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...come to discuss are not all figments of uninformed American imaginations. For a start, those pirated DVDs of first-run Hollywood movies available for 75 cents on the streets of Shanghai are all too real-despite repeated pledges from the Chinese government to crack down on rampant intellectual-property theft. And China's trade surplus, which rocketed to $177.5 billion in 2006 and has risen from less than 2% of its total economy to around 7% in five years-surely Beijing has something to do with that. But instead of substance, the Americans got a soliloquy-which may explain...
Ashley may be an extreme case, but she is a terrifying precedent. Critics note that development in the disabled can come very, very slowly, so deciding when a child is only 6 to change her body irreversibly could amount to a medical form of identity theft. Ann McDonald-Cacho in Berkeley, Calif., was told there was no hope for her son Philip, who had a diagnosis of the same condition as Ashley's. There's no way to know if Ashley will ever be able to sit up or control a wheelchair with her head as Philip eventually could. "They...
...that Reed actually attended Harvard. “I don’t know if [Reed] ever attended Harvard or if it was just a confusion because I took an extension school class [after graduating],” said Bowman. She said that she first learned about the identity theft this fall from Columbia University officials, who contacted her after the ID card was found. Bowman said that she then checked her credit reports, which showed no sign of suspicious activity, and ordered a transcript from Harvard, which did not list any classes that she had not taken. Bowman said...
...Ashley may be an extreme case; but she is a terrifying precedent. Critics note that for brain-damaged children, development can come very, very slowly - so deciding when she's only six to change a child's body irreversibly can amount to a medical form of identity theft. Frequent touch is indeed important; but is it really so much harder to hug someone who is 5'6," or bring her to the table at dinnertime? Turning people into permanent children denies them whatever subtle therapeutic benefit comes from being seen as adults. "I know they love their daughter," says Julia...
...today that Belarus started siphoning off Russia's oil on Jan. 6 - diverting 79,000 tons in two days. Early Monday, Polish officials said that Belarus blocked the Russian Druzhba ("Friendship") oil pipeline that carries oil to Poland and Germany. Russia then closed the pipeline to prevent more Belarussian theft. "Now there is a threat to the fulfillment of international contracts between Russian companies and companies in Western Europe and Eastern Europe," said Andrew Sharonov, Russian Economics and Trade Minister "We view this as a force-majeure, as the onset of unavoidable circumstances...