Avian Flu and the Nation s Preparedness: Is the US on Course for More Government Negligence? With the looming threat of an avian flu pandemic, the government needs to ensure that it addresses all pertinent issues in-depth, so that it avoids another national disaster like Hurricane Katrina. Avian Flu and the Nation s Preparedness: Is the US on Course for More Government Negligence? With the looming threat of an avian flu pandemic, the government needs to ensure that it addresses all...

Mr Cameron is concerned that middle class children dominate the grammar school intake, claiming: "Parents don't want their children divided into sheep and goats at the age of 11. Margaret Morrissey said leader David Cameron planned to scrap his party's support for more selective state education to ensure more private sponsorship is ploughed into new academy schools. Mrs Morrissey said grammar schools offer an extra option for parents who already have little choice about their children's...

In the industry, they're called "franchises," or "tentpoles" because the whole summer season is built around them. Bay directs this live-action entry in the toy/cartoon franchise, about a robot war that wreaks havoc on the poor earthlings caught in the middle. Comedy Can Judd Apatow repeat the magical kettle-corn comedy formula of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," salty and sweet at the same time? Yes, and then some, with "Knocked Up" - in which a one-night stand between a career woman (Katherine...

This month, as a candidate with an Islamist past pursued the presidency, secularists protested in Parliament, in a constitutional court, and on cosmopolitan streets. In the empty gray of a Friday dawn, 200 men crowd a small room near the dank, dark cave where Abraham was born, if fact follows faith about the father of three religions. It is only days before spring, and the subject of the imam's speech, dictated to this eastern outpost by government officials in Ankara, the capital, is a...

The spots include guest verses on the remix to Rich Boy's "Throw Some D's" (also featuring the Game, Nelly, Murphy Lee and Jim Jones); the latest Devin the Dude single, "What a Job" (also featuring Snoop Dogg); Lloyd's "You" remix (also featuring Nas); and the Outkast cameo on UGK's single. He's also been its most elusive figure, ducking the spotlight when inquiring minds and reporters come calling. His emergence recently on a seemingly random assortment of tracks has come out of nowhere....