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...perhaps threatening more street agitation, they are likely to pressure Preval into appointing a candidate they think will work to their advantage. As in the past, the resulting compromises are likely to lead to the political divisions, disorder and ineffectiveness that plunged Haiti into chaos. The leadership vacuum may worsen if the Senators go after Preval himself, which some observers predict...
...proliferation of nuclear know-how (including a suspected instance involving Syria). But the tide may turn in favor of the allies: after growing slightly for seven years, the North Korean economy contracted by 1.1% in 2006, according to South Korea's central bank, and a bad harvest has worsened chronic food shortages, say North Korea watchers. Lee has pledged to maintain humanitarian aid to the North. But if Pyongyang's plight continues to worsen, Lee's tourniquet on other potentially vital economic arteries could force the Kim regime to heel...
...Europe in 2003, which killed an estimated 35,000 people - will take a toll. At the same time, climate models suggest that rain could become less frequent overall but more intense when it does fall, leading to a double whammy. Longer and fiercer droughts in some areas will worsen hunger, but severe rainstorms carry an increased risk of water-borne diseases like cholera. "It's not just warming, it's climate change," says Patz. "It's changing the air cycle, creating more extreme flooding, more extreme droughts...
...poor people from one country (Mexico) that shares a long border with us. But they have not found a way to raise these questions without sounding hostile to illegal immigrants or, worse, to Hispanics in general. Making the SAVE Act the beginning and end of GOP immigration policy would worsen that problem...
That decision, however, comes as a surprise to experts on mitochondrial disorders. In response to the Poling case, the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation has released a statement saying, "There are no scientific studies documenting that childhood vaccinations cause mitochondrial diseases or worsen mitochondrial disease symptoms...