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When we closed the magazine on Saturday night, however, our work was only beginning. Following up on the themes set by the issue, TIME is convening an extraordinary three-day Global Health Summit in New York City this week. With major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we have invited more than 400 people from all walks of life--policymakers; religious, civic and business leaders; thinkers and doers; scientists; entertainers; journalists; and public-health officials--to help devise practical solutions to the health crisis in the developing world. The conference is organized around 10 "big questions," from...
...President used the last day of his three-day hurricane tour to slam home a point a point he's been making more subtly recently: The nation should consider using the military in a greatly expanded role at home to combat natural disasters. At a meeting with the military's Joint Task Force Rita in San Antonio Sunday morning Bush asked, "is there a natural disaster of a certain size that would enable the Defense Department to become the lead agency in coordinating and leading the response effort? That's going to be a very important consideration for Congress...
...three-day celebration was the second in HLS’s history, and included panels, discussions, and the presentation of the HLS Medal of Freedom to author Randall Robinson...
...government, which had failed to anticipate the number of pilgrims before the stampede, and made a hash of relief efforts afterward. Especially angry were Baghdad's Shi'ites; in Sadr City, mass funerals quickly turned into anti-government demonstrations. Dismissing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's announcement of a three-day mourning period for the victims as mere eyewash, many called for his resignation and for that of his ministers for defense and the interior...
...serves as unpaid coach, chaperone and shoulder to cry on. "Stunts, good. Cheer, good. But your spacing was off," says Tangela Washington. Her tone isn't angry, though it might sound harsh to a 13-year-old. The squad is about to face its first evaluation at a three-day summer camp run by the National Cheerleaders Association. "We've got to work like a team," Washington stresses. "You were off in la-la land, and somebody is going to get hurt. I understand it's your first year, but you've got to get more confident in yourselves. Your...