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...opinion surveys show they are considerably more resentful of the U.S. presence in their country regardless of the new government's dependence on American military support. That only adds to the difficulties facing U.S. forces now that they've been pressed into service of the new government in a high-risk confrontation in Iraq's holiest city...
What's changed: The government has spent more than $100 million on improving security on trains, including heightened surveillance of high-risk trains, tracks and rail yards. Amtrak passenger names are checked against government watch lists...
...wanted as well. His Washington pollster Mark Mellman was the one who first spotted the opportunity for Kerry to revive his dying primary campaign by taking out a $6.4 million personal loan and making a counterintuitive pivot from New Hampshire to Iowa. But before Kerry signed off on the high-risk gambit, the candidate dispatched his old Boston hand Kiley to Iowa to confirm Mellman's numbers...
...NCEP recommendations were that patients at high risk of heart attack--including those who have diabetes or already have heart disease--try to get their LDL level under 100 mg/dL. But the guidelines allowed some wiggle room--up to 129 mg/dL. The latest update eliminates the wiggle room for high-risk patients...
...explains. Few share his optimism. Other than the fact that Klebnikov's murder was a contract killing, nothing is clear - not even how many bullets struck him on the evening of July 9, as he walked to a nearby metro station. Work is the likely motive. Journalism is a high-risk profession in Russia. Twenty-one reporters - all, except Klebnikov, Russian citizens - have been killed in the line of duty since 2000, including two so far this year, according to the Paris-based press group Reporters Without Borders. Contract killings in Russia are rarely solved. Judging from his political writings...