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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Flu Fight | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Succumbs to Eagles in Beanpot | 2/6/2007 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rice's Toughest Mission | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

...klieg lights, opting instead for a casual get-together with the fourth estate at his dining room table. With some four dozen reporters crammed into the room, the session covered the gamut of defense issues; how the U.S. military will indeed chase and kill or capture Iranians if they threaten U.S. forces, as the Administration made clear earlier in the day; that it was the Pentagon's civilian leadership that was accountable for the strategy in Iraq; and why a Congressional resolution against the war may "embolden" the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gates's Glasnost at the Pentagon? | 1/27/2007 | See Source »

What's the world's most worrisome nuclear-proliferation hotspot? Answer: the diplomatic table in Beijing where six-party talks are periodically convened to discuss North Korean nuclear disarmament. Every time the international negotiators gather-or even threaten to gather-Pyongyang seems to take another step toward unrestrained nuclear breakout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viewpoint: Talking Only Makes it Worse | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

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