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...mere phone directory really shed light on the most shadowy corner of the so-called Axis of Evil? There is a precedent: four years ago, a North Korean dissident based in China sneaked home to shoot film of a farmers' market, and the tape wound up in Japan. At first, it got little attention. But after intelligence agencies finished studying it they reached a startling conclusion: Pyongyang had lost faith in central planning and was cautiously embracing capitalism. Indeed, this summer, Pyongyang finally announced a raft of market-based economic reforms...
...died as he lived, in a blaze of violence and under a cloak of mystery. Reports of his demise, from a bullet wound (or wounds) in his Baghdad residence raised more questions than it answered. Did the 65-year-old Palestinian born Sabri al-Banna die by his own hand - as the Iraqis say - or was he killed, as his Fatah Revolutionary Council organization claims? For whom was he working while in Baghdad? (Abu Nidal may have proclaimed himself a champion of the Palestinian cause, but he spent most of his career freelancing for various Arab and even possibly some...
...bitten, there are new guidelines for what to do. Don't cut the wound open and suck the venom out. You could contaminate the injury or damage blood vessels and nerves. Doctors also advise against applying a tourniquet or using ice on the wound. Instead, have someone hustle you to the nearest hospital. Keep the bitten part of the body immobilized and below heart level, and remove all rings, watches and tight clothing. If you have the wherewithal, take note of the time of the bite and what the snake looked like...
Taking on Whole Foods directly, though, is starting to look as tough as going up against Home Depot or Wal-Mart. Wild Oats tried by rapidly acquiring stores in markets where Whole Foods operates. But Wild Oats could not execute; it overpaid for real estate, wound up in poorly trafficked neighborhoods and struggled with labor woes, according to analyst Scott Van Winkle of the Boston investment firm Adams, Harkness & Hill. Wild Oats has since shuttered 28 stores, and is planning, under new management, to grow by propping up sales at existing stores and expanding its branches. It squeezed...
...could end that age-old bandage conundrum: Do you peel it slowly from your skin or rip it off all at once? Wound-care companies now offer a new generation of pain-free personal first-aid gear, replacing hair-pulling plastic strips with liquid bandages; breathable, waterproof gel sheaths; and gauze pads that stem blood loss quickly...