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...even the current situation is more dire than anyone had realized. In October, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the results of the first nationwide survey measuring the total burden of arthritis and chronic joint symptoms. Their sobering conclusion: one-third of all American adults suffer from some type of joint disease...
...city - where he and his family have been the victims of racist attacks - breaches his human rights. In Paris, a young Algerian woman is suing her employer for unlawful dismissal after she was fired for refusing to adjust her headscarf. Europe is home to some 12.5 million Muslims who suffer high unemployment - and, since Sept. 11 - growing mistrust from non-Muslims. One sign of the tension came when the French government tried to create a representative council for French Islam. French Muslim organizations were set to choose their representatives last June, but Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy canceled the elections...
...their European congregants are living in dar al-harb, the realm of war. They seek to reshape European Muslim communities into virtual ghettos. By mirroring the de facto separatism fostered by European attitudes, radical imams have created fertile ground for the recruitment and protection of terrorists. Throughout Europe, Muslims suffer high unemployment, poor health and low literacy rates. Nowhere do they enjoy proportional representation in parliaments. With job shortages worsening, there is little prospect of opportunity trickling down to young Muslims. As bin Ladenism proliferates through mosques and websites, the conditions that contribute to the appeal of radical Islam...
...million?is more than Bombay's, Calcutta's and Madras' combined, is still a long way from becoming a Vancouver or a Sydney. But since 1995, pollution levels have dropped 25%, says Dilip Biswas, chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board. No longer does every other Delhi-ite suffer from a respiratory disease. Walkers in the city's many parks now leave their face masks at home. As Biswas says, "Sulfur dioxide in the air is within prescribed limits, and suspended particle matter has also come down." And, more poetically, "Now you can see the stars at night...
Postmenopausal women who walk regularly are less likely to suffer hip fractures, according to a recent Harvard Medical School study...