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...Akai has never weighed more than 100 pounds, and is so slim that her waist is swimming in Zara's smallest size XS skirt. She doesn't need to lose any weight. But Japanese girls obsessed with diets tend to jump at any trendy new ones, so, when Akai heard about a popular actress who'd lost 26 pounds through the Morning Banana Diet, she had to try it. And the dearth of bananas as her local supermarket, and many others, is testimony to the popularity of the new dieting...
...Those declines followed a trickle of new data suggesting a slowing of U.S. economic activity, and follow-through damage inflicted by the global financial crisis. Statistics released Wednesday showed American retail sales were off 1.2% in September - almost double the expected decline. That added weight to other indicators suggesting U.S. consumer spending - which represents nearly 70% of American economic activity - is declining due to fears over economic turmoil and job security...
...Since she was put in a French prison, however, Petrella has descended into a profound depression. Her family and doctors say she has lost the will to live, her body weight has fallen to 85 lbs., and that further detention would probably kill her. Citing that prognosis, Sarkozy reversed the extradition order, leaving Petrella a free - albeit seriously ill - woman in France...
...Indonesia’s ability to weather such conflicts, Totok Soefijanto, a deputy rector at Paramadina University, wrote in an e-mail that he thinks the country serves as a model for other nations to follow. Bruderlein said the country’s Islamic makeup gives it added weight as a case study in conflict resolution. “Although Islam is traditionally seen as an obstacle to peace, in Indonesia, Islam is one of the factors of the peace process,” Bruderlein said. Indonesia’s experience with Islam and conflict resolution efforts should be applied...
...says. There have been about 600 such cases in more than 30 years, most of those small companies that were overwhelmed by natural disasters. Last year was a record low year for solvency problems in the industry and those all involved small companies that were still staggering under the weight of claims from Hurricane Katrina...