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Perhaps the program's most crucial success was to introduce family-planning to revolutionary Tehran, an effort that has brought down the birthrate per female, from six children to two, with the full support of religious leaders. They at first urged Iranians to boost the ranks of the "soldiers of Islam" but then promoted contraception to stop the alarming growth in population. The lower birthrate is critical to a nation like Iran as its economy evolves. About 7,000 women went door-to-door in Tehran and talked to mothers about the benefits of smaller families, informed them...
...sequel has proved bigger, longer and immeasurably more complicated. The fighting is now in its 15th year. According to the International Rescue Committee, it has claimed the lives of 5.4 million people, mostly through the disease and malnutrition that have accompanied it. In 1998, the war sucked six countries into a smash-and-grab for Congo's minerals and timber. And it has spawned a plethora of new rebel groups, collectively known as the Mai Mai, founded on a mix of genuine tribal grievances and criminal and murderous intent. Everyone--the Mai Mai, the Congolese army, Hutu and Tutsi, Congolese...
SENTENCED In the aftermath of last year's milk-contamination scandal in China--at least six children were killed and 300,000 sickened--two men, Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping, were sentenced to death on Jan. 22 for their involvement in the affair...
...game tournament” comes out in full force today. Yes, all the schools not starting with P have already have already exchanged travel buddies, but the pace picks up now with four Ivy games on each Friday and Saturday night for the next six weeks...
...forwards Matt Mullery and Peter Sullivan and guard Adrian Williams, yet they could be 0-4 if they lose this game. 0-4 should be remembered as the result of Inter’s road game against Roma in October, not the Bears’ record. Brown by six...