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The Los Angeles Times and USA Today lead with a court-ordered scientific panel's finding of no credible evidence that silicone breast implants cause disease, a story that also makes the New York Times front, but runs inside at the Washington Post . The WP goes with the House Judiciary Committee's ever-increasing hardening of partisan lines concerning impeachment.
Other disease-related terms include 'Precancerous conditions' (11,8), 'Pulmonary fibrosis' (5,5; a condition involving chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls), and 'Systemic scleroderma' (4,6; characterized by hardening of affected tissues).
Both USAT and the LAT note that the panel did not address the health consequences of ruptured implants, nor, adds USAT , problems of infection or painful breast hardening.
Its international commentator, Martin Woollacott, wrote that the indictment, combined with the commitment of more ground troops, a hardening of NATO's peace terms, and the intensification of the air campaign, represents "a new strategy."
Corriere della Sera of Milan reported a hardening of the Italian government's line toward illegal immigrants from Kosovo, now that the war is over.