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...Losing Rieman is still very new news,” she says. “People are still so much in shock...
...Wolfowitz says, based on his time in Indonesia and friendship with many Indonesians, that the bombing will generate "widespread shock and horror at how evil people have abused their country." And, if the bombing is found to be the work of Muslim extremists, "it's going to be the Muslims of Indonesia who in huge numbers are going to be angriest," he says...
...sudden uncertainty has come as a shock to Democrats, who just six weeks ago were weighing their odds of also reclaiming the House, where Republicans hold a six-seat edge. Of the 34 Senate races, 16 seats are truly in play; control of the body is likely to turn on the outcome of tight contests in Colorado, New Hampshire, Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas and elsewhere, which makes the Republicans' fund-raising edge all the more valuable. This will be the last election fluffed up by unlimited soft-money donations before the new campaign-finance laws kick in. Democrats have raised...
...into the far more serious dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), characterized by bleeding through bodily orifices and even the pores of the skin. In those who have contracted DHF, the body's tiniest blood vessels start leaking like bad plumbing, leading to a catastrophic drop in blood pressure, followed by shock and very often death. Half of those who get DHF will die without top-class medical attention, says Simon. Fluids must be administered intravenously and precisely to keep vascular pressure at a safe level. It can be tough to tell when dengue has developed into DHF, but as microbiologist...
Democracy, even in diluted form, can shock, undo and turn over the?established order, as it did in both Pakistan and Kashmir last week. For President Pervez Musharraf, the election was intended to fulfill his promise to end one man rule?while ensuring he retained his own stranglehold on power. Early returns, however, indicated a fundamentalist coalition, the Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), was the unintended beneficiary of Musharraf's banning of past political powerhouses Benazir Bhutto and Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif from standing for office. The startling result calls into question Musharraf's grip on power and his ability...