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...accordance with state public health guidelines, so far UHS has only vaccinated high-risk members of the Harvard community, including pregnant women and children ranging in age from six months to nine years...
...three reform packages aim to create a systemic-risk council that can impose emergency measures and unleash extra powers throughout government in case of a future meltdown like the one that almost destroyed the global economy last fall. Dodd differs with the Administration in who should head the council: he wants the President to appoint someone, while the Administration thinks it should be an internal player like the Treasury Secretary...
...alternative, produced less than a week before passage of the Democratic bill, was widely panned as a flimsy attempt at cost-curbing that did little to expand coverage and almost nothing in the way of new protections, such as those for consumers who have pre-existing medical conditions. The risk is at least as great for Republicans. "The small-bore, crabbed and nearly meaningless reform plan they produced in the House after months of nothing but complaining about the Democrats just reinforces the notion that they are a Party of No," said Norm Ornstein, a fellow at the conservative American...
...Peninsula. Saleh, 67, who has ruled for 31 years, faces not only northern rebels but hostile groups in the south who have fought violent battles for autonomy and extremists who are tied to al-Qaeda. As Yemen's security crumbles, militants find it easier to operate, according to the risk consultancy Eurasia Group in a research note on Nov. 5. "The Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is establishing more sophisticated infrastructure in Yemen," the report said. "A collapse or severe weakening of the Yemeni state would likely send millions of refugees into Saudi Arabia, threatening stability there...
...that grows more complicated with each new revelation. The last major banking scandal, in 1999, dashed the political future of former President B.J. Habibie and culminated with protests in the streets. "By taking so long to get to expose the truth, SBY is putting stability of the country at risk," says Rizky. "Businesses need stability and without it they will rethink any plans they have to invest...