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...Priority No. 2 for Rasmussen is Russia, which has always seen NATO's post-Cold War expansion as a threat to its own security. Rasmussen concedes that NATO needs to get better at explaining its intentions and convincing Moscow that there are areas of common interest - Afghanistan, ending the spread of weapons of mass destruction, piracy - on which the former adversaries can work together. In the long term he imagines a "true strategic partnership" between Russia and NATO. But he insists that the organization will remain open to new members - which potentially means Ukraine and Georgia, both of whom have...
Last Wednesday, President Obama gave a long overdue speech about his health-care reform goals. The speech helped clear up many uncertainties that have surfaced over the last couple of months around health-care reform. From tales of death panels to myths about covering illegal immigrants, rumors have spread among Americans and polarized the debate. Some have even come to fear reform and perceive the proposal as a government hijacking of their health. Therefore, we were pleased to hear Obama debunk these rumors and clearly articulate his vision for health-care reform. Obama assured us that no death panels will...
...model, vaccinations would have to begin by mid-September - but the first batch of the vaccine isn't due until October. "Clearly the best strategy is to vaccinate schoolchildren first," said Longini. "The problem is the supply of the vaccine." That means the disease could begin to spread, and quickly, before protection from vaccinations could take hold...
...question now is whether we can test and produce vaccine faster than H1N1 can spread. Act quickly, and we might be able to stifle the disease in its earliest stages. But even if the vaccines arrive too late to stop H1N1 from spreading rapidly now, they can help build population-level resistance to the disease going forward. The Science study estimates that without vaccines, the virus could infect as many as 2.2 billion people worldwide over the course of the year. "The virus will be with us for many years to come in many forms," said Longini. "It's important...
...protest, prompting the Indian government to condemn the violence in June and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to issue a statement officially denying that the country was unsafe for Indian students. Students claimed the attacks were racially motivated, but police and government authorities maintained they were mainly opportunistic. Tensions also spread to Sydney, with protests erupting at Harris Park, in the city's west, where many of the assaults took place. Indian students are the second largest group of foreign students in Australian after those from China...