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...near Islamabad's Red Mosque, killing 19. While no one has claimed responsibility, it's assumed that the attack was in revenge for the death of some 100 Islamic militants who died in clashes with security forces at the mosque exactly a year ago. "Radicalism is on the rise," says political analyst Talat Masood. "The government has not been able to take control of the situation...
...Indeed, even though inflation throughout the region is likely to continue to rise in coming months, no one is expecting an economic calamity. "We don't believe that Asia will run into another financial crisis," says Park Cyn Young, senior economist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila. Asian countries have large hard-currency reserves and relatively healthy banks, and so are far better prepared to absorb external shocks than they were during the region's last recession 10 years ago. "This time, [Asian policymakers] have learned their lessons and will be more alert...
...Outlook Is Always Bright Here!" I was already feeling grumpy about all this when I watched a lecture by the University of Miami's renowned coastal geologist Harold Wanless. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had predicted a sea-level rise of up to 2 ft. by 2100, but Wanless meticulously explained why 3 ft. to 4 ft. is much more likely - assuming the world can slash carbon emissions enough to slow global warming. I live in Miami Beach, so I didn't care for his PowerPoint slide showing much of Miami Beach under water. "That...
...encouraging kids to talk to their parents--and grandparents.' DR. SHARON LEE, medical director of HIV Wisdom for Older Women, on having youth teach their elders about safe sex as STD-infection rates rise in people 45 and older...
...system to Europe, Moscow has seen it as a ploy designed to emasculate its last remaining claim to superpower status: its nuclear might. In the two decades since the Soviet Union's demise, its slide into international irrelevancy has been slowed only by its nuclear arsenal and the recent rise in oil prices. While superpower tensions have eased considerably since the Cold War, both sides continue to keep hundreds of long-range missiles set on hair-trigger alert...