Word: problem
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...treatment for tuberculosis, the number one infectious killer in the world, was found in the 1940s, but the disease continues to spread, especially in developing countries. HIV has made the problem worse, as those infected with the HIV virus are far more likely to contract tuberculosis...
...recent years, a bigger problem has begun to loom. Improper use of tuberculosis medications has led to the creation of the MDR-TB strains, which are resistant to cocktails of even four or five drugs. Currently 11 percent of all tuberculosis cases are resistant to at least one drug...
...problem is death by a thousand cuts. "Everybody takes out their knife and does surgery on some portion of the bill so you end up with everybody slashing at everything," grouses a senior State Department official. "How are we supposed to support democracy around the world if they keep cutting our democracy and development fund?" For example, money for peacekeeping operations in Kosovo and other trouble spots has been cut by a third. The Senate has slashed by 71 percent funds Clinton wanted to use to relieve Africa's crushing debt, which administration aides say is critical to fighting poverty...
...strongman home on grounds of ill health, his sojourn there emboldened Chilean human rights advocates to press for Pinochet to be tried at home. Although the high court hasn't yet publicized its ruling, lawyers for both sides told reporters Wednesday it had gone against Pinochet. The general's problem is that, stripped of his power, he's no longer of much importance to any sector of Chilean society, and prosecuting him no longer appears likely to generate the catastrophic backlash of which his supporters once warned...
...indeed a messy one, and neither party is all that well placed to throw stones. The GOP wonks have had the luxury of an eight-year sabbatical from the corridors of power in which to formulate their critique. And that's left them leading the way in defining the problem...