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...drop the case, though the accuser's attorneys went on television to suggest that she might have better luck with a civil case. As for the accuser herself, a friend tells TIME that the relentless publicity--including the mistaken release of her name on three occasions--has taken its toll: "She cut all ties to her friends. She's like a ghost...
...Heavy Weather Typhoon Ranamin killed at least 115 people as it hit eastern China, destroying 42,000 homes and causing an estimated $1.85 billion in damage. In the U.S., Florida reeled from the impact of Hurricane Charley (below). Despite the evacuation of 1.4 million people, officials expected the death toll of 15 to rise. Initial estimates put the cost of repairs at $5 billion. A New Frontier BRITAIN The government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority granted experts at Newcastle's Centre for Life a license - the first of its kind - to carry out therapeutic cloning using human embryos...
...Death toll so far in last Wednesday's supermarket fire in Asuncion, Paraguay...
...that, together with dust from normal soil erosion, could be blown into storms by the heavy winds that sweep Iceland. These dust storms, in turn, could damage the vegetation that the reindeer depend on for survival. "We are concerned about early summer winds, erosion and dust storms" taking their toll on the land, Sigfússon says. Arnalds responds that much of the region is already dusty and barren, but that soil erosion is being taken seriously in Iceland and research is under way to devise techniques to slow or reverse the process. He concedes that roughly 600 pink-footed...
...gains have been negligible. "We've declared war on road accidents, but we've lost the first four battles in that war," says Nikorn Jamnong, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications, referring to the lack of a meaningful reduction in the death toll during four preceding major holidays. Soft-spoken and unassuming, Nikorn is the point man for the government's road-safety campaign. For Nikorn, the effort has a personal dimension. Raising his right hand from the leather blotter on his dark wooden desk, he traces a faint crease in his skin running from his left temple down...