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...predicament made me wonder, once again, what drives people to suicide and why young people resort to such a desperate measure. In the 30 years from 1950 to 1980 (the latest period for which there is reliable information), the annual suicide rate among college-age women has almost doubled, from 3.9 deaths per 100,000 to 7.0 per 100,000, while the rate among college-age men has tripled, from 10 per 100,000 to 32 per 100,000 a year. This year's toll for adults ages 19 to 24 is expected to reach 1,000 deaths...
...This was sort of the last resort,” he said. “I believe they were forced to by the administration in Washington. Furthermore, I think it’s unfortunate that the current administration in Washington is taking this position when for the last four years there’s been no problem in Washington with our policy...
...neighbors in the posh Tuscan resort of Forte dei Marmi, Tokhtakhounov is a courteous, quiet gent often surrounded by gorgeous cars and fast women. To the Italian finance police and the American FBI, which have been tailing him for at least a year, he is a suspect in drug dealing, arms trafficking and money laundering--an international sleaze king with influential friends among Russian celebrities and Kremlin politicos...
...runs the country like a medieval fief. But Savage is confident that his $23 million, 20,000 hectare Paulownia plantation south of Pyongyang will pay off. His Singapore-based company, Maxgro Holdings, is investing $5 million in North Korea this year, and he even has plans to build a resort there, complete with a 70-room hotel, horseback riding, trout fishing and all-terrain vehicles. "This is a mega-growth area," he says. "If you don't move now, you will have missed the boat...
PAKISTAN Christians In The Cross Hairs A missionary school and a Christian hospital came under attack as violence against Western groups in Pakistan continued. At least six people, all Pakistani, were killed when up to five gunmen fought their way into a mainly expatriate Christian school in the resort town of Muree. The masked men opened fire indiscriminately, then were chased off after failing to break into a hall where staff and students had hidden. In a separate incident, unidentified attackers hurled grenades at a missionary hospital, killing three Pakistani nurses and injuring 20 people...