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...ascribes most of the current revision to a reassessment of the malaria epidemic in Asia (although the vast majority of malaria cases and deaths still occur in Africa, where the numbers for the continent remain mostly unchanged). Much of the Asian data, which was used in the 2005 WHO report to predict which regions had malaria-carrying mosquitoes - and therefore higher disease incidence - was already 40 years old, says Mac Otten, coordinator of the surveillance, monitoring and evaluation unit at the WHO's Global Malaria Program. Over the past four decades, the situation across Asia has changed dramatically. "With urbanization...
...Still, even amidst a global economic slowdown, the outlook for the Arab economies will remain sunny. As long as oil stays above $60 a barrel, governments won't have to cut their budgets, says John Sfakianakis, the chief economist at Saudi's SABB bank. And jitters on Wall Street could sharpen the eyes of Arab regulators for the kind of irrational exuberance that got American investors in hot water. "The unscrupulous spending of the past will be slowed in the months to come, which will have a positive impact overall," says Sfakianakis. "Many Gulf economies were growing so quickly that...
...autonomy statutes, and their supporters in the outlying regions began violently seizing control over state buildings. For weeks, TV images showed outnumbered policemen cowering from armed mobs of opposition supporters ransacking government buildings and randomly attacking indigenous people. (Morales is Bolivia's first indigenous president, and the indigenous people remain his strongest support base...
...event that may have triggered the declaration of martial law in Pando was last Thursday's attack on unarmed government supporters marching near the town of Porvenir. "They ambushed us as we neared Porvenir," says one survivor, who preferred to remain anonymous. At least 14 Morales supporters were killed in the incident, and dozens more were injured. "They came out of nowhere and started shooting with rifles. They didn't even care that there were women and children with...
...number of infants sickened by a batch of tainted milk powder expands daily. On September 17, Chinese Health Ministry authorities announced that over 6200 babies had fallen ill, many developing kidney stones, from drinking milk made from toxic powder. At least three have died, and more than 50 remain in serious condition. Officials have said the number of victims could climb, the China Daily reported...