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...figures bear that out. The four biggest killers in Tehran today are road accidents, estimated to cost 28,000 lives every year; cardiovascular diseases tied to Tehran's polluted air and the high rate of smoking among men; depression; and drug addiction. "More than 70% of factors that affect health are social," says Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Golmakani, a municipality health adviser who is looking at the social determinants of disease...
Congo is the land Rwanda left behind. At the border, the road turns from asphalt to mud and grit. Rwandan officials are famous for their incorruptibility, but Congolese immigration shook me down. Beyond lies the city of Goma, a sprawl of tin- and grass-roofed huts and refugee camps...
...soldiers allowed them out. He and nine family members followed, carrying the two other wounded children and their grandmother. "I couldn't tell if Suwad and Amal were still breathing, but there was still a chance they might be alive," says Abed Rabu. "As we walked up the road, the soldiers shot at the dirt around our feet." Abed Rabu says he carried his daughters more than a mile. By the time they reached the hospital, the girls were dead...
...fact, the latest research points to a surprising emotional road map for helping us get out of the recession...
...workplace pioneer, Handler found the corporate road difficult. "It was not a glass ceiling in those days," she later reflected. "It was concrete." Yet, as author Gerber says, "Ruth's maverick spirit fueled her drive and her risk-taking in the early years of Mattel." The dream went sour for Handler, though. First, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then, at 62, she became a convicted felon after filing false financial reports. She was forced out of her company because of the scandal. Still, by the end of her life in 2002, she was celebrated by a new generation...