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The Times of London, noting that Haider's result "has thrown the country's politics into turmoil, frightened investors and brought closer to power the leader of the largest and most radical far-right party in Europe," said Monday in an editorial that it is a disaster for Social Democrat Chancellor Viktor Klima, an embarrassment for Austria, and "a triumph for a man whose political prejudices have shattered the country's cosy and often corrupt consensus."
Shalala's assertion that investigations of child abuse and neglect cases have dropped by 36 percent deserves closer scrutiny.
But it said that "if Saddam Hussein's recent announcement that he is suspending US inspections entirely--coupled with new evidence that he lied about not arming warheads with the chemical weapon VX--is not enough to spur US action, it is hard to imagine that closer consultations with Israel will do so either."
A closer look at the trends over the last decade reveals important advances in developing countries.
Set 12 STRPs were generally closer to telomeres than Set 52 STRPs, resulting in greater total chromosomal coverage.