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...valley, the Silbo can be heard 2,500 m away...
...Darias. Later in the playground, Maria whistles to a boy called Luis. After he gives her the fuio acknowledgment she tells him to come and shake a visitor's hand. Luis does so. Teacher Darias explains that coverage depends on topography, wind and the whistler's lungs: "In a valley, the Silbo can be heard 2,500 m away." The youngsters at Lomada School are proud of their tradition, which has the advantage of being a secret code. And Maria of the mobile says it still has practical uses. "Say I'm at my grandmother's house and she wants...
...mentality? Please let Koreans on both sides approach one another amiably as one people, for peaceful reunification through the process of mutual understanding and respect. Everyone ought to be excited about the progress that both sides have made in the past few years. (The Rev.) Kil Sang Yoon Moreno Valley...
...techniques provides rare insight into a process that, in the wake of Abu Ghraib, we urgently need to understand. This Man's Army (Gotham; 288 pages), by Andrew Exum, is a candid description of life in an ultra-hard-core Army Ranger unit in Afghanistan's Shah-e-Kot Valley, as well as a surprisingly thoughtful meditation on the philosophy of combat. Next month General Tommy Franks will release American Soldier (HarperCollins; 352 pages), which is said to be a colorful and at times unsparing account of his stint overseeing American and coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. The publisher...
...Although the virus that causes polio is highly contagious, bringing it under control is relatively straightforward because a cheap vaccine has long been available. "There is no magic to this," says Dr. Tumseh Salah, who is managing the Swat Valley vaccination program. "You immunize enough kids, and you can stop the virus." Indeed, the eradication program has been a spectacular success. In its 16 years of operation, the number of countries where polio remains a chronic problem has fallen from 125 to just six: Egypt, Niger, Nigeria, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. (In all of Asia, just 34 cases were reported...