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The formal name of the palace, built in 1740 and recently restored, translates as the Garden of the Palace of Established Happiness, its choice an elegant if subtle acknowledgement that the Americans present had contributed to this extraordinary moment in China's long history. Henry Kissinger, the architect of the...
While Hawaiians may be used to tourists from all over the world, they have yet to encounter Obamamania in full force. "As the presidential election nears, we've seen media interest in Oahu increase dramatically due to the attention surrounding Barack Obama," said Les Enderton, executive director of the Oahu...
Dar al-Salaam (which translates as House of Peace) is trying to change that, negotiating tribal truces - 185 to date - and preaching tolerance and reconciliation. The organization runs training camps for tribal leaders and offers internships to the sons of tribal sheiks, hoping to create a more peaceful mind-set...
But the Zogby poll has an answer to this: only 2% of respondents said they would not have joined the military if gays were allowed to serve openly. That translates to a loss of about 4,000 service members per year - the same number of gays and lesbians who decline...
It turned out that among a select cohort of American military personnel who had been followed over decades, the roughly 1,200 carriers of the trait, all of whom were African-American, were 40% more likely after adjustments to be infected with HIV than noncarriers. From that sample, Weiss and...