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...With luck, the deaths and suffering of so many will push governments to plug some of the holes that allow refugees to set out from Indonesia packed into rickety fishing boats. No one should have to suffer like Rokaya, sitting off to one side by herself in a white plastic chair, looking down at the dirty floor tiles, seeing nothing but the faces of her lost children...
...look at their separate interests,” the Saudi crown prince wrote to President George W. Bush last week, offering a revealing glimpse of the Saudi sentiment. “Those governments that don’t feel the pulse of the people and respond to it will suffer the fate of the Shah of Iran...
...teachings of the Koran are incompatible with acts of terrorism. Yes, they are. I can believe that hate-filled war cries from the Middle East are misguided. I can even believe that millions of people suffer from a profound misunderstanding of their own faith. But what I cannot believe is that there is no connection between the practice of Islam—no matter how divorced that practice is from what the Koran really says—and the fact that so many Muslims harbor so much hatred of United States. The “pulse of the people...
Children may be particularly vulnerable if they already suffer from depression, anxiety or other psychiatric disorders--or have experienced other losses, such as a death in the family. In Los Alamos, N.M., a wildfire destroyed the homes of 400 residents in May 2000. After the fire, experts warned Los Alamos High School to look for signs of stress to appear nine to 12 months later...
...Call it a reality check for those who think Afghan women would be freed from years of oppression if the U.S.-led military campaign brings down the Taliban regime. Osema's ordeal shows that even in the Taliban-free northern swath of the country, women suffer severe discrimination. "Peace will be good for the Afghan people," says Hajira, a refugee from Taloqan city, who lives in a canvas tent with her seven children. "But it is too late for women my age. Maybe for my daughters' daughters, life will be better...