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Ultimately, the decision is Mubarak's. The President shows no signs of giving in, and he does not seem ready to leave office any time soon. Having come to power as the result of the assassination of President Anwar al-Sadat, he seems resolved to avoid any descent into chaos - which he appears to believe is a parliament not effectively under his control...
Columbus attorney Landes, however, isn't so sanguine about the case's result. "This is a bad day for taxpayers and a bad day for race relations," he says. He believes the plaintiffs sued solely for the money and blames "out-of-state lawyers" for coming in and whipping up a "frenzy" that the residents of Muskingum County will now have to fund. Attorneys for the city and county say they plan to appeal...
Once lost, virginity can never be replaced - but modern medicine now offers women a near-perfect physical simulation of their lost innocence. Hymenoplasty, the surgical reconstruction of the hymen broken during a women's first experience of intercourse, or, increasingly, during demanding exercise or as a result of a collision or fall by women who've never had sex, has prompted a growing number of young betrothed women in France to make a last-ditch attempt to avoid the humiliation, repudiation, and possibly violence that could result from husbands and families discovering from blood-free bridal sheets that their wedding...
...researchers continue to examine plastic's impact on our bodies, there's no doubt that cutting down on the material will help the environment. Plastic makes up nearly 12% of our trash, up from 1% in 1960. You can literally see the result 1,000 miles (1,600 km) west of San Francisco in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling mass of plastic debris twice the size of Texas. The rising cost of petroleum may get plastic manufacturers to come up with incentives for recycling; current rates stand at less than 6% in the U.S. But the best...
...Chief Inspector Tim Winmill. "He's got an 18-ft. boat and he said it would have been 21 ft. (6.5 m.)." Winmill said police had no reason to doubt the fisherman's story: he was known to local authorities as a responsible member of the industry. As a result, police have issued a warning to anyone using Tuggerah and two smaller, connected lakes to take extreme care. Though the water at this time of year is numbingly cold, it's school holidays in New South Wales until the end of next week and some children won't necessarily...