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...officials to present the findings. Among the litany of sobering statistics: 5.4 million people die each year - one every six seconds - from lung cancer, heart disease or other illness directly linked to tobacco use. Smoking killed 100 million people in the 20th century, and the yearly death toll could pass 8 million as soon as 2030 - 80% of those deaths will be in the developing world, where tobacco use is growing most rapidly. "We're on a collision course," said Dr. Douglas Bettcher, director of WHO's Tobacco Free Initiative...
Injuries continued to take a toll on the wounded Crimson wrestling team yesterday against Boston University. In action at the Malkin Athletic Center for its third match in a six-match home stand, Harvard had to cope with the lack of freshman Corey Jantzen, junior Andrew Flanagan, and senior co-captain Robbie Preston due to injury. Unable to field anyone for the 133 lb. and 144 lb. weight classes, the Crimson faced a 12-point disadvantage from the onset of the match but came back to end the meet on a tie with the Terriers...
...Cost of driving all 157 miles of the Indiana toll road for those paying cash, up from $4.64. With the federal gas tax unchanged since 1993 at 18.4¢ per gal., tolls on bridges, tunnels and highways will see significant...
Still, amid the violence, there was some hope that Annan's mediation could lead to a compromise at last after a month of bloodletting. The death toll is now difficult to estimate, but it is believed that some 850 people have been killed since the vote, with about 150 of them killed since Friday, when Kikuyus launched what appeared to have been revenge attacks in Nakuru. "Today our country is under serious threat of sliding into anarchy," parliamentary speaker Kenneth Marende said...
...Navy career had been "relatively stress-free" before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took effect, says Joan Darrah, a retired captain, and a lesbian, who served in various intelligence billets from 1972 to 2002. She kept her sexual orientation secret during her career, but that denial took its toll after "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" led to increased focus on homosexuality in the ranks. She recalls having to administer a survey on the topic to 250 subordinates in the wake of the new policy. "We all sat down taking this survey asking, 'Do you know a gay person...