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Fitness at such a level takes a significant toll on the body. Physical activity, after all, is a form of stress, and extreme, unrelenting physical stress for days on end can cause permanent damage. That may include structural damage to joints, bones and muscles, as well as less visible but more insidious changes to critical body functions. "It's not a physiologically healthy sport," says trainer and former adventure racer Terri Schneider...
...Saidjahon Zainabitdinov. It was Zainabitdinov who alerted international human-rights monitors that the government might not be telling the whole story about what happened in Andijan. Uzbek authorities claimed that 173 people died, mostly militants. But based on first-hand experience and other eyewitness accounts, Zainabitdinov said the death toll could be as high as 1,000 - and demanded an international inquiry. The government answered with slander charges that could mean up to five years in prison. Said Muzaffarmirzo Iskhakov, the Andijan chair of the Ezgulik (Goodness) human-rights group: "They did not let his family see him, or even...
...after taking that first set, Chu must have been having fun. But eventually, the wearying process of making the Final Fours of both the singles and doubles draws took its toll...
...morning rush hour in Baghdad, and the emergency-room staff at Yarmouk Hospital is bracing itself for another grim load. Insurgent groups routinely mount their biggest attacks during the commuter crush: the heavy traffic guarantees them a high death toll, and the ensuing snarl-ups prevent police and military units from giving chase. For medical workers like Dr. Jalal Taha Emad, an emergency-room surgeon, each day begins with a foreboding of the mayhem to come. "When I am on my way to work, I sometimes look at people in the cars around me and wonder how many of them...
...chronicle the devastating toll of the war on the daily lives of Iraqis, I spent part of last week in Bayati's ER. In the midst of my reporting, the story turned highly personal: two members of TIME's Baghdad staff became victims of a bomb blast and were rushed to Yarmouk Hospital. From that point on, I was intimately involved in nearly every decision the doctors and staff made as they struggled to keep my badly wounded colleagues alive. In the process, I experienced the anger, anxiety, frustration and sorrow that so many Iraqis must endure, often...