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...Ecuadorean Supreme Court on issued warrants for the arrest of Jamil Mahuad, the former president of Ecuador, who is now a fellow at the Institute of Politics (IOP), on July...
...past year, raids on house churches--worship groups set up in homes--have increased from twice a month to once a week, according to human-rights groups in Hong Kong. As long as church members have the funds to grease the palms of the police, they can often escape arrest. Ma so far has paid $350, more than six months' salary, but he's worried that the authorities will soon return. "I pray they will not come back," he says. "I pray to Jesus, and I pray to the Virgin Mary. Sometimes I even pray to that yellow-haired woman...
...Automated Electronic Defibrillator segment is prefaced by a thought so personal and so chilling that my previous association with the shock machines as mere props in the hands of George Clooney vanishes forever. The instructor tells us that for every minute a victim of cardiac arrest awaits defibrillation, his chances of survival decrease 10%. She pauses long enough for us to do the math--probably dead after 10 minutes. Then she ominously leaves the phrase "In New York City..." hanging in the air. "There is a less than 1% survival rate for cardiac arrest in New York City...
...Automated Electronic Defibrillator segment is prefaced by a thought so personal and so chilling that my previous association with the shock machines as mere props in the hands of George Clooney vanishes forever. The instructor tells us that for every minute a victim of cardiac arrest awaits defibrillation, his chances of survival decrease 10%. She pauses long enough for us to do the math - probably dead after 10 minutes. Then she ominously leaves the phrase "In New York City..." hanging in the air. "There is a less than 1% survival rate for cardiac arrest in New York City...
...country. Over the next several months, they will train up to 4,000 Nigerian troops for peacekeeping missions in Africa. Clinton is grateful to Nigeria for taking such a role - one of the darkest days of his presidency occurred in 1993 when 18 American soldiers died trying to arrest an African warlord in Somalia - but, sensitive to the idea of exporting war-fighting skills to Africa, Clinton didn't visit with the newly-arrived U.S. troops during his stay...