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...Children's Hospital Boston and members of the Boston-based Autism Consortium identifies five new autism-related gene defects. Already, more than a dozen genetic defects have been found to be associated with autism spectrum disorders, which affect about 1 in 150 children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the good news, say the Boston researchers, is that many of the genes are beginning to fit into a pattern. "While it might seem discouraging that it's a growing list of genes, we can be encouraged that a common pathway is emerging," says Dr. Christopher Walsh...
...assumed that the attack was in revenge for the death of some 100 Islamic militants who died in clashes with security forces at the mosque exactly a year ago. "Radicalism is on the rise," says political analyst Talat Masood. "The government has not been able to take control of the situation...
...With prices soaring over the past several months, however, doing nothing was not a realistic option. Policymakers must fight inflation now in hopes that they can get it under control quickly and promote growth again in the near future. Most central banks in Asia have started raising interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India increased its benchmark rate twice last month to a six-year high of 8.5%. Indonesia's central bank raised its rate for three consecutive months. Governments "have to keep expectations [about inflation] anchored," says Andrew Freris, senior investment strategist for Asia at BNP Paribas Private Banking...
...Policymakers and central bankers are scrambling to raise interest rates and tighten credit to get inflation under control. But these same measures suppress the investment and consumption that generates growth, threatening to put the brakes on Asia's unusually fast and relatively untroubled expansion. Glenn Maguire, chief Asia-Pacific economist for Société Générale in Hong Kong, estimates that GDP growth in East Asia (excluding China and Japan) could sink from about 6.5% this year to 5% in 2009, the slowest rate since 2001. Inflation, Maguire says, "is the largest risk to Asian growth...
...challenge is especially difficult because prices are being driven higher largely by a global surge in oil and food prices, which individual governments can do little to control. A barrel of oil today is nearly five times more expensive than it was in 2003; rice prices tripled between January and May alone. "Currently, inflation is not of domestic origin, and it's not as if the government has many instruments in its hands to deal with it," says Marut Sengupta, head of policy at the Confederation of Indian Industry. That problem has left some officials uncertain how to proceed, especially...