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...snow and ice in Hunan province knocked out power lines, leaving at least 136 trains idled, according to Xinhua, China's official news agency. In neighboring Hubei province, some 100,000 people were without drinking water for several days. In rural Guizhou province, an electrical tower collapsed under the weight of the snow, cutting off power for 41 cities and counties. The supply of coal to dozens of regional power plants was disrupted, resulting in electricity outages throughout the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China On Ice | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...feel about President Bush throwing his weight around in the Middle East? -Roham Rashtchy West Palm Beach, Fla.It has been a disaster. There is a huge disconnect between the real war and the politicized war. I wish that our representatives had more experience with the real war. If any of the men who were eager to get into this war had actually been in one, they would have found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Susan Sarandon | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

...Right now, everyone knows that it’s about the team. I had guys volunteering to wrestle out of [their usual] position. They’re willing to put themselves out on the line, especially considering that [according to NCAA rules] once you move up [into a higher weight class], you have to stay there for the rest of the year.” Freshman Shay Warren, listed in the roster at 125, had been wrestling at 133 for most of the season. Sophomore Fred Rowsey moved up from 174 to 184 to cover Caputo’s spot...

Author: By Tony D. Qian, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Continues to Slip | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...released a report concluding that there was some indication that the violence had been planned beforehand, particularly in areas where Odinga is popular. "There are evidently hidden hands organizing it now," Britain's Minister for Africa Mark Malloch Brown said as he stopped in Kenya to lend London's weight to the mediation efforts. "The targeting is very specific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Burst of Killings in Kenya | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...limit is the acceptable limit of safety, which includes a 10-fold safety factor. That's not a risk level. That's the accepted safety level [0.1 mcg of mercury per kg of body weight per day]. That's 10 times lower than where the EPA determined that risk was occurring - which is a prudent safety limit to be certain that there is no risk. So, for example, if six pieces of tuna sushi a week would put you at the limit, that means you would have to eat 60 pieces to get to the level where the EPA determined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Danger of Not Eating Tuna | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

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