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...Officials say the victims were probably infected through contact with chickens while visiting China's Fujian province, and that until H5N1 is able to pass from one human to another, the threat of epidemic is miniscule. But if a patient with human flu contracted the avian variety, it could spawn a lethal genetic hybrid. "If it gets as transmittable as human-to-human flu viruses, we are basically looking at a pandemic," says Dr. Malik Peiris, a University of Hong Kong microbiologist. The 1997 outbreak came in the fall; "We were lucky," says Dr. Paul K.S. Chan, a microbiologist with...
...historically the CIA has got into the most trouble when it strayed from intelligence gathering and analysis and into paramilitary operations. The CIA restored the Shah of Iran to his throne in 1953, and the resentment that followed helped spawn the Islamic revolution in that country. Then came the seizure of the American embassy in Iran and the hostage crisis that helped defeat Jimmy Carter. After that, in the 1980s, the CIA ran a not-very-secret war backing the contras in Nicaragua, which led to the Iran-contra scandal that tarnished the presidency of Ronald Reagan...
There are many reasons not to attack Iraq, Chomsky said. He said a war could “ignite terrorist attacks” and “spawn a new generation of terrorists...
...viewers can tune into a forensics drama almost every night of the week, starting with the trendsetting CSI on CBS; its first-season spawn, CSI: Miami, also on CBS; and Crossing Jordan on NBC. On cable, The Forensics Files is Court TV's biggest prime-time show ever, while Autopsy is wooing--and spooking--viewers on HBO. "The combination of science and police work really drives a drama," says Tim Kring, executive producer of Crossing Jordan...
...rankings, created in 1983, have been a favorite target of those who say they spawn disturbing trends in admissions and fundraising...