nervously removing it, he popped out the battery to check if it was part of the recall...
...leader, Benjamin Netanyahu of the right-wing Likud party, and the likeliest challenger to Olmert's coalition cabinet, then went on to list what he described as the government's multiple "failures" in readying for war, protecting israelis from Hizballah bombardments and carrying out an indecisive campaign. In a rare show of unity, Likud right-wingers and Labor legislators joined to call for a high-level inquiry into all that went wrong in the war against Hizballah. A headline this week in the Jersualem Post, a daily that fully backed the Lebanon war, read: "The Olmert Government Must...
...rare press conference earlier this month, the LRA's elusive leader Joseph Kony - who claims to communicate with spirits and says he wants to rule Uganda based on the Ten Commandments - has denied any wrongdoing. But the LRA has been pushed to sue for peace nonetheless, in part by mounting international pressure. Five of the LRA's top brass, including Kony and Lukwiya, were indicted last year by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity...