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...from diverse indigenous tribes, has long been celebrated as one of the continent's leading outposts of peace and stability. But Senegal's secular government doesn't look quite like the model it once did. "Democracy has been tarnished in the eyes of the people," said Richard Reeve, Africa specialist at U.K.-based international-affairs think tank Chatham House. "This election was a dirty process. Normally it's better in Senegal...
...anti-Tamiflu forces in Japan are led by Dr. Rokuro Hama, an epidemiologist and internal medicine specialist who heads the Japan Institute of Pharmacovigilance, a medical industry watchdog. Hama believes that Tamiflu can directly cause temporary neurological disorders in a small percentage of users - especially young people. That can lead to abnormal behavior, such as a seemingly happy, healthy teenager suddenly deciding to leap off a high-rise apartment building. Hama also notes that the Tamiflu doses taken in Japan can be as much as 10 times greater than the normal amount taken in the U.S., which could aggravate...
...enthusiasts, health nuts), that the species rebounded in numbers significant enough to ensure genetic diversity and protection against disasters like that 1841 freeze. Today private owners care for 97% of the world's bison population, according to Cormack Gates, who chairs the World Conservation Union's North American Bison Specialist Group...
...soldiers present believed Girouard was serious. Sgt. Leonel Lemus said he walked away thinking Girouard was kidding. Another soldier, Specialist Bradley Mason, testified on Tuesday that he questioned the plan, and then told him that it would be murder. When rumors began to circulate afterward, Girouard allegedly threatened his squad, saying he would kill anyone who confessed. "He told me that if I said anything, he'd kill me," Mason said. "Eventually," Capt. Mackey, the prosecutor, said, "people did start talking...
...Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Iraq; Anne Patterson, former ambassador to Colombia, who oversees law-enforcement training in Iraq and Afghanistan; Welch, who was in the U.S. embassy in Islamabad in 1979 when it was seized by a violent mob; Nicholas Burns, Rice's No. 3, a Balkan-wars specialist and the point man for dealing with the Iran nuclear issue; and Christopher Hill, the U.S. envoy for multilateral talks on North Korea...