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Thanks to the flu, a broken ankle, a staph infection, and bronchitis, plus several school cancellations, my three children were at home -- hurting, vomiting, coughing, or tracking muddy water into our house -- all but seven days last February. (Shall I pause to let the horror of that number sink in? All but seven.) I'm normally an efficient, organized person who thrives on plans and checklists, but by the end of that month, I'd accomplished almost nothing beyond reading aloud the entire fifth book of Harry Potter. I felt so anxious that I was on the verge of hyperventilation.

Originally a form of self-defense, the ancient Chinese art of tai chi promotes serenity through gentle movement.

"You need to close your eyes, take a deep breath, and imagine yourself surrounded by an egg of light," a Buddhist friend said. But when I closed my eyes and took a breath, I was surrounded by used tissues and dirty laundry.

Obviously, I was in need of some inner peace. Studies have shown that learning to still the mind, if only for a few minutes, can lower blood pressure, reduce heart rate, limit stress hormones, and enhance immune function. But traditional forms of meditation don't work for me. If I sit still and close my eyes, I fall asleep or think about my to-do list. So, I gave myself a new task: Find an activity that calms my mind without giving my weary body a chance to nod off. Does such a thing exist? Health.com: Making time for me

Tai chi

This ancient Chinese practice -- believed to offer all the health benefits of silent meditation while giving you something to do with your hands and feet -- seemed like an obvious place to start for an antsy, toe-tapping sort like me. The thing is, I have a poor sense of balance and tai chi often requires standing on one foot. To avoid the not-so-peaceful experience of looking like a dork in front of a group of total strangers, I opted for a DVD, with only the tiniest hope of success.

I surprised myself. The quiet music and the calm voice of the middle-aged woman demonstrating the moves were so reassuring that I forgot I looked like an idiot. The effort it took to follow along in what resembles the slow-motion version of a beautiful dance was literally mesmerizing. If I didn't feel peaceful, exactly, at least I was filled with quiet concentration, the kind that banishes all thoughts of picky eaters, mortgage payments, and unreliable co-workers. I emerged from the first lesson feeling refreshed and rested. Health.com: A new prescription for happiness

Knitting

I have friends who are passionate about knitting. Don't they know that it's possible to buy an immediately wearable sweater for less than the cost of the yarn it takes to knit one? Nonetheless, stressed-out 21st-century workingwomen are returning in droves to the craft. It made no sense to me ... until I tried it, that is.

Knitting, it turns out, is the perfect example of active stillness. In fact, 20 minutes of knitting can lower your heart rate and blood pressure -- the same physical response triggered by yoga, Tai Chi, or meditation. Some hospitals have even begun to offer knitting courses for stress release. The secret seems to lie in the soothing combination of rhythm and repetition. By the end of my first lesson, I'd become proficient enough that my hands could make the motions almost automatically. The sound of the needles had a metronomic quality, a calming pace that automatically slowed my thoughts. And the feel of the wool sliding through my fingers was almost like a caress. Health.com: Boost your mood with color

Walking in the woods

I'd read somewhere that exposure to nature can boost a person's general well-being and sense of calm -- and I certainly needed a dose of that. So I headed to some nearby woods where the redbuds and crab apples were in full bloom. Birds called piercingly, squirrels quarreled, and high branches clattered together in the wind. In other words, nothing about the forest was still or quiet or remotely peaceful, but somehow it made me feel peaceful. I stopped thinking about my family and work deadlines and all that laundry. In fact, I stopped thinking altogether.

Back at my car, I checked the clock and was shocked to learn that more than an hour had passed. Now, I can't realistically give up an hour every day to nature. But studies have shown that even small doses of nature can be healing, so I've tried a few smaller-scale nature interactions, as well. I started a small aquarium, planted a windowsill bean garden, and hung a bird feeder where I can see it from my desk. Health.com: Make time to play

OK, so the fish aren't as interesting as I'd hoped for: Watching them swim aimlessly in their small tank, in constant motion but getting absolutely nowhere, hits a little too close to home for me. But the sight of tiny leaves unfurling on the bean vines and the scent of soil filling the room when I water them have been surprisingly gratifying. As for the bird feeder? It's the best minidose of nature I've found so far. All spring I watched goldfinches and cardinals courting right outside my window. Watching them hop from branch to branch as they get their fill and move out of the way for others to feed may not be meditation, per se, but it's something similar -- a reminder that the world can offer peace and stillness, even in the midst of mayhem.

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- Iranian-Americans demonstrated on the streets of Washington on Wednesday evening, marching from Iranian diplomatic offices to the Russian embassy, in protest of both governments' actions.

A Tuesday meeting of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Dmitry Medvedev has angered Iranian-Americans.

The demonstration came in the wake of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Moscow on Tuesday, despite allegations of ballot fraud in Ahmadinejad's re-election last week.

"We're hoping that the world attention does not end from what the Iranians are doing right now, because this is not going to end in the next few days, because this is a long haul, a long battle," said Washington protest and group organizer Morteza Ahmady. "Iranians are very capable of deciding their own destiny."

The group Whereismyvote.org organized the demonstration of about 100 people and aims to build support for its "global protest" this Saturday.

"I think it's a very new thing from a historical point of view; it's a civic movement. People try to keep it as nonviolent and civil as possible," said group organizer Negar Mortarzavi.

In Russia, Ahmadinejad was welcomed as the "newly re-elected president of Iran," with Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov telling reporters, "the issue of elections in Iran is an internal affair of the Iranian people."

Eighty-five percent of the country's 46 million eligible voters went to the polls on Friday, an unprecedented turnout, Iran's interior ministry said. When the ballots were counted, the government declared Ahmadinejad the winner, with 62.63 percent of the vote. The man many analysts had widely expected to win, Mir Hossein Moussavi, received 33.75 percent.

The speed with which the election results were released -- two hours after polls closed -- insulted the Iranian people, said Ahmady, who cited that as a sign of fraud.

Moussavi's camp has demanded new elections.

Sarah, a Washington protester who would give only her first name, agreed.

"We're not saying that pro-Ahmadinejad supporters don't exist; they do exist," she said. "And we're saying that, yes, if they indeed did win the vote, then the election should be theirs, because we are a democratic people. But we don't feel comfortable with the numbers that came out of Iran. And we're not saying that we don't accept it altogether. We're just asking for a revote."

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answer: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

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question: Where do they march from?

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(CNN) -- Law enforcement authorities have recovered 52 children and arrested 60 pimps allegedly involved in child prostitution, the FBI announced Monday.

More than 690 people in all were arrested on state and local charges, the FBI stated.

The arrests were made over the past three days as part of a nationwide law enforcement initiative conducted on the federal, state and local levels, the bureau said.

"Child prostitution continues to be a significant problem in our country, as evidenced by the number of children rescued through the continued efforts of our crimes against children task forces," Kevin Perkins, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division, said in a written statement.

"There is no work more important than protecting America's children and freeing them from the cycle of victimization."

The three-day operation, tagged Operation Cross Country IV, included enforcement actions in 36 cities across 30 FBI divisions nationwide. It is part of the FBI's ongoing Innocence Lost National Initiative, which was created in 2003 with the goal of ending sex trafficking of children in the United States.

The initiative, conducted with assistance from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, has so far resulted in the recovery of almost 900 children, according to the FBI. It has also led to more than 500 convictions.

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LIMA, Peru (CNN)  -- Doctors in Peru started a 48-hour strike Tuesday over pay and other benefits they say the government agreed to last year but has not delivered.

The Medical Federation of Peru's Julio Vargas says, "The stoppage ... will require the cooperation of all doctors."

The doctors' union, the Medical Federation of Peru, called the strike after meeting Monday with Prime Minister Yehude Simon, news sources reported.

"The stoppage that we will implement ... will require the cooperation of all doctors and that they suspend their external consults, although we will reinforce intensive and emergency care," union President Julio Vargas was quoted as saying in El Comercio newspaper.

Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said the government has complied with all the agreements reached last year and the doctors have no reason to strike, RPP radio reported.

Ugarte also warned doctors they will not be paid while on strike, the Andina news agency and El Comercio said.

"You can't stop working and later come and say, 'Pay me,' " Ugarte said in El Comercio. "That is immoral and does not conform with professional ethics."

At issue are pay for special work and more equal pay among state doctors, the news reports said.

Salaries for doctors in Peru have decreased to one-fourth of 1976 levels, The Lancet professional medical journal reported in May 2008. As a result, physicians often hold two or more jobs to make ends meet.

An average doctor's salary in Lima, the capital, is the equivalent of $670 a year, The Lancet said.

A 2007 survey of 202 interns in Lima showed that 38 percent were thinking about migrating to a developed country to practice medicine, the publication said. Salary was one of the main reasons given.

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(CNN) -- Elephant seals equipped with electronic tags and robotic mini submarines using sonar were just two projects during the International Polar Year (IPY) that aimed to investigate the effects of global warming in polar regions.

An elephant seal with a custom-designed electronic tag. The tags fell off when the animals molted.

The fourth IPY, which began in March 2007 and actually covered two full years, ended last month, after 160 scientific projects were undertaken by researchers from over 60 countries.

A joint project by the International Council for Science (ICSW) and World Meteorological Organization. (WMO), the IPY hoped to spearhead efforts to better monitor and understand the Arctic and Antarctic regions. The project had international funding of about US$ 1.2 billion over the two-year period.

"The International Polar Year 2007/2008 came at a crossroads for the planet's future," said Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of WMO in a press statement. "The new evidence resulting from polar research will strengthen the scientific basis on which we build future actions."

Researchers found that in the Arctic during the summers of 2007 and 2008, the minimum extent of year-round sea ice decreased to its lowest level since satellite records began 30 years ago.

According to a report published by the IPY organizing committee in February, their research indicates that global warming is affecting Antarctica in ways not previously identified.

Other evidence of climate change came from IPY research vessels that found warming waters in the Southern Ocean and an increase in melting ice that is creating fresher bottom water around the coast of Antarctica.

Among efforts to study the effects of climate change on Antarctica, was aNorwegian Polar Institute project to study marine mammals. Custom-designed tags were attached to elephant seals to study the animals' habits, although researcher realized the tags could also help with field research on climate change.

The electronic tags -- which fell off when the seals molted -- sent back data on temperature and salinity the oceans around Antarctica, particularly around the Fimbul Ice Shelf in east Antarctica.

While ice-shelf melt has been recorded in the west of Antarctica, scientists are concerned that it could happen in the east as well.

Another project to study the underside of an Antarctic glacier deployed an autonomous robot submarine. The team from the U.S. and British Antarctic Survey sent the "Autosub" on six missions to study the Pine Island Glacier and how changes in ocean temperature were affecting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Using sonar, the submarine picked its way around the glacier and sent back data that created three-dimensional maps that scientists used to determine where and how the warmth of the ocean waters was melting the glacier's base.

"If [the West Antarctic Ice Sheet] were to melt completely, global sea levels would rise by as much as 5 meters," said Stan Jacobs, the U.S. lead scientist on the project.

"Because so little is known about ice-sheet behavior, this research will take us a step further in understanding how ice sheets will contribute to sea-level rise."

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text: to investigate the effects of global warming in polar regions.

question: When did the International Polar Year end?

answer: last month,

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question: What is the projects aim?

answer: to better monitor and understand the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

text: to better monitor and understand the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

question: How many scientific projects did the IPY feature?

answer: 160

question: What did scientists use?

answer: seals equipped with electronic tags and robotic mini submarines

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question: When did the polar year end?

answer: ended last month,

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question: How many different countries do the researchers come from?

answer: over 60

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question: What animals were equipped with electronic tags?

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NEW YORK (CNN)  -- A longtime employee and vault manager for a jewelry company in Long Island City, New York, stole millions of dollars worth of gold and gold jewelry from her employer over a six-year span, the Queens district attorney has alleged.

Teresa Tambunting, 50, of Scarsdale, New York, is accused of stealing as much as $12 million from Jacmel Jewelry, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement Wednesday.

At an arraignment Wednesday, she did not enter a plea to charges of first-degree grand larceny and first-degree criminal possession of stolen property, the district attorney's office said. She was released on $100,000 bail and will return to court May 19, the office said.

Her attorney, David Kirby, did not return phone calls seeking comment.

Tambunting, who worked for Jacmel for 28 years, has returned about $7 million worth of gold, but $4 million remains missing, according to Brown.

"The defendant is accused of establishing a virtual mining operation in Long Island City which siphoned off millions of dollars' worth of the precious metal from her employer," Brown said.

Police say Tambunting -- whose job responsibilities involved monitoring the vault in which fine gold, finished products and raw materials were stored -- confessed that for several months last year, she hid gold in makeshift slits in her purse.

An inventory in January revealed that as much as $12 million in merchandise was missing, Brown said in the written statement. After an investigation, Tambunting arrived at the jewelry company's offices wheeling a suitcase containing about 66 pounds of gold, an estimated $868,000, the district attorney's office said. In February, about 450 pounds of gold was taken from her residence, the office said.

Tambunting became vault manager in 1991, the office said. The dates of the alleged thefts were not immediately clear.

The value of the gold returned fluctuates because of the rise and fall of gold prices. However, the charges are based on what Jacmel claims it lost: $3 to $12 million, according to the Queens district attorney.

Jewelry manufacturer owners often find themselves in precarious circumstances when protecting their companies from thievery, said Benjamin Mark, who owned a jewelry manufacturing company in New York for 20 years.

"Unless you have metal detectors where every single employee removes their shoes and belts, you can't be certain," said Mark, who now operates a one-man business. "Stealing jewelry is relatively simple."

Jacmel Jewelry is one of the country's largest manufacturers and distributors of popular price jewelry, according to its Web site.

It employs more than 1,000 people worldwide, according to its president, Jack Rahmey. Rahmey said he is cooperating with authorities.

Tambunting faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

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Sargodha, Pakistan (CNN)  -- The mother of one of the five young men arrested in Pakistan told CNN Thursday that her son was in that country to get married, not to plot terror attacks as Pakistani police have alleged.

The FBI was in Pakistan on Thursday interrogating the men, who some U.S. and Pakistani law enforcement officials have identified as Americans, according to Usman Anwar, head of the district police of Sargodha, about 120 miles south of Islamabad.

The five had been reported missing from Virginia, and police are confident they were planning terrorist acts, Tahir Gujjrar, deputy superintendent of police in Sargodha, told CNN on Wednesday.

Pakistani authorities said they believe the young men tried to connect with militant groups.

In an interview with CNN, Subira Farouk said her son, Umar, was one of the young men detained in the case. She said her husband also was arrested, which would bring to six the number of people in custody. Police confirmed they have six people in custody, not five, as was originally reported.

Farouk said her son would never plot a terror attack. She described him as a business student at George Mason University in suburban Washington.

Farouk said she and her husband went to Pakistan to arrange a marriage for their son, who surprised her by traveling from the United States.

The arrests came after a raid Wednesday on a home in Sargodha, Gujjrar said. Investigators found laptops and maps of Pakistan containing highlighted areas that correspond to regions where terrorists have been active, Anwar said.

It is too premature to link the men with any terrorist organizations, he said, but preliminary investigations suggest they had sought to link up with the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Jamaat ud Dawa militant organizations. Neither group showed interest, he said.

President Obama said Thursday that he envisioned "a series of investigations" into the arrests.

"I think the details are still forthcoming," Obama said. "There will undoubtedly be a series of investigations surrounding these events, so I'd prefer not to comment on them at this point."

Farouk said her son mentioned that he planned to go to a conference with friends. She said she did not hear from him, grew concerned and began calling his friends' parents. That's when she realized that he and his friends were missing. She said she thought they had been kidnapped.

Their families contacted the Council on American Islamic Relations and U.S. law enforcement authorities. Farouk said the authorities advised her to stay in Pakistan.

Later, Farouk said she got a call from a relative in Pakistan who said her son was in the country with several friends. She said she was relieved, thinking her son had surprised her, but then authorities arrested her husband, her son and his friends.

The U.S. law enforcement official said none of the five missing men had shown up on law enforcement's radar before they were reported missing.

Authorities believe their intent was to wage jihad overseas rather than in terrorist acts in the United States, the official said, but "there is still a lot of uncertainty about what they were up to."

CNN's Arwa Damon, Jeanne Meserve and Elise Labott contributed to this report

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- In Russia, a country often associated with consumption of mass amounts of vodka, men have an average life expectancy of just 60 years -- one of the lowest in Europe.

Men in Russia have an average life expectancy of just 60 years.

Life expectancy for Russian men is well below that of western European countries like Germany, where men have an average life span of 77 years, according to World Health Organization figures.

"The biggest health problem facing Russia is the very high level of mortality among working aged men," says Martin McKee, an expert in Russian public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

A new dynamism appears to be taking hold of Russia as it aims to raise its prominence on the world stage. Despite having benefited from a boom in commodities prices before the global economy hit the skids, health indicators like life expectancy have shown marginal improvement.

Life expectancy for men has stagnated for quite some time, and a major culprit has been high levels of alcohol consumption. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, alcohol and tobacco use have risen, as Russians have struggled to adapt to economic change, health experts say.

The transition from a system of state ownership to a market-oriented economy has not been easy for many Russians, according to Mireia Jofre-Bonet, a health economist at City University London.

When the Soviet Union fell and the state disappeared, unemployment soared, and a significant portion of the population was pushed into poverty, she told CNN.

Research suggests that those most vulnerable to alcoholism tend to be men with the lowest levels of education and the unemployed.

A typical 18-year-old in the West has a 90 percent probability of reaching retirement age, but for young men in Russia the odds are reduced to 50 percent, says McKee.

Alcoholism tends to be less of a problem among Russian women -- who have a higher average life expectancy of  73 -- but they face an equally worrisome health threat.

There has been a big increase in smoking among women, who are being targeted by tobacco companies, says McKee. Traditionally, rates of smoking among Russian women have been very low, but now, he says, almost 30 percent among those under 30 smoke.

"Ten years of adjusting to a new regime created lots of stress," says Jofre-Bonet. The resulting rise in alcohol and tobacco abuse have led to ailments like heart disease and cancer.

Besides chronic conditions, epidemics of infectious disease, including tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, have added to the country's health woes.

In the 1990s, Russia experienced a resurgence of tuberculosis, considered a disease of poverty. Since then the growth of new cases has slowed, but strains of the disease that can't be treated with the usual drugs continue to pose a serious public health threat.

Meanwhile, the number of people living with HIV in Russia has more than doubled since 2001. While largely confined to injecting drug users, HIV remains a challenge.

Lack of needle exchange programs has curbed efforts to combat the spread of the disease, says Annabel Kanabus, director of international AIDS charity AVERT. "The crisis is still going on. Efforts at prevention are not really working."

The Russian government is attempting to tackle its health challenges. The alcohol problem improved briefly in 2006 after federal restrictions were applied to the sale of non-beverage alcohols, such as aftershave, which are commonly drunk, McKee says.

But he added, there is a major challenge in ensuring that law is enforced everywhere. And while the Kremlin has invested in upgrading technical equipment in recent years, facilities are still not well equipped to deal with high levels of chronic conditions such as high blood pressure.

The economic downturn isn't helping. Anxiety levels are rising as a result of soaring unemployment, and the government doesn't have enough funds to meet the needs of the health system.

"There is no money. It's a big mess," says Jofre-Bonet. "The health care system cannot pay for what it needs and there is a lot of corruption in the way of under the table payments for medicines or doctors that legally people should get for free."

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text: alcohol

text: consumption

text: Since

text: the

text: breakup

text: of

text: the

text: Soviet

text: Union

text: alcohol

text: and

text: tobacco

text: use

text: have

text: risen

text: as

text: Russians

text: have

text: struggled

text: to

text: adapt

text: to

text: economic

text: change

text: health

text: experts

text: say

text: The

text: transition

text: from

text: a

text: system

text: of

text: state

text: ownership

text: to

text: a

text: market

text: oriented

text: economy

text: has

text: not

text: been

text: easy

text: for

text: many

text: Russians

text: according

text: to

text: Mireia

text: Jofre

text: Bonet

text: a

text: health

text: economist

text: at

text: City

text: University

text: London

text: When

text: the

text: Soviet

text: Union

text: fell

text: and

text: the

text: state

text: disappeared

text: unemployment

text: soared

text: and

text: a

text: significant

text: portion

text: of

text: the

text: population

text: was

text: pushed

text: into

text: poverty

text: she

text: told

text: CNN

text: Research

text: suggests

text: that

text: those

text: most

text: vulnerable

text: to

text: alcoholism

text: tend

text: to

text: be

text: men

text: with

text: the

text: lowest

text: levels

text: of

text: education

text: and

text: the

text: unemployed

text: A

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text: in

text: the

text: West

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text: a

text: percent

text: probability

text: of

text: reaching

text: retirement

text: age

text: but

text: for

text: young

text: men

text: in

text: Russia

text: the

text: odds

text: are

text: reduced

text: to

text: percent

text: says

text: McKee

text: Alcoholism

text: tends

text: to

text: be

text: less

text: of

text: a

text: problem

text: among

text: Russian

text: women

text: who

text: have

text: a

text: higher

text: average

text: life

text: expectancy

text: of

text: but

text: they

text: face

text: an

text: equally

text: worrisome

text: health

text: threat

text: There

text: has

text: been

text: a

text: big

text: increase

text: in

text: smoking

text: among

text: women

text: who

text: are

text: being

text: targeted

text: by

text: tobacco

text: companies

text: says

text: McKee

text: Traditionally

text: rates

text: of

text: smoking

text: among

text: Russian

text: women

text: have

text: been

text: very

text: low

text: but

text: now

text: he

text: says

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text: percent

text: among

text: those

text: under

text: smoke

text: Ten

text: years

text: of

text: adjusting

text: to

text: a

text: new

text: regime

text: created

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text: of

text: stress

text: says

text: Jofre

text: Bonet

text: The

text: resulting

text: rise

text: in

text: alcohol

text: and

text: tobacco

text: abuse

text: have

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text: disease

text: and

text: cancer

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text: chronic

text: conditions

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text: of

text: infectious

text: disease

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text: tuberculosis

text: and

text: HIV

text: AIDS

text: have

text: added

text: to

text: the

text: country

text: 's

text: health

text: woes

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text: the

text: Russia

text: experienced

text: a

text: resurgence

text: of

text: tuberculosis

text: considered

text: a

text: disease

text: of

text: poverty

text: Since

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text: the

text: growth

text: of

text: new

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text: disease

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text: treated

text: with

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text: usual

text: drugs

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text: to

text: pose

text: a

text: serious

text: public

text: health

text: threat

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text: number

text: of

text: people

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text: with

text: HIV

text: in

text: Russia

text: has

text: more

text: than

text: doubled

text: since

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text: largely

text: confined

text: to

text: injecting

text: drug

text: users

text: HIV

text: remains

text: a

text: challenge

text: Lack

text: of

text: needle

text: exchange

text: programs

text: has

text: curbed

text: efforts

text: to

text: combat

text: the

text: spread

text: of

text: the

text: disease

text: says

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text: international

text: AIDS

text: charity

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text: crisis

text: is

text: still

text: going

text: on

text: Efforts

text: at

text: prevention

text: are

text: not

text: really

text: working

text: The

text: Russian

text: government

text: is

text: attempting

text: to

text: tackle

text: its

text: health

text: challenges

text: The

text: alcohol

text: problem

text: improved

text: briefly

text: in

text: after

text: federal

text: restrictions

text: were

text: applied

text: to

text: the

text: sale

text: of

text: non

text: beverage

text: alcohols

text: such

text: as

text: aftershave

text: which

text: are

text: commonly

text: drunk

text: McKee

text: says

text: But

text: he

text: added

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: major

text: challenge

text: in

text: ensuring

text: that

text: law

text: is

text: enforced

text: everywhere

text: And

text: while

text: the

text: Kremlin

text: has

text: invested

text: in

text: upgrading

text: technical

text: equipment

text: in

text: recent

text: years

text: facilities

text: are

text: still

text: not

text: well

text: equipped

text: to

text: deal

text: with

text: high

text: levels

text: of

text: chronic

text: conditions

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text: as

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text: blood

text: pressure

text: The

text: economic

text: downturn

text: is

text: n't

text: helping

text: Anxiety

text: levels

text: are

text: rising

text: as

text: a

text: result

text: of

text: soaring

text: unemployment

text: and

text: the

text: government

text: does

text: n't

text: have

text: enough

text: funds

text: to

text: meet

text: the

text: needs

text: of

text: the

text: health

text: system

text: There

text: is

text: no

text: money

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: big

text: mess

text: says

text: Jofre

text: Bonet

text: The

text: health

text: care

text: system

text: can

text: not

text: pay

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text: it

text: needs

text: and

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text: lot

text: of

text: corruption

text: in

text: the

text: way

text: of

text: under

text: the

text: table

text: payments

text: for

text: medicines

text: or

text: doctors

text: that

text: legally

text: people

text: should

text: get

text: for

text: free

question: What are the most common causes of death for Russian males?

answer: high levels of alcohol consumption.

text: high levels of alcohol consumption.

question: What common habits contribute to Russian males' poor health?

answer: alcohol consumption.

text: alcohol consumption.

question: What is the average life expectancy for a Russian man?

answer: 60 years.

text: 60 years.

question: What is the average life expectancy of a Russian male?

answer: 60 years.

text: 60 years.

question: What is the reason they face low life expectancy?

answer: high levels of alcohol consumption.

text: high levels of alcohol consumption.


text:
Washington (CNN) -- Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Friday morning indicates that 38 percent of the public blames Republicans for the country's current economic problems. In May, 53 percent blamed the GOP.

According to the poll, 27 percent now blame the Democrats for the recession, up 6 points from May, and 27 percent now say both parties are responsible.

"The bad news for the Democrats is that the number of Americans who hold the GOP exclusively responsible for the recession has been steadily falling by about two to three points per month," said Keating Holland, CNN polling director. "At that rate, only a handful of voters will blame the economy on the Republicans by the time next year's midterm elections roll around.."

Thirty-six percent of people questioned said that President Obama's policies have improved economic conditions, with 28 percent feeling that the president's programs have made things worse, and 35 percent saying what he's done has had no effect on the economy.

One reason for that, Holland said, may be the growing federal budget deficit: Two-thirds say that the government should balance the budget even in a time of war and recession.

The survey indicates that only 18 percent said the economic conditions in the country today are good, down 3 points from August. Eighty-two percent said economic conditions are poor.

"Some economic indicators may suggest that the economy has turned the corner -- but try telling that to the American people," Holland said.

The number of Americans who said the economy is in good shape -- a number that grew steadily through the spring and summer -- has now stalled, with fewer than one in five expressing a positive view of current conditions. More than eight in 10 say that economic conditions are in poor shape, with 43 percent calling them very poor.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted November 13-15, with 1,014 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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text: poll

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text: CNN

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text: president

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text: effect

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question: Blame them for what?

answer: country's current economic problems.

text: country's current economic problems.

question: What may partly explain shift?

answer: the growing federal budget deficit:

text: the growing federal budget deficit:

question: What were Republicans blamed for in May ?

answer: the country's current economic problems.

text: the country's current economic problems.

question: What percentage blame Democrats?

answer: 27 percent

text: 27 percent

question: What camp is the most blamed ?

answer: the GOP.

text: the GOP.

question: How many blamed Republicans for economic mess?

answer: 38 percent of the public

text: 38 percent of the public

question: How many people say economic conditions are good ?

answer: 18 percent

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text:
ROME, Italy -- Captain Javier Zanetti saved Inter Milan's unbeaten Serie A record as he rifled home a stunning late volley to earn a 1-1 draw against second-placed Roma at the San Siro on Wednesday.

Zanetti celebrates his late strike as Inter retained their unbeaten Serie A record with a 1-1 draw against Roma.

Roma captain Francesco Totti had given the visitors a deserved first-half leadbut Zanetti's strike two minutes from time maintained Inter's nine-point lead at the top.

Roma needed to win to breathe new life into the title race but they were dealt a cruel blow as French defender Philippe Mexes was sent-off late on for two bookings in quick succession.

Inter capitalised and they have now lost only once in their last 65 league matches.

The home side had the first clear-cut chance of the match and were within centimeters of taking the lead when Hernan Crespo met a cross from Patrick Vieira with an acrobatic volley, but saw his effort cannon back off the post.

The defending champions were made to pay for that miss on 38 minutes as the visitors orchestrated a sublime goal.

Neat footwork from Macedonia international Mirko Vucinic released Max Tonetto down the left and his pin-point cross was flicked home at the near post by Totti from six meters out as he stole in front of defender Cristian Chivu.

Inter center-back Nicolas Burdisso should have restored parity in first-half stoppage time but his header from Luis Figo's corner flew over the bar.

Figo himself had a great chance on 54 minutes but after having time to set himself up for an attempted volley, he skewed his effort so badly that it did not even go out of play.

After Mexes' dismissal 10 from time, Inter laid siege to Roma's goal. Goalkeeper Doni had to be alert to tip over Crespo's header three minutes from time but he could do nothing about Zanetti's volley a minute later.

Meanwhile, AC Milan slipped to fifth place as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Catania. Brazilian teenager Pato gave them the lead early in the second half with a skimming long-range shot but substitute Gionathan Spinesi's header earnt the Sicilians a point.

Fiorentina are up to fourth after they defeated Livorno 1-0 at home thanks to a goal from Senegal forward Ndiaye Papa Waigo. E-mail to a friend

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question: Who scored a late goal?

answer: Javier Zanetti

text: Javier Zanetti

question: What position is AC Milan at?

answer: fifth place

text: fifth place

question: What position did AC Milan slip into?

answer: fifth

text: fifth

question: Who scored the late goal?

answer: Captain Javier Zanetti

text: Captain Javier Zanetti

question: Which team retains their unbeaten league run?

answer: Inter Milan's

text: Inter Milan's

question: Have Inter lost a game?

answer: once

text: once

question: What were the results?

answer: 1-1 draw

text: 1-1 draw

question: Who scored the tying goal?

answer: Javier Zanetti

text: Javier Zanetti