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...pretends that even with these results malaria is anywhere near beaten. Two more years of testing followed by the bureaucratic labyrinth of the approval process - to say nothing of the logistical headache of actually getting a vaccine to the people who need it - means millions more are still almost certain to die. For that reason the World Health Organization and other groups are stepping up their push to deliver pesticides and mosquito-resistant bed nets across Africa. Those efforts by themselves have rolled back parasite prevalence by 50% in Zambia. Add that to an even imperfect vaccine...
...bill to modernize the industry, a move opposed by Democrats as forcing Detroit to choose between its present and its future. Giving the automakers a second pass at convincing Congress does nothing to resolve this ideological disagreement. What it does do is give them a chance to repair their beaten-down image. In what became an infamous public-relations disaster, the executives flew in on private jets last month to beg for money. Then, in two hearings before the banking committees, the three appeared to blame everyone but themselves for their current predicaments. Two of the three refused to give...
...thing, it’s a neat thing,” Amaker said. “We are hoping it gives a chance to raise our profile.”Harvard will need a strong performance if it is to beat the Terriers tonight. The Crimson have not beaten BU since the 2000-01 season, losing its last six, including a 79-72 setback last year. Leading the Terriers, who sport a 3-2 record entering tonight, is junior guard Corey Lowe, who scored a game-high 23 points in the meeting last year. He is averaging 17.2 points...
...only propelled his team past an opponent that had beaten Harvard in each of the last two seasons, he seemed immune to the physicality of Holy Cross’s play. Twice in the game, the referee made him go to the bench to get blood cleaned up from his forehead...
...joined in. Some moved into the factory's office and began breaking windows and computers. When the police showed up, they were immediately on the defensive. Two squad cars were overturned and trashed, as were five police motorcycles. The police called in reinforcements, and five workers ended up getting beaten badly, an eyewitness said. (Dongguan police declined comment on the riot.) The violence lasted for more than an hour before police restored order...