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...Despite the potential threat chimpanzees pose, many U.S. states, including Connecticut, legally allow people to raise them as pets. Primatologists like McCann argue that chimpanzees should never be kept privately, and the WCS supports the Captive Primate Safety Act, a bill pending in Congress that would ban the private selling of primates as pets. The bill has stalled since it was introduced in 2005, but the Stamford assault may well renew its debate. "This is a tragedy for the families involved, for the animal and for the community - but it's not a unique story," says McCann. "When humans keep...
...sophomore at Hampshire. “He threatened to start a boycott campaign against me, SJP, and the college at large.” Dershowitz acknowledged calling the student group and administrators but denied allegations that he threatened anyone. “Anyone who interpreted it as a threat is simply lying for ideological reasons,” Dershowitz said. Facing the possibility of a boycott, administrators at the college issued a “statement of clarification” that said the decision to withdraw from the fund was made “without reference to any country...
While governments from Tokyo to London are sounding alarms as the global financial crisis looks to deepen over the rest of 2009, U.S. and Iraqi policymakers in Baghdad believe they have bought a year's time before the downturn poses a threat here. "The economy this year is going to be O.K.," says a U.S. official who focuses on economic issues in Iraq. "The problem is next year...
...recent drop in oil prices poses the most immediate threat to the government budget in Iraq, where public-sector spending fuels almost the entire economy. With oil prices lower, Iraq expects to run a deficit this year of roughly $20 billion, which could be covered by the nation's existing cash reserves. Once that money is gone, however, Iraq will be in the same position as many countries facing a cash crisis around the world at the moment - but with added problems unique to a country rich with oil but troubled by the legacies of wars...
...headlines in recent years. But the truth is that such life-threatening infections with MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, are still largely confined to certain hospital settings, rather than the community at large. And even in the highest-risk health-care environments, according to a new report, the threat of MRSA infection is diminishing...