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...world health organization (WHO) representative on pandemic influenza, Dr. David Heymann has one of the most important jobs in medicine: coordinating international preparations for a possible virus outbreak that could threaten millions of lives. That job got much harder on Feb. 7, when Indonesia announced it had stopped sharing with the WHO the samples of H5N1 avian-flu virus it had isolated. Simultaneously, Jakarta announced an agreement with U.S. drug company Baxter International, which will develop a vaccine from the strains and give Indonesia technical assistance in manufacturing it. For 50 years, the WHO has received free influenza-virus samples...
...middle. Under English law, Jewish religious courts have the power to settle noncriminal cases like divorce settlements. And the Netherlands gives equal government funding to faith schools and public schools, on the condition that the faith schools meet strict nonreligious criteria in their curriculums. These concessions don't threaten the secular state; they just give religious communities the chance to be a part...
...movement: kind, calm, nonjudgmental, a special-forces soldier in the abortion wars who is fighting her battles one conscience at a time. Her center helps women navigate the social-service bureaucracy, sign up for Medicaid and begin prenatal care. She helps pregnant girls find emergency housing if their parents threaten to throw them out. Free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds are just the latest service...
...Harvard, sophomore Jimmy Fraser pounded a shot from the right and followed up his own rebound, but Schneider stayed on top of the puck to maintain BC’s lead. Despite this adjustment, the Crimson failed to produce any solid offensive in the third period to threaten the Eagles’ chances of attaining victory. “I think we didn’t make enough plays during the game,” Donato said. “We had five shots trailing a goal in the third period, and it’s just not good enough...
...conflict. Across swaths of the greater Middle East--from Lebanon and the Palestinian territories to Afghanistan and Pakistan--armed militants are undermining the authority of U.S. allies. Anti-U.S. regimes in Iran and North Korea have accelerated their pursuit of atomic arsenals. In Africa, genocide, poverty and disease threaten the survival of millions. And in the shadows lurks the danger of al-Qaeda and its jihadist kin, who thrive on the very dislocation the U.S.'s war on terrorism was supposed to combat...