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The FDA denies that stereotypes have influenced its policies, of course, and it seeks refuge from critics behind a veil of statistics. After all, studies show that HIV incidence remains much higher among gay men, even though prevalence among heterosexual males has risen dramatically in the past decade. The CDC...
For now, Pakistan is probably more of an actual terrorist sanctuary than a prime terrorist target. (Among other wanted extremists, Indonesian Hambali, Jemaah Islamiah's operations chief, has also reportedly sought refuge there.) The last thing al-Qaeda and its local supporters want is for Musharraf to have an excuse...
The G.O.P. will propose an energy bill that includes drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, long opposed by enviros. Also likely is revival of a proposal to increase logging in some areas to reduce the threat of wildfires; opponents call it a giveaway to the timber industry. Incoming...
Even with its newly won bipartite control, the White House doesn't command a "governing majority" in the Senate: the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster. Members of Congress from both parties say Bush will still have to cut deals with Democrats and ditch pet projects in order to...
DIED. WOLFIE KODESH, 84, veteran South African Communist Party activist who played a leading role in the fight against apartheid; in Cape Town. Kodesh was known for providing refuge to those on the run from the apartheid regime, and once safeguarded Nelson Mandela for two months in his one-room...