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Health experts estimate that 10 percent of 34.5 million AIDS sufferers worldwide will die of these diseases...
...free donation program with onerous limitations," Baker said. "It is for two years only, and extended to only about 100,000 people instead of the other 20 million, 15 to 20 percent of whom will die by diseases controlled by this medicine. Pfizer should not receive praise today--it should receive condemnation...
...says Serge Belais, president of France's Society for the Protection of Animals. "And neither North African or French customs officials seem too concerned." Baby magots can fetch up to $90 apiece in Africa--and sell for $1,200 in France. But they are susceptible to illness and often die in captivity. Their bites can transmit such diseases as TB and hepatitis. "People are risking their lives by adopting these creatures," says Belais, "and hastening the magot's disappearance from the planet...
...state of child protection and foster care in the U.S. But the unfortunate reality in Canada, as in the U.S., is that the child-protection system is in crisis. The problems are complex, the safeguards almost nonexistent, and, despite a number of dedicated individuals, children continue to die in horrifying circumstances. What will it take to stop the tragic death of youngsters who were brutally tortured and murdered by their so-called caregivers? I applaud the social workers who are trying to make changes, and I hope that more of us will realize this isn't someone else's problem...
Even travel agents--who everyone thought would die a slow death when Internet booking went mainstream about two years ago--are using the Net to their advantage. More than 60% of all traditional travel agents have their own websites and even more have e-mail. Says Kathy Sudeikis, national vice president of the American Society of Travel Agents: "Were we scared about the Internet? Yes. But it's playing out to be an ally rather than a killer." In this information age, more and more people seem to agree...