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• [SN] - 2006-12-20 - Time -- One of the Great Mysteries of Our Universe
• [SN] - 2006-12-18 - Pfizer Halts Testing of New Cholesterol Drug Because of Dangers
• [??] - 2006-12-31 - The New Year Begins With Some Resolutions
• [IN] - 2006-12-29 - War in Iraq Voted Top News Story of 2006
• [IN] - 2006-12-15 - Study Shows Just How Unequally Divided the World's Wealth Is
• [IN] - 2006-12-08 - From Iraq Study Group, Bush Gets 79 Ideas for New 'Way Forward'
• [IN] - 2006-12-01 - US States Fight Back to Protect Rights of Property Owners
• [IN] - 2006-12-22 - Increase in Violent Crime in US Brings Attention, Theories
• [HE] - 2006-12-26 - Healthier Eating in New York Hard For Some to Swallow
• [HE] - 2006-12-19 - Strongest Evidence Yet That Circumcision Lowers Men's HIV Risk
• [HE] - 2006-12-12 - Childhood Bed-Wetting: Some Advice for Parents
• [HE] - 2006-12-05 - Dealing With Children's Bed-Wetting
• [EC] - 2006-12-29 - The Housing Market Slows, Charity Gains and Economics Loses Two Great Thinkers
• [EC] - 2006-12-14 - How a Famed Management Thinker Made His Mark
• [EC] - 2006-12-07 - American Competitiveness: Too Many Rules?
• [DE] - 2006-12-03 - Press Freedom Still Out of Reach in Many Countries
• [DE] - 2006-12-24 - Microbicides to Protect Women From AIDS Move Into Final Tests
• [DE] - 2006-12-17 - White House Increases Support for Malaria Fight
• [AG] - 2006-12-22 - Biotech Foods Continue to Produce Mixed Feelings in US
• [AG] - 2006-12-18 - Christmas a Jolly Season for Tree Farmers
• [BR] - 2006-12-31 - Americans Ring in the New Year With 'Auld Lang Syne'
• [EC] - 2006-12-21 - Click, Click, Click. What's That? Another Online Sale
• [SN] - 2006-11-27 - So You Want to Make Your Mother Proud? Becoming a Doctor
• [SN] - 2006-11-06 - Flight to Service Hubble Telescope Could Take Place in Early 2008
• [SN] - 2006-11-20 - How Autoimmune Diseases Sabotage the Body's Own Defenses
• [IN] - 2006-11-24 - International Day Aims to Bring Violence Against Women Out of Dark
• [IN] - 2006-11-03 - Why Say Something Nice? US Elections Bring Out Attack Ads
• [IN] - 2006-11-17 - Fixing Iraq by Facing Iran, Syria and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
• [HE] - 2006-11-28 - Waltzing Pumps Up Heart Patients
• [HE] - 2006-11-14 - In Study on Overweight Mice, Chemical Reduces Effects of Obesity
• [HE] - 2006-11-21 - Study Links Red Meat to Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
• [IN] - 2006-11-14 - When Gunfighters Ruled the Streets of the Wild West
• [EC] - 2006-11-02 - For a Country, a Lot of Debt Is Not Always a Bad Thing
• [EC] - 2006-11-16 - Allowances: A Lesson in Personal Finance for Kids
• [EC] - 2006-11-22 - APEC Meeting Pushes for Continued Trade Negotiations
• [DE] - 2006-11-27 - For World AIDS Day, Leaders Are Urged to Keep Their Promises
• [DE] - 2006-11-19 - Health of Africans and Women Top Concerns of Next WHO Chief
• [DE] - 2006-11-12 - Without Water There Is No Life
• [DE] - 2006-11-05 - Inside the Clinton Foundation
• [AG] - 2006-11-06 - Cheese Culture Grows and Grows in Vermont
• [AG] - 2006-11-20 - At Thanksgiving, Turkeys Fly Out of Stores
• [AG] - 2006-11-13 - Study Warns of Risk to Seafood Supplies in World's Oceans
• [AG] - 2006-11-27 - Genetic Map Could Point Way to an Improved Honey Bee
• [SN] - 2006-10-23 - Experts Call for Continued Efforts to Protect Children From Polio
• [SN] - 2006-10-16 - The Discoveries Behind This Year's Nobel Prizes for Science
• [SN] - 2006-10-10 - Study Finds Rise in Allergic Diseases in Children Worldwide
• [IN] - 2006-10-07 - South Korea's Ban Seen as Sure to Become Next U.N. Secretary-General
• [IN] - 2006-10-20 - Immigrants, Births Put US on Way to 400 Million by 2043
• [IN] - 2006-10-13 - A History of North Korea's Nuclear Development Efforts
• [IN] - 2006-10-27 - Women Journalists From Lebanon, China and U.S. Are Honored
• [HE] - 2006-10-31 - When Fear Takes Control of the Mind
• [HE] - 2006-10-10 - Findings About Newer Schizophrenia Drugs Surprise Researchers
• [HE] - 2006-10-04 - Recognizing Medical Emergencies
• [EX] - 2006-10-03 - Pirates May Be Popular in Movies, But Piracy Remains a Threat
• [IN] - 2006-10-24 - Using Independent Courts and a Free Media to Fight Corruption
• [EC] - 2006-10-19 - Making International Trade Happen
• [EC] - 2006-10-05 - Congress Acts to Limit Internet Gambling by Americans
• [EC] - 2006-10-26 - Dollar Is World's Most Traded Currency. But Why?
• [DE] - 2006-10-15 - Investment in Agriculture Urged on World Food Day
• [DE] - 2006-10-29 - Designs: a Water-Purifying Straw, a Firewood-Saving Cookstove
• [DE] - 2006-10-22 - Grameen Bank Proves Poor People Are Worthy of Loans
• [DE] - 2006-10-01 - Planting the Financial Seeds for a 'Green Revolution' in Africa
• [DE] - 2006-10-08 - Emergency Aid to Africa Grows; Wiser Spending Is Urged
• [AG] - 2006-10-30 - Saving Historic Barns
• [AG] - 2006-10-02 - Gene Researchers Work on Flood-Resistant Rice
• [AG] - 2006-10-16 - Farmers Organize to Try to Control Potato Supply
• [AG] - 2006-10-10 - Growing an Agritourism Business
• [SN] - 2006-09-04 - Criticism Weighs Heavy on New Solar System
• [SN] - 2006-09-11 - Storm Warnings: Trying to Understand the Causes of Hurricanes
• [SN] - 2006-09-25 - Health Officials Seek Ways to Fight Extreme Drug-Resistant TB
• [SN] - 2006-09-18 - Study Finds Older Fathers Are More Likely to Have Autistic Children
• [IN] - 2006-09-22 - Generals in Thailand Find Strong Support, at Least for Now
• [IN] - 2006-09-29 - Abe Moves Quickly to Improve Ties With South Korea and China
• [IN] - 2006-09-09 - Fight for U.S. Congress Heats Up; Mexico's Presidential Dispute
• [IN] - 2006-09-15 - Future of Peacekeeping in Darfur Remains Unsettled
• [HE] - 2006-09-19 - W.H.O. Calls for Indoor Use of DDT to Control Malaria
• [HE] - 2006-09-26 - New Studies Aim to Expand Knowledge of Autism
• [HE] - 2006-09-12 - Thousands of Workers at Ground Zero Still Suffer Lung Problems
• [HE] - 2006-09-05 - Gene Therapy Used to Treat Cancer / Stem Cell Study Leads to Criticism, Questions
• [EX] - 2006-09-19 - Women Have Been Leaders in Science Throughout History
• [EX] - 2006-09-12 - Building Houses That Are Healthier for People and the Planet
• [EC] - 2006-09-07 - Bush Signs Law to Strengthen Pension Plans
• [EC] - 2006-09-28 - Duties Bill Dropped as U.S. Prepares for Economic Talks With China
• [EC] - 2006-08-31 - Laptop Computer Batteries Become a Hot Issue
• [EC] - 2006-09-21 - Housing Market Slows in U.S.
• [EC] - 2006-09-14 - 'Pretexting' Spells Trouble for Hewlett-Packard
• [DE] - 2006-09-24 - Four Countries Gain Increased I.M.F. Voting Rights
• [DE] - 2006-09-03 - Together, Sister Cities Build Friendships and More
• [DE] - 2006-09-10 - Africa Praised for Its Progress in Business Reforms
• [AG] - 2006-09-25 - Severe Form of E. Coli Not a New Problem for Growers
• [AG] - 2006-09-18 - Trying to Pump New Life Into World Trade Talks
• [AG] - 2006-09-05 - Dry Conditions Lead to Government Aid in the West and South
• [SN] - 2006-08-21 - Women Are Able to Read More in a Man's Face Than He Might Think
• [SN] - 2006-08-15 - Rethinking the Personal Computer in an Internet World
• [SN] - 2006-08-07 - More Fish, Less Tobacco Could Lower Risk of Blindness in Older People
• [SN] - 2006-08-28 - From the Laboratory to the Playing Field: World of Sports Doping
• [IN] - 2006-08-18 - U.S. Seeks to Continue Intelligence Program; Judge Finds It Illegal
• [IN] - 2006-08-26 - Pluto and Dark Matter Both Star in a Busy Week for Astronomers  
• [IN] - 2006-08-04 - Citizens of War-Torn Congo Await the Outcome of Historic Elections
• [IN] - 2006-08-12 - 'Time to Deliver' Is Message of International AIDS Conference
• [HE] - 2006-08-15 - At AIDS Conference, More Efforts Urged to Empower Women
• [HE] - 2006-08-29 - Scientists Develop Stem Cells Without Loss of Embryos
• [HE] - 2006-08-01 - Study in Ferrets Shows H5N1 Virus Does Not Spread Easily
• [HE] - 2006-08-08 - Indonesia Passes Vietnam as Nation With Most Bird Flu Deaths
• [HE] - 2006-08-22 - W.H.O. Says 4 Million Health Workers Are Needed to Fight AIDS
• [ED] - 2006-08-09 - Interns Provide Free Labor, But Internships Are Not Always Free
• [ED] - 2006-08-23 - Ohio University Accuses Engineering Graduates of Plagiarism
• [ED] - 2006-08-30 - Importance of New Findings About Charter Schools Argued
• [EC] - 2006-08-17 - Indra Nooyi to Lead PepsiCo
• [EC] - 2006-08-03 - Foundations and the Estate Tax
• [EC] - 2006-08-24 - You've Got Trouble: America Online's Big Mistake With Search Data
• [EC] - 2006-08-10 - Oil Flow From Prudhoe Bay May Take Months to Return to Normal
• [DE] - 2006-08-13 - Non-Governmental Organizations Influence Policy Around the World
• [DE] - 2006-08-27 - Kiva: How Anyone Can Become a Personal Lender of Microcredit
• [AG] - 2006-08-21 - Experts Say Water Shortages Affect One-Third of World Population
• [AG] - 2006-08-28 - Unapproved Biotech Rice in U.S. Is Investigated
• [AG] - 2006-08-15 - Indian Ban on Lentil Exports Causes Price Jump
• [AG] - 2006-08-07 - High-Priced Oil Raises Appeal of Biofuels
• [SN] - 2006-07-03 - Reaction to 'An Inconvenient Truth' / New Planetary System Found
• [SN] - 2006-07-25 - Getting Scientists to Tell All About Possible Conflicts of Interest
• [SN] - 2006-07-31 - Artificial Intelligence at 50 / Moving Objects With Thought
• [IN] - 2006-07-28 - W.T.O. Talks: As Nations Trade Blame, World Trade Goals Must Wait
• [IN] - 2006-07-07 - Discovery Resupplies Space Station NASA Faces Pressure to Finish
• [IN] - 2006-07-14 - Future for Terrorism Suspects Depends on Congress
• [DE] - 2006-06-30 - Buffett's Gift: Starting a New Page in the History of Giving to Charity
• [IN] - 2006-07-21 - Hezbollah in Lebanon: A Group With a History of Social Services and Deadly Attacks 
• [HE] - 2006-07-18 - Surgeon General Says Secondhand Smoke Unsafe at Any Level
• [HE] - 2006-07-25 - A One-Pill Answer to Treating H.I.V.
• [EX] - Thousands Rushed to Find Gold in the Klondike in Western Canada (http: - - www.voanews.com - specialenglish - 2006-07-00)
• [ED] - 2006-07-19 - Immediate Pay Increase Urged for U.S. Teachers
• [ED] - 2006-07-05 - Visiting Teacher Programs Offer a Chance to Work in U.S.
• [ED] - 2006-07-26 - 'Iron Science Teacher' and More at the Exploratorium
• [ED] - 2006-07-12 - Reaction Is Split as More Women, Fewer Men, Go to College
• [EC] - 2006-07-06 - Enron's Ken Lay Dies at 64 / Bill Aims to Renew Hedge Fund Rule
• [EC] - 2006-07-27 - The Rise of Foundations
• [EC] - 2006-07-20 - Building a Knowledge of Foundations
• [DE] - 2006-07-16 - Young People Are Subject of World Population Day
• [DE] - 2006-07-30 - Recycling Scrap Metal Into Money
• [DE] - 2006-07-02 - Buffett's Gift of Wealth Will Aid Efforts to Cure Diseases
• [DE] - 2006-07-09 - U.S. Approves New AIDS Treatment for Poor Countries
• [DE] - 2006-07-23 - Fighting Malaria in Africa From Your Home Computer
• [AG] - 2006-07-10 - U.S. Could Face Shortage of Animal Doctors for Food Inspection
• [AG] - 2006-07-03 - Jojoba: Not Your Usual Oilseed Crop
• [AG] - 2006-07-31 - Japan Imports U.S. Beef Again
• [AG] - 2006-07-25 - Rains Help Ease Crop Worries in U.S. Corn Belt
• [SN] - 2006-06-12 - Shocks to the System: Taking a Reading of the Health of Health Care
• [SN] - 2006-06-05 - AIDS at 25: Scientists Confirm That H.I.V. Came From Chimps
• [IN] - 2006-06-23 - U.N. Human Rights Council Opens; Annan Sees 'Great New Chance'
• [IN] - 2006-06-17 - East Timor and Somalia: Two Different Reactions to Peacekeepers
• [IN] - 2006-06-10 - Iraqis Get Full Cabinet; Forces Hunting Zarqawi Get Their Man
• [IN] - 2006-06-02 - Observing a Killer: 25 Years of AIDS, and 25 Million Deaths
• [HE] - 2006-06-13 - Growing Replacement Organs From Patients' Own Cells
• [HE] - 2006-06-20 - Pregnant Women Warned About a Kind of Blood Pressure Medicine
• [ED] - 2006-06-21 - Concerns at Progress of Boys in School Lead to Many Theories
• [ED] - 2006-06-08 - Trying to Get More Students to Finish High School
• [ED] - 2006-06-14 - Fresh Out of College, and Already in Debt
• [ED] - 2006-06-29 - New Study Disputes Idea of a Boy Crisis in U.S. Schools
• [EC] - 2006-06-01 - Bush Nominates Paulson to Lead Treasury
• [EC] - 2006-06-08 - As Boomers Age, Times Change in the U.S. Labor Market
• [EC] - 2006-06-16 - Hedge Funds Let Wealthy Investors Take Risks for Profits
• [EC] - 2006-06-29 - Warren Buffett Gives Huge Gift to Gates Foundation
• [DE] - 2006-06-26 - Report: Aid, Economic Growth Fail to Cut Poverty in Poorest Nations
• [DE] - 2006-06-11 - U.S. Says 12 Nations Not Doing Enough to Stop Human Trafficking
• [DE] - 2006-06-04 - Sportswear Fitted to the Needs of Muslim Girls
• [DE] - 2006-06-18 - As Fake Malaria Drugs Spread in Asia, Next Target Feared Is Africa
• [AG] - 2006-06-20 - Food Prize Goes to Three Who Helped Open Brazil's 'Closed Lands'
• [AG] - 2006-06-05 - Study Finds Only Five Percent of Tropical Forests Are Protected
• [AG] - 2006-06-26 - Japan Awaits Final Tests Before End to Ban on U.S. Beef
• [ED] - 2006-04-26 - Some American Colleges Drop the SAT and ACT as Required Tests for Admission
• [SN] - 2006-05-22 - Weather: Tornado Science, in a Land With Plenty of Experience
• [SN] - 2006-05-30 - World No Tobacco Day: A Chance for Smokers to Give Their Bodies a Cigarette Break
• [SN] - 2006-05-09 - A Replacement Bladder, Grown in the Lab From Patients' Own Cells
• [EC] - 2006-05-11 - When Companies Choose a Private Life
• [IN] - 2006-05-26 - W.H.O. Members Mourn Death of Agency Chief Lee Jong-wook
• [IN] - 2006-05-19 - The Difference Between Giving Credit and Taking Credit: Plagiarism
• [IN] - 2006-05-12 - Drug Control Officials Are Warned of Growing Threat From 'Meth'
• [IN] - 2006-05-05 - Galbraith and Jacobs: Remembering Two Voices of the 20th Century
• [HE] - 2006-05-16 - Drink Companies Agree Not to Sell Sugary Soda in U.S. Schools
• [HE] - 2006-05-02 - Midwestern U.S. Fights a Mumps Outbreak
• [HE] - 2006-05-30 - Cervical Cancer Vaccine Moves Toward U.S. Approval
• [EX] - 2006-05-02 - Forensic Science Is Often Used to Solve Crimes
• [ED] - 2006-05-03 - Maryland Educator Is Named National Teacher of the Year
• [ED] - 2006-05-17 - Blogs Help Teachers Learn From Each Other
• [ED] - 2006-05-31 - Experts Will Study How to Improve Math Teaching in U.S.
• [ED] - 2006-05-10 - Getting Into a Top College Gets Harder For Young Americans
• [EC] - 2006-05-04 - Stock Options Take Bite Out of Earnings Statements
• [EC] - 2006-05-18 - U.S. Inflation Rises More Than Expected in April
• [EC] - 2006-05-25 - Fannie Mae Agrees to Big Fine to Settle Accounting Case
• [DE] - 2006-05-21 - Students Work on Ideas for 'People, Prosperity and the Planet'
• [DE] - 2006-05-29 - With Solid Fuels, a Deadly Risk of Indoor Air Pollution
• [DE] - 2006-05-07 - New Financial Product Lets Investors Support Independent Media
• [AG] - 2006-05-22 - More Organic Foods at Wal-Mart Stores
• [AG] - 2006-05-01 - Going Biotech on the Farm: Second of Two Parts
• [AG] - 2006-05-30 - Carbon Trading: How the Chicago Climate Exchange Works
• [AG] - 2006-05-16 - Chicago Board of Trade Moves Into the Future
• [EC] - 2006-04-07 - The World Bank Fights the "Cancer of Corruption"
• [SN] - 2006-04-24 - Water on Saturn Moon? / New Dinosaur / iPods and Hearing
• [HE] - 2006-04-25 - Sleepless in America: Report Says Millions Have Trouble at Bedtime
• [SN] - 2006-04-17 - Plate Tectonics: Nature's Way of Stretching
• [SN] - 2006-04-10 - Depression Study Finds Hope in Different Treatments, at Least for Some People
• [IN] - 2006-04-15 - Iran Rejects Appeal to Stop Enriching Uranium
• [IN] - 2006-04-07 - Delay, Leaving Congress, Has 'No Fear' of Any Investigations
• [IN] - 2006-04-28 - Politics and Bullets: Facing Maoist Rebels in Nepal and India
• [IN] - 2006-04-01 - Punish Illegal Immigrants? Welcome Them as Future Citizens? Congress Debates Immigration
• [HE] - 2006-04-11 - Measles Campaign Cuts Deaths by Almost Half
• [HE] - 2006-04-04 - A New Life Treating AIDS in Africa, Then Tragedy Strikes
• [HE] - 2006-04-18 - Increasing Supplies of Malaria Drug Through Genetic Engineering
• [EX] - 2006-04-18 - Population Growth is Dropping in Industrialized Nations and Increasing in Some Developing Ones
• [ED] - 2006-04-05 - Oceangoing Programs for International Students
• [ED] - 2006-04-12 - School Districts Approve Plans to Link Teacher Pay with Student Performance
• [EC] - 2006-04-14 - Tax Time in America
• [EC] - 2006-04-27 - Protecting an Investment With Stock Options
• [EC] - 2006-04-21 - Some Companies Stop Telling What They Expect to Earn
• [DE] - 2006-04-02 - A Small Packet of Chemicals, a Big Effect on Dirty Water
• [DE] - 2006-04-23 - Number of Refugees in the World at Lowest Level in 25 Years
• [DE] - 2006-04-30 - Public Health Experts Criticize World Bank on Malaria Efforts
• [DE] - 2006-04-16 - Fifty-seven Nations Face Serious Shortages of Health Care Workers
• [DE] - 2006-04-09 - African Farmland Found to be Severely Infertile
• [AG] - 2006-04-17 - How Farm Pay Compares to Industrial Pay in America
• [AG] - 2006-04-24 - Going Biotech: A Spanish Farmer Discusses His Experience
• [AG] - 2006-04-10 - Insects Eating Your Crops? Call on a Ladybug
• [SN] - 2006-03-20 - Stress and Failed Pregnancies / Ice Loss in Antarctica / Anger and Injuries / Hummingbirds Never Forget
• [SN] - 2006-03-27 - Preparing for a Bird Flu Pandemic: Waiting, Worrying and Wondering
• [IN] - 2006-03-17 - After Three Years, Iraq Still a Major Issue in American Politics
• [IN] - 2006-03-24 - International Criminal Court Calls First Defendant, From D.R.C.
• [IN] - 2006-03-10 - U.S. Releases Yearly Report on Human Rights Around the World
• [HE] - 2006-03-14 - Dana Reeve's Death Adds to Questions on Lung Cancer in Women 
• [HE] - 2006-03-28 - Increased Efforts Urged to Fight Tuberculosis
• [SN] - 2006-03-07 - Greenland's Glaciers Are Moving Faster, Melting Faster Into the Sea
• [ED] - 2006-03-15 - When Jazz Lovers Get Together to Listen and Learn
• [ED] - 2006-03-29 - Students Face New Worry: Wrongly Scored College-Entry Tests
• [ED] - 2006-03-22 - Intel Science Talent Search Winners Announced
• [EC] - 2006-03-09 - AT&T to Buy BellSouth in Big Telecom-Industry Deal
• [EC] - 2006-03-03 - Organizing a Business to Meet Different Needs
• [EC] - 2006-03-31 - General Motors Moves to Cut Costs
• [DE] - 2006-03-26 - Poor Nutrition in the Developing World
• [AG] - 2006-03-21 - Why Farm Aid Has its Critics and Supporters
• [AG] - 2006-03-13 - More Nations Move to Vaccinate Farm Birds Against Deadly Flu
• [ED] - 2006-03-01 - Summers Resigns After Five Years as Harvard President
• [??] - 2006-03-29 - Tribes in California Attempt to Preserve Native American Dialects
• [EX] - 2006-02-07 - Nanotechnology: How the Science of the Very Small Is Getting Very Big
• [SN] - 2006-02-28 - Study of Women's Health Proves a Headache for Doctors, Patients
• [SN] - 2006-02-20 - Low-Fat Diets Alone Do Not Reduce Health Risks
• [SN] - 2006-02-13 - AIDS Study Finds Big Risk in Taking Breaks From Drugs for H.I.V.
• [SN] - 2006-02-07 - U.S. Seeks to Cut Levels of Chemical for Teflon and Other Products
• [IN] - 2006-02-24 - Internet Business: Google Resists U.S. Demands, but Not China's
• [IN] - 2006-02-10 - Cartoons: How an Exercise in Free Expression Led to Deadly Costs
• [IN] - 2006-02-17 - Trying to Contain the Spread of Bird Flu
• [IN] - 2006-02-03 - 'The United States Will Not Retreat From the World,' Bush Says
• [HE] - 2006-02-14 - Study Finds Risk of Lung Cancer Greatest in Black Smokers
• [HE] - 2006-02-28 - W.H.O. Urges Action to Stop Counterfeit Medicines
• [EX] - 2006-02-28 - Women Around the World Continue to Struggle for Their Rights
• [EX] - 2006-02-14 - A Full-Size Copy of Stonehenge, in a Search for Long-Lost Answers
• [EX] - 2006-01-31 - Let the Games Begin: Winter Olympics Start Feb. 10 in Turin
• [ED] - 2006-02-15 - Advanced Placement Programs Grow in U.S. High Schools
• [ED] - 2006-02-01 - American Educators Consider Later High School Start Times
• [ED] - 2006-02-08 - Winners of Children's Book Awards Announced
• [ED] - 2006-02-22 - Praise for Advanced Placement Classes, but Also Criticism
• [EC] - 2006-02-03 - Ford Motor Company to Cut Jobs in North America
• [EC] - 2006-02-10 - Company Says Legal Threat Will Not Stop BlackBerry E-mail Service
• [EC] - 2006-02-17 - Tools of the Trade: The Federal Reserve and the Money Supply
• [DE] - 2006-02-26 - An Olympic Winner Turns His Victory Into Child's Play
• [DE] - 2006-02-12 - How Bad Will Malaria Season Be? New System Could Help Tell
• [DE] - 2006-02-05 - Report Says Six Percent of Babies Are Born with Genetic Disorders
• [AG] - 2006-02-07 - Norway Plans to Store Seeds of All the World's Crops
• [AG] - 2006-02-21 - Legumes: Good for People and Soil
• [AG] - 2006-02-28 - Bird Flu: Composting the Remains of Farm Birds
• [AG] - 2006-02-13 - As Biotech Crops Increase, E.U. Is Found to Stand in the Way
• [HE] - 2006-02-07 - U.S., European Drug Officials Approve Inhaled Insulin
• [EX] - 2006-02-21 - Providing Health Care for Native Communities in Mexico
• [SN] - 2006-01-30 - Scientist Says Restricting Fish in Pregnancy Diet Might Do Harm
• [DE] - 2006-01-03 - 2005: Looking Back at the Year in Science
• [IN] - 2006-01-27 - Palestinians Described as 'Simply in Shock' After Hamas Win
• [IN] - 2006-01-13 - Bird Flu: Hoping for the Best, but Preparing for the Worst
• [IN] - 2006-01-21 - One Woman President Takes Office, While Another Is Elected
• [IN] - 2006-01-07 - What Now for Israeli Politics, and Middle East Peace?
• [ED] - 2006-01-04 - U.S. Adults Make Few Gains in Reading Skills Since 1992
• [ED] - 2006-01-18 - Bush Proposes to Expand Foreign Language Teaching
• [ED] - 2006-01-25 - As Demands on Cheerleaders Grow, Injuries Take a Big Jump
• [ED] - 2006-01-11 - University of Virginia Is New Home for 'Semester at Sea'
• [EC] - 2006-01-13 - On the Job, at Minimum Wage
• [EC] - 2006-01-26 - Maryland Law Could Force Wal-Mart to Spend More on Health Care
• [EC] - 2006-01-05 - Gold Prices Reach Their Highest Levels in Years
• [EC] - 2006-01-19 - Economic Conditions: Trying to Read the Future
• [DE] - 2006-01-15 - Studies Say New Rotavirus Vaccines Are Safe and Effective
• [DE] - 2006-01-29 - WHO Warns Against Misuse of Malaria Drug
• [DE] - 2006-01-01 - Yearly Camp Offers Free Medical Care in Gujarat, India
• [DE] - 2006-01-22 - New Efforts Aim to Get More H.I.V. Drugs to Poor Countries
• [AG] - 2006-01-17 - A Long Way from Home: Americans Farming in Brazil
• [AG] - 2006-01-10 - American Agriculture: Shrinking but More Productive
• [HE] - 2006-01-24 - U.N. Warns of Coming Risk to Africa From Bird Flu
• [HE] - 2006-01-17 - Feeling No Pain: The World of Anesthesia
• [HE] - 2006-01-10 - What Happens in a Stroke? Experts Liken It to a 'Brain Attack'
• [EX] - 2006-01-24 - International Consumer Electronics Show Presents Latest Technology
• [EX] - 2006-01-17 - Sustained Dialogue: Solving Conflicts Among People
• [EX] - 2006-01-10 - International Sustained Dialogue: Solving Long-Term Conflicts
• [EX] - 2006-01-03 - Young People Around the World Are Active in Politics
• [HE] - 2006-01-31 - Once-Daily Pill Could Simplify H.I.V. Treatment 
• [??] - 2006-01-01 - Happy New Year! Yet January First Wasn't Always So Special

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