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...experienced a "larynx spasm crisis," a clinical way to say he'd had difficulty breathing. The cynical among the Vatican press corps believed that the "flu" that had been reported in the official bulletins was in fact a cover for something much worse. Sources at the Vatican discount that scenario, noting both the Pope's relatively robust appearance Sunday and the fact that the basic details about his condition were being released at regular intervals. Navarro-Valls and others who manage the flow of information in the Roman Curia would have nothing to gain from telling the world...
...couples who had no outside partners, but an astonishing 288 students were linked together in an elaborate network of liaisons. Many students had just one or two romances, but they were at risk of contracting STDs from everyone in the chain. This, wrote the authors, is "the worst-case scenario for potential disease diffusion...
...particular focus of concern: vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, or VBIEDs, possibly disguised as limousines. The fears were prompted in part, say U.S. intelligence sources, by a 39-page document seized from al-Qaeda last year, titled "Rough Presentation for Gas Limo Project." It lays out a scenario for using limousines to deliver bombs equipped with cylinders of a flammable gas. Though the Inauguration is not specifically mentioned, parts of the document began circulating among senior U.S. intelligence authorities on Jan. 5. In response, barriers have been set up to block any vehicle bent on destruction...
...commission on each sale. Today that clubby world is being shaken more and more by a handful of upstarts. Internet interlopers like LendingTree, along with regional discounters like Foxtons in the Northeast and CataList Homes on the West Coast, have been gaining traction with a new scenario--one that simplifies and shortens the process for buyers and offers sellers overdue relief on the commissions they must...
...Since the Prime Minister first committed British troops to Iraq, that scenario has seemed increasingly likely. The adventure cost him support in the party and trust among voters - nearly 20 percentage points since 2001. The onset of arrhythmia and family pressures contributed to what Westminster insiders diagnosed as a "wobble" in late 2003. Over yet another dinner with Brown, this one given by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, Blair is alleged by more than one source to have renewed his offer to resign. He denies this and has vowed to serve a full third term if Labour is re-elected...