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| Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:00:00 EST Finding the source of SARS |
| When SARS emerged late in 2002, killing hundreds of people as it leapfrogged its way around the globe, infectious disease experts rushed to try to find out what kind of bug was causing the fatal respiratory infection. They also asked: What animal did it come from? |
| Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:00:00 EST What the KGB owes to Monty Python |
| In 1992, the senior KGB archivist, Vasili Mitrokhin, was smuggled out of Russia by British agents along with one of the biggest collections of secret documents ever obtained by western intelligence agencies. British historian Christopher Andrew was granted exclusive access by Mitrokhin to his archive and wrote an acclaimed 1999 history of the KGB, The Sword and the Shield. In his second book based on the archives, The World Was Going Our Way ($30), he examines the KGB's machinations in the Third World. |
| Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:00:00 EST Race is on at the Fed |
| Although Washington is currently consumed by speculation about the name of the next Supreme Court nominee, attention will soon shift toward the Federal Reserve. Alan Greenspan's term as Fed chairman is over at the end of January 2006. |
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