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...Internet has become such an inescapable part of modern life that it was only a matter of time until some watchdog of etiquette claimed the turf and started drawing boundaries and making rules. Still, credit Judith Martin, the author of the syndicated Miss Manners advice column, with considerable alertness in spotting a tiny void in the decorum field and then moving in with well-wrapped parcels of wisdom about the Net and other conveniences of late 20th century life, like the answering machine and the fax. Though one might suspect her of being a grumpy traditionalist in these matters...
...most recent--and controversial--charge links fluoridation with bone cancer. In June the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a watchdog organization, petitioned the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to list fluoride in tap water as a carcinogen. The group cited "decades of peer-review studies" on fluoride's "ability to mutate DNA and its known deposition on the ends of growing bones, the site of osteosarcoma"--a rare, often fatal cancer that affects mainly boys...
...fulcrum of an international showdown between the West and Iran, Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei on Friday welcomed his Nobel Peace Prize award as a "shot in the arm." ElBaradei shared the 2005 award with the organization he heads up, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog responsible for policing the nuclear programs of signatories to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty...
...nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolved on Saturday to find Iran in "non-compliance " with its obligations under the Nuclear non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) over its nuclear program, a finding that could lead to Iran being referred to the United Nations Security Council. The resolution does not stipulate when Iran will be reported to the UN's top enforcement body, although the issue is likely to come to a vote at the next meeting of the IAEA board in early November. Only one board member - Venezuela - voted against the resolution, which was supported...
...Ahmadinejad's words are unlikely to satisfy U.S. and European objections to Iran's nuclear plans. That could set the stage for further confrontation when the watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency meets in Vienna on September 19. The IAEA is expected to discuss U.S. and European plans to refer the case of Iran's alleged nuclear violations to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, although it is not clear that the U.S. has enough votes to move in that direction immediately...