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...sharp repudiation of breast screening's critics, who were galvanized last fall by a Danish review of the research suggesting that regular mammograms, rather than saving lives, might be doing more harm than good. The U.S., it turns out, had been conducting its own review of the same studies and concluded that they contained "fair evidence" that regular mammograms could reduce the risk of breast-cancer death by 23%-- especially for women over 50. Thompson conceded that the breast test was "not a perfect tool," but the take-home message, he says, is that the benefits of mammography outweigh...
Adirazak Mohamud fled to Denmark a year-and-a-half ago from his native Somalia. He dreams of finding work as a bus driver and bringing his wife and baby daughter to live with him in Copenhagen. But new Danish laws may dash those dreams. The government has proposed a series of legal changes that will make it harder for refugees like him to get permanent residence in Denmark and will slash welfare payments to newcomers. "The new law is bad for us," Mohamud says. "If there is no money and no job, I'll have no choice...
...measures are supported by 60% of Danish voters, according to opinion polls. But there is also significant opposition - recently some 2,000 people demonstrated in Copenhagen to express outrage at the new laws. "The basic idea is they want to keep ethnic minorities out of Denmark," says Pakistan-born Bashy Quraishy, president of the European Network Against Racism, who has lived in Denmark for 32 years. "They are saying, 'We want Denmark to be white and Christian.' But they have to understand that Denmark has changed. It's a multicultural society now." Seven out of 10 foreigners are Muslims, including...
Andreas Kamm, the secretary-general of the Danish Refugee Council, says the whole package of laws "is a signal to the world that refugees are not welcome," noting that the financial support is being lowered to the point of creating "scary conditions." Although the proposed changes were announced only last month, advance word spread so quickly that the number of new refugees in January fell to 366, compared with 746 in January...
...government has overwhelming parliamentary support. Peter Skaarup, a Member of Parliament from the populist People's Party, which has long campaigned for immigration controls, called the new package of laws "a turning point for Danish refugee policy which can turn into something very good." The People's Party won 12% of the vote in last November's election, up from 8% in 1998, but it's not part of the government coalition. Skaarup said that even though the People's Party has reservations about some of the proposed new laws, it felt obliged to support the government...