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...left their fathers for the martyrs." A cult of death has appropriated a Palestinian generation, but a deep fear underlies it. Today, according to Sarraj, 35% of Palestinian children under the age of 15 wet their beds, up from 7% before the intifadeh. Sarraj estimates that 30% of children suffer from post-traumatic stress...
...winter monsoon, cutting rainfall over northwestern Asia by between 20% and 40%, while increasing it farther east - which may explain this summer's exceptionally heavy monsoon in Bangladesh, Nepal and northeast India. But the cloud is not just a regional problem, the scientists stressed. East and Southeast Asia suffer similar haze problems, and "a pollution parcel ... can travel halfway round the globe in a week," said Klaus Toepfer, head of the U.N. program. On a more hopeful note, he added: "The Asian cloud is man-made, so it can be eliminated." MIDDLE EAST In the Wrong Place, at the Wrong...
Meanwhile, George W. does not seem to suffer from a surfeit of purpose either. In the duel against Saddam, the U.S. plays a Gulliver strong on words and weak on will. Will it really go after the Butcher of Baghdad? Maybe. Or not. It all depends on who is talking. The Pentagon seems to be gung-ho on war, the State Department much less so. The military does not like wars it is not guaranteed to win with zero casualties. So the brass does what it knows best: leaking its doubts all over Washington. And Congress has launched hearings...
...understand, he asks, that victory has to be followed by a "complete reordering of the Middle East, above all politically?" This might "require a U.S. presence that could last for decades. But are the Americans truly willing to stay?" If not, "we, the Europeans, would be left to suffer the fatal consequences...
...first five months of 2002 deaths were up 2.5% over the previous year. Car accidents have become the leading cause of mortality among people aged 15-24. Some fear that France's younger generations may prove even more reckless than their elders. "French drivers suffer from a veritable culture of irresponsibility and egotism that causes thousands of needless deaths and injuries each year," laments Jacques Robin, vice president of the League Against Road Violence. "It takes political courage and will to police and punish dangerous driving. It happens elsewhere, yet no French government has risked angering drivers by making enforcement...