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...some members of the governing Labour Party, which convened on Sept. 23-27 in Bournemouth, a town on England's southwest coast, are disappointed. Drink was taken in copious quantities, and the weather put on quite a show: there was sunshine, dramatic cloudbursts and even a rainbow over the convention center as Prime Minister Gordon Brown made his speech. Yet something was missing: the chance to blow off steam by trading insults or even blows with colleagues. An unfamiliar spirit of universal amity took the edge off debates that in earlier years might have degenerated into cathartic screaming matches. Sheltering...
...trial in Würzburg is now under way in Amsterdam, and another, slated to begin in mid-October, is currently awaiting final approval by the ethics committee at the University Hospital in Tübingen, Germany. There, in the renowned old research institution in the German southwest, neuro-oncologist Dr. Johannes Rieger wants to enroll patients with glioblastoma and astrocytoma, aggressive brain cancers for which there are hardly any sustainable therapies. Cell culture and animal experiments suggest that these tumors should respond particularly well to low-carb, high-fat diets. And, usually, these patients are physically sound, since...
...last year, the British army deployed 3,300 soldiers to Afghanistan's Helmand province - an arid, mostly desert region in the country's southwest. Tasked to provide security for ongoing NATO reconstruction and humanitarian efforts, they expected little combat. But within weeks the troops were engaged in daily battles with the Taliban and, by the end of their tour in October 2006, had fired 480,000 rounds of ammunition, fought in nearly 500 skirmishes and mourned the loss of 15 comrades...
...civil was your last flight? Southwest Airlines has first-come, first-served festival seating. But for $5 per flight, an unaffiliated company called BoardFirst.com will secure you a coveted "A" boarding pass when that airline opens for online check-in 24 hours before departure. Thus, the savvy traveler doesn't even wait in line when he or she is online...
...fleet in North America and expects to have 48--70% of its fleet--by 2009. "The economics were there," he says. "And as fuel goes up, we just look smarter and smarter." The Q400 might allow the regional to go up against low-cost, short-haul king Southwest and its fleet of Boeing 737s...