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...Whatever its scope, international attention on the catastrophe could benefit dictator Kim Jong Il, whose neighbors have toughened their stance toward the Stalinist state since it test-fired seven ballistic missiles in July. Seoul, which suspended food shipments after the tests, quickly reversed course, promising $10 million in aid earlier this month. And while Washington has favored isolating the North to pressure Pyongyang into dismantling its nuclear weapons and missile programs, cutting off aid in the face of a humanitarian crisis could be difficult. "There will be more pressure on the U.S." to change course if the reports prove true...
...resistant HIV strains will blossom. But it's important that new prevention options become part of future plans to control HIV-AIDS. As this conference has expanded over the years and become as much about the spectacle as about the science, many AIDS researchers have stopped attending. Yes, the scope of the meeting and the now predictable demonstrations from activists can be daunting, but it's only by bringing together the doctors in the field with the activists on the floor that the biggest challenges in the epidemic can be overcome. It was the activists pushing for much-needed treatments...
...staff are getting more stories than the others." Among the vast array of blogs and websites devoted to celebrity news, Rosenfield says TMZ is one that he and his colleagues will "have to learn to deal with like any other form of communication now." Mintz has noticed that the scope of TMZ's reach has jumped beyond the Internet. "I've seen video clips used on network affiliates and in the body of syndicated television entertainment programs with the TMZ logo," he says. "Obviously, TMZ has the ability to place video crews on the street...
...Townsend, head of LSUHSC's Behavioral Research Clinic, says part of the problem boils down to bricks and mortar. "We literally do not have a lot of buildings to put beds in right now," he says. Despite the physicians' best attempts to gauge the scope of the looming disaster, much is still unknown - the real suicide rate, much less how many people are even living in the city. Says Townsend, "All I know is there are a lot of people in emergency rooms all over town who aren't able to be admitted and are just kind of hanging...
Given the scope of the projects, Ailes said she couldn’t estimate how long it would take to look up the census records of the 80,000 men. “This is a long-term project. It’s not something we can do in a couple of months,” she said...