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...After the disaster, it will be harder to stifle the civic impulses of people like Chen Gang, the president of a Chengdu knife-manufacturing company who scrambled to help with relief efforts. The country was focused on material things, Chen says, but the earthquake forced people to remember their fellow citizens. "The whole country suddenly united. It was really miraculous," says Chen, 49. "For the nation historically, when you come back later it will be [considered] a good thing. I'm not talking about the party, I'm talking about this land." The Wenchuan earthquake has exposed how much China...
...malignant glioma is usually deadly, but not always (see page 52). As news of Kennedy's disease spread throughout the Capitol, friends and colleagues across party lines prayed that he would add cancer to the list of struggles he has survived. "He's in a fighting mood," fellow Massachusetts Senator John Kerry said...
...France, the E.U.'s biggest recipient of farm aid, launched a preemptive strike, warning that the global food crisis made the CAP more relevant than ever. "The solution to the crisis is not, first of all, through free trade," French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier told fellow E.U. farm ministers on Monday. Paris also co-opted Germany, the E.U.'s biggest budget contributor, in its bid to maintain the annual flow of around $63 billion (€40 billion) in hand-outs to Europe's farmers...
...This is not the first time McCain, who has a proud history of opposing what he views as excessive government spending, has found himself at odds with his fellow veterans on legislation. He's voted for veterans funding bills only 30% of the time, according to a scorecard of roll-call votes put out by the nonpartisan Disabled Americans for America. Under the same system Obama has a 90% rating - though, of course, he has spent a much shorter time in Washington. "Senator McCain clearly needs to be recognized for his military service and in some respects that will play...
During the event, donations were collected for the Red Cross of China. According to MGH postdoctoral fellow Winnie W.C. Shum, who managed the finances for the event, the event raised $31,768. Shum, who is also the treasurer of MGH CSSA, said that organizers are trying to solicit matching donations from companies...