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...while the Internet opens up vast resources for meeting potential new partners, it can seem daunting for those who are not comfortable with the technology or who are worried about dealing with strangers online. "Communicating on the Internet is one of the most impersonal and frightening ways to hook up with someone," says Parry, who prefers meeting men through hobbies such as golf and travel...
...walked out of then Spanish Sahara in 1976, soon after Franco died, leaving Morocco and Mauritania to divvy up the country, rich in phosphate deposits and fishing grounds. The Spanish were in pre-democracy turmoil and washed their hands of the Saharawi people, most of whom now live in vast desert refugee camps across the border in Algeria. But, perhaps ashamed of their politicians having abandoned the Saharawi to their fate - which was to wage a long guerrilla war against Morocco - the Spanish people have adopted them. In the refugee camps outside the Algerian town of Tindouf...
...that price, no matter how much, will be less than losing the president." Two weeks ago Kabul lost a key figure to assassins' bullets, deputy president and public works minister Haji Abdul Qadir. The loss was of more than another politician; Qadir was Karzai's rallying point for the vast Pashtun south which feels excluded - and threatened - by the Northern Alliance. Though the Qadir killing is most likely related to the drug trade, local power plays or revenge against a mujahedin warrior who made many enemies, it has scared Afghanistan's political elite...
...deck. In Tim Zimmerman's account of the competition, titled simply The Race, stir-crazy, sleep-deprived crews sail these wind-powered funny cars across the sea at 40 knots (about 45 m.p.h.), swerving wildly around icebergs, battling e-mail viruses and pushing the boats to their limits--the vast sails are so powerful that they're constantly on the verge of tearing themselves apart...
...that doesn't mean HRT is worthless for all women. Even Petitti acknowledges that HRT has a role to play in treating what she calls "the acute symptoms of menopause"--which is what the vast majority of women who take it are using it for. These symptoms include hot flashes, mood swings, sleep difficulties and vaginal dryness. If you are a woman who is having difficulties with the onset of menopause and find that HRT relieves your symptoms, there is no reason to stop, at least for now. But after the symptoms subside, usually within a year...