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US Medicine: 97% of All Autism Cases Went Undected - Until Now?

David Kirby | Posted May 8, 2008 | Living


David Kirby

If autism has always been with us in the same high numbers that we see today -- as some scientists and academics contend -- then we should be able to identify the 1 in 150 adults currently living with autism in places like the US and UK.

With all...

UK Troop Withdrawals From Iraq Frozen For 'The Foreseeable Future'

AP   |   April 24, 2008


LONDON — Britain's defense secretary says a freeze on British troop withdrawals from Iraq will remain in place for the foreseeable future. Defense Secretary Des Browne says in a statement to lawmakers Thursday that reductions in the number of British...

April is Earth Month -- Mother Earth, Motherhood -- The Holiest of Holies

Paige Donner | Posted April 14, 2008 | Living


Paige Donner

The month of April is a celebration of Earth. What is more synonymous with Earth than Mother? And yet, just as we are recognizing the serious consequences of our neglect and abuse of nature, I look around in our society and I see the abuse and neglect of not just...

Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, Won't Attend Olympics Opening Ceremony

AP   |   April 9, 2008 04:59 PM


British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Brown's office said he was not boycotting the Olympics and would attend the closing ceremony. Brown has been under intense...

UK Press Catches Primary Fever

The New York Times   |  Leslie Wayne   |   March 7, 2008 12:18 PM


If the United States is mesmerized, and excited, by the primary races, so is England. The results of the Ohio and Texas primaries are front page news and are leading the BBC broadcasts here, especially the images of Hillary Rodham...

Duffy -- A New Old Voice

Matt Budd | Posted March 6, 2008 | Entertainment


Matt Budd
"And so to the year's brightest new talent: the pocket-sized Welsh girl with the voice of a '60s soul diva. Move over Amy Winehouse..." --Q Magazine

I just got my hands on an album sampler from Duffy the other day and lucky, lucky me. I had heard about her...

UK Enlisted Astrologer to Fight Hitler

AP   |  D'ARCY DORAN   |   March 3, 2008


LONDON — Desperate for a glimpse into Adolf Hitler's unpredictable mind, British spies hired an astrologer during World War II to write horoscopes for him and other Nazi leaders, documents declassified Tuesday show. They soon regretted it. The file released...

Alternate Grammys: The Best CDs of 2007

Michael Giltz | Posted February 8, 2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

A best CDs of the year list in February? Why not? (Calendars are so 20th century.) My end of the year is always hectic. Freelance journalists are deluged with work around the holidays because staffers want to spend time with their families. Add in time with my own family and...

British Formally Hand Over Control Of Basra To Iraq Government

AP   |  LORI HINNANT   |   December 16, 2007 09:36 AM


British forces formally handed over responsibility Sunday for the last region in Iraq under their control, marking the start of what Britain hopes will be a transition to a mission aimed at aiding the economy and providing jobs in an...

Britain To Withdraw Nearly Half Of Its Iraq Troops

AP   |  DAVID STRINGER   |   October 8, 2007 12:04 PM


Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops in Iraq beginning next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, leaving a contingent of 2,500 soldiers in the highly unpopular war. Brown told lawmakers the move is possible because of improving security...

Watch Basra

Chris Weigant | Posted September 5, 2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

In the upcoming debate in Congress on the war in Iraq, Republicans are going to want to focus solely on the progress being made in al-Anbar province. Democrats are going to want to focus solely on the lack of political progress in Baghdad. But what could prove to be the...


 

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