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...Ferdan, whose wood-fire oven sports a copper plate with "In God We Trust" written above it in Arabic. The pizzas ($5, including a Coke) have thin crusts and fresh ingredients. "This is better," says Gbassage, who used to flip pizza dough at a Domino's in Stockton, California. Our Iraqi panel agrees. "The feeling in the mouth is good," says Qassim Wahim, 42, a clerk in the Ministry of Transport. Finally, there's the Pizzeria Napoli (pictured), its walls adorned with pictures of Rome and a certificate of appreciation "for serving the soldiers of the 32nd Military Police Company...
Under cover of darkness, a band of environmental activists last week went straight for the gourmet table. They raided a foie gras farm near Stockton, Calif., and "rescued" four ducks whose livers were headed for posh restaurants. The operation was not a total success; one duck died during the raid. But the effort, the fourth attack against the foie gras business in California since July, represents the latest campaign by animal-rights activists. The expensive delicacy is produced in the U.S. only in California and in New York's Hudson Valley...
...technique is to force-feed ducks with cornmeal through a tube put down their throats several times a day, causing their livers to enlarge. Guillermo Gonzalez, owner of the Stockton foie gras farm, says the procedure doesn't harm the birds, whose livers are enlarged naturally in the wild before they migrate. Counters Sarahjane Blum, a spokeswoman for GourmetCruelty.com "If this were being done to dogs or cats, the producers would without a doubt be in prison for animal cruelty." Anyone for caviar? --By Terry McCarthy
...TONGUE SWALLOWING Don't put a stick or spoon into the mouth of someone suffering a seizure. Lots of people still think this is necessary to prevent seizure victims from swallowing their tongue. In fact, "swallowing the tongue is an urban legend," says Greg Stockton, a health and safety expert at the Red Cross. Instead, remove hard objects from around the person and cushion the head. Sometimes the tongue will block the airway. In that case, tilt the head back, lift the chin and turn the person on his or her side. And as with all cases of unconsciousness, call...
...strikes, people are happy to go to this exhibition," said Gad Weil, one of the organizers. "The adventure of rail continues in this society. People expect a lot from trains." Europe has nurtured idealized visions of railroads ever since the British engineer George Stephenson drove a steam engine from Stockton to Darlington - the world's first public railroad - in 1825. In theory, given the vast rail infrastructure that has been built in Europe since, traveling by train should be easy, safe and environmentally clean. The reality can be a rude shock: the 5.7 billion annual passengers on Europe's railroads...