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...Clinton, who is nearing the end of her 11-day, seven-country trip around Africa, praised all that Johnson Sirleaf has accomplished, and deftly dodged repeated media inquires about the U.S. position on a recent report that publicly sanctions the President and recommends she not serve in government for the next 30 years because of her early association with warlord Charles Taylor, now on trial for war crimes committed in Sierra Leone. On several occasions, Clinton made reference to the fact that many in today's Liberian government played dubious roles during the war. While addressing the legislature, she said...
...country so small during a war that lasted for so many years, everyone's hands seem dirty. By pointing out the past lives of other Liberian politicians, and saying that Washington completely supports the current administration, Clinton implicitly discounted the report, produced by Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, that sanctioned President Johnson Sirleaf and others...
...worked out were stronger than the non-weight lifters - some could bench-press as much as 85 lb., while the majority were able to press dumbbells weighing more than 15 lb. - and did not experience any more swelling than the nonlifting group. Indeed, the exercisers were more likely to report that their symptoms had improved, with half as many (14%) reporting flare-ups as their counterparts (29%). Fewer flare-ups, doctors say, means less physical therapy to treat them - which means considerable savings in patients' time, money and discomfort. (Watch a video about fitness gadgets...
...seems like a scene from Oliver Twist - a young pupil being beaten by a 300-lb man wielding an inch-thick wooden paddle - but according to a new report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, nearly a quarter of a million children were subjected to corporal punishment in public schools in the U.S. during the 2006-2007 academic year. Based on 202 interviews with parents, students, teachers and administrators, and supplemented with data from the U.S. Department of Education, the report reveals how the spare-the-rod-spoil-the-child philosophy continues to rule thousands...
...Lowdown: As the report notes, corporal punishment is banned in most juvenile correction facilities in the U.S., and yet it continues in public schools. The legal paradox can be traced to a 1977 Supreme Court ruling that found the Eighth Amendment only protects convicted criminals from cruel and unusual punishment - not students confined to a classroom. In its plea to convince federal and state lawmakers to impose a national ban on the practice, the authors point out yet another paradox, using the words of a special-ed teacher in Mississippi: "I see these children who get in fights and then...