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...avian flu's deadly H5N1 strain claimed its 20th victim in Vietnam? The Vietnamese government doesn't appear particularly eager to know. Officially, the government says it is waiting for the last in a series of tests to confirm that a 14-month-old boy died Sept. 5 of H5N1 bird flu. Yet one Vietnamese health official told TIME the real cause for the delay is the desire to avoid a fresh bird-flu controversy before an Asian-European summit in Hanoi next month. "For the time being, we are just identifying it as flu type...
...must be a great consolation to the family of the victim killed by a mountain lion in California to know that the death was simply a result of "being in the wrong place at the wrong time." Best of all, by being some cat's dinner, the victim contributed to its survival. Any man-eating animal is our natural enemy. Are we willing to sacrifice human lives to prevent its extinction? Richard Packham Roseburg...
...damage to rape survivors may already be done. Reporting a rape is a complicated act, and many survivors are hesitant to discuss it. The Department of Justice found that many women choose not to report rapes and sexual assaults because of the “belief that the victim was herself responsible, fear of social consequences, and the belief that the police would be ineffective.” The Bryant case has only confirmed these fears are well-founded...
...every show: "Bon appétit." Gina Piccolino, Executive Director Bread Bakers Guild of America North Versailles, Pennsylvania, U.S. A Governor's Secrets I know what I think about New Jersey Governor James McGreevey [Aug. 23]: What a wimp! He is not a hero or a victim, as he would like to be portrayed. He could have been open about his homosexuality. Instead he chose to get married and run for Governor and tried to keep his private life secret. He might have succeeded if he had not created scandals with some of his choices while in office. The people...
...part, Bush portrays himself as not the perpetrator but the victim of inflexibility. "Washington is a much more bitter, ugly place, dominated by special interests, than I ever envisioned," he tells TIME. "If you sign on to this idea, you will then betray this cause." Bush says he will keep trying to reach out to the other side, but he is not about to change his ways. "I'm going to make hard decisions. Some don't like that. But my job is to solve problems, not pass them...