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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 41
COVER
A Simple Solution
(Cover Story)
In the West, it's an inconvenience, but, in the developing world, it can be a death sentence. It kills millions of children every year, yet the treatment is a simple mixture of salt, sugar and water. So why isn't more being done to fight diarrhea?
ASIA
The Teflon Diplomat
(World)
South Korea's Ban Ki Moon is smooth and inoffensive enough to land the U.N.'s top job, but is he tough enough to be an effective Secretary-General?

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