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This year's flu season is off to a slow start, but health officials are watching a disturbing development that could make treating the flu even more difficult if you do catch the bug. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in the fall that the most common strain of flu now making the rounds in the U.S. is resistant to oseltamivir, or Tamiflu, the most popular antimicrobial used to treat influenza. But that doesn't mean a pandemic is necessarily on the way. Here...
...negotiations in Brussels, Prague, Kiev and Moscow. E.U. inspectors have now arrived in the Ukraine to assuage Russia that Kiev is not surreptitiously siphoning off gas from the pipeline transiting the country, and Moscow has pledged to turn the gas taps back on as soon as the observers start work in monitoring the gas flow at Ukrainian pumping stations...
Noshing in Nola. In time for the start of Mardi Gras, the Zagat Guide has released its 2009 restaurant guide to New Orleans. No surprise that a third of surveyors said Creole and Cajun were their favorite cuisines: The award-winning creole restaurant Brigtsen's took Top Food and Top Service honors, while Commander's Palace in the Garden District was voted Most Popular and No. 1 for décor. And finally reopening after Hurricane Katrina are local favorites Cafe Sbisa and Charlie's Steak House. You can also get Zagat listings on your iPhone; download...
...when the other side believes time is on its side? And what would true security, in a hostile neighborhood populated with enemies, actually look like? As is always true in the Middle East, there are no easy answers. But it's never been more vital that Israel start looking for them...
...modify their demands that Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to their ancient homes inside Israel, which Israel will never accept. With a general election looming in Israel - polls suggest that the hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to become the next Prime Minister - there is an opportunity to start talking again...