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...spread wonderful innovations like that? U.S. support for Africa has more than tripled during the Bush Administration, yet even the most dedicated governments can't meet all the needs of the developing world. We can do more when each sector is doing what it does best. The private sector can lead with innovation and capital. Nonprofit groups can apply solutions where they're needed most. And governments can help expand these solutions on a global scale...
...highly respected journalist for TIME while spying for the communists-a double life kept secret until the mid-'80s; in Ho Chi Minh City. The first Vietnamese to become a staff correspondent for a U.S. news outlet, An said he was an "honest reporter" who did not spread misinformation. From his unique perch at TIME's Saigon bureau, the popular, plugged-in An was able to achieve feats for both sides, alerting the Viet Cong to the impending buildup of U.S. troops in the mid-'60s and secretly arranging for the release of American journalist Robert Sam Anson, captured...
...every living Most Valuable Player costs a staggering $40,000. With titles on the way about Formula One, Diego Maradona and others, Kraken is eyeing the lucrative sports-memorabilia market, but also hopes to lure the true fan with spectacular photos, top writers-and an installment plan to spread the load. www.krakenopus.com
...society predicts that a total of 234,460 people will be diagnosed with the disease this year. “GnRH agonist” therapy, the focus of the study, involves injecting a synthetic version of the reproductive hormone GnRH, which blocks the production of testosterone, thereby preventing the spread of prostate cancer. Authors of the study are questioning the benefits of the treatment because although prostate cancer can be lethal, it spreads slowly, develops primarily in men over 65, and most patients survive for at least five years after they are diagnosed. The disease’s slow progression...
...There’s no doubt that bedbugs have become resurgent and spread considerably,” wrote entomologist and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researcher Richard J. Pollack, a noted expert on bedbugs and lice, in an e-mail...