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...with Pacquiao throughout the early going. By the end of the sixth round, however, after Pacquiao's punches came at him from unexpected places, Cotto saw his power diminish. His defenses came down and his face became the recipient of so many blows that his handsome mug was unrecognizably swollen by the time the fight was over. Cotto spent the last couple of rounds dancing away from Pacquiao, who at times simply dropped his arms in frustration that no fight was going on. (See pictures of the rise of Manny Pacquiao...
...themes - broken families in need of healing - and control issues that were outsize even for a filmmaker. With The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou there was the sense of being sucked into a rabbit hole dug by Anderson, and by the cloying The Darjeeling Limited, his self-indulgence had swollen to the point where the hole was too claustrophobic for any but his most devoted fans to bear...
...Lanka, where there was a large outbreak in 2008, leptospirosis is known as "rat fever.") The bacterium is transmitted by the standing floodwater through cuts in the skin and by people swallowing contaminated water. This month's leptospirosis outbreak - the worst by far that doctors here can remember - has swollen the disaster's death toll, claiming 157 victims from mostly poor communities. (See pictures of the storm...
...worst of the outbreak, it appears, is over. Since its peak around mid-October, the number of confirmed cases has steadily declined, a likely reflection of its incubation period and the receding floodwater. But with some areas expected to remain underwater for months due to still flood-swollen rivers and waterways, "the potential for more outbreaks is still there," warns Tayag. Last week the Philippine health authorities began distributing the antibiotic doxycycline in flooded communities, a procedure recommended by the WHO. Plans are now being readied for a large-scale spraying of saltwater into still-flooded areas to kill...
When rains slowed enough for people living in the central coast of Vietnam to venture outside and assess the damage, they were stunned at what they saw. In the night, Typhoon Ketsana had unleashed thousands of logs and cut timber, which had ridden the swollen rivers down the mountains, bashing anything and everything in the way. The lumber, much of which is believed to have been illegally harvested old-growth timber, clogged rivers and jammed under bridges and piers. For residents in the area who managed to harvest the wood, the rains last month brought riches. But Typhoon Ketsana also...