BEIJING — The mother of China’s prime minister was a schoolteacher in northern China. His father was ordered to tend pigs in one of Mao’s political campaigns. And during childhood, “my family was extremely poor,” the prime minister, Wen Jiabao, said in a speech last year. But now 90, the prime minister’s mother, Yang Zhiyun, not only left poverty behind, she became outright rich, at least on paper
暖冬と豊かに実ったエサの影響で、ハイイロリス(写真)の数が増加している。 (Photograph by Maria Stenzel National Geographic) アメリカ全土でハイイロリスが大量発生している。あらゆる手を尽くして樹上のリスたちの勢いを抑えようと、産児制限を試みる研究者もいる。 暖冬と豊かに実ったエサの影響で、特に東海岸と北東部、中西部で小型哺乳動物のハイイロリスが急増している。キュートな外見に似合わず周囲の環境をめちゃくちゃにしてしまうハイイロリスは、農作物を食い荒らし、建物の配線をかみ切る。皮を剥がされた木は、枯死にはいたらないまでも深刻な被害を受ける。 増殖を抑えるには、産児制限が最善の選択肢だ。しかし、毎日喜んで経口避妊薬を服用するリスはいないし、子宮内避妊器具(IUD)はそれほど小さくない。彼らの子作りをストップする特効薬はあるのだろうか? 数十年
MUCH OF THE 2012 presidential campaign has dwelt on the past, but the key questions are who could better lead the country during the next four years — and, most urgently, who is likelier to put the government on a more sound financial footing. That second question will come rushing at the winner as soon as the votes are tallied. Absent any action, a series of tax hikes and spending cuts will take
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed Barack Obama’s bid for re-election, citing the Democratic president’s efforts to wind down the war in Afghanistan and tackle terrorism as well as an improving U.S. economy. U.S. President Barack Obama listens to former Secretary of State Colin Powell (L) during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White Hous
By Alissa J. Rubin October 24, 2012 11:40 am October 24, 2012 11:40 am Mauricio Lima for The New York TimesAn Afghan soldier near a fuel truck that was set ablaze by the Taliban recently in Wardak Province, where Afghan and American soldiers shot at one another last month, leading to six deaths. SISAY OUTPOST, Afghanistan — How far is Kabul from the war? These days, if you drive south or west, no
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