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...Afghanistan's Taliban government appeared to suffer a major setback when fighting broke out over the key town of Bamiyan. Opposition groups claimed to have captured the town. The latest fighting comes as the Taliban face tough new U.N. sanctions over their refusal to hand over the Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden to face charges related to the blowing up of U.S. embassies in 1998. U.N. officials have warned of a major disaster if emergency aid is not immediately made available to an estimated 600,000 Afghans who have been displaced by the war and are enduring in makeshift border...
...long battled depression; his 1990 memoir about it, Darkness Visible, inspired Hartmann and millions of others. Last summer Styron underwent electroshock for the first time. He had asked several prominent psychiatrists about the option, and they agreed it could help. It didn't, though he says he didn't suffer any negative side effects. "Anyone who would ban it is ridiculously off base," he says...
...found to suffer from gluten sensitivity, you'll soon discover that it's difficult to adopt a gluten-free diet. The protein is widely used as a thickener in soups, canned vegetables and other processed foods and often contaminates products made with oats. It also takes a while to get used to bread baked with flour made from rice, soy or potatoes (none of which contain gluten...
...accounts, Hanssen played the role of superconservative patriot at the FBI - criticizing others for being both soft-headed and soft on defense, for being un-American, for being namby-pamby fair-weather citizens. He waved the flag and chastised others for not doing so. He famously didn't suffer fools - but in the end proved to be one himself...
...Seth Asser told TIME's David Van Biema, "Kids die from accidental deployment of air bags, and you get hearings in Congress. But this goes on, and dozens die and people think there's no problem because the deaths happen one at a time. But the kids who die suffer horribly. This is Jonestown in slow motion," Asser said. The American Medical Association, the National District Attorneys Association, the Academy of American Pediatrics and a growing number of local and state legislators agree with...