Bionic man Oscar Pistorius will be allowed to try out for the Olympics after all, due to a surprising and rather last-minute decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, announced the New York Times. The South African double amputee sprints on carbon fiber blades. On them, he has set multiple Paralympic records. But when he tried to replica Louis Vuitton watch compete in the able-bodied world, he was told that his prosthetics, known as Cheetahs, gave him an unfair advantage because of their efficiency and springiness. The Court decided that there was insufficient evidence to prove any unfair advantage, leaving Pistorius free to compete for a spot on South Africas 4X400 meter relay team. --Emily Matchar
Foreign Policy this month boils down the worlds most dangerous gangs to four, which must have led to some grizzly editorial wrangling.From the 100,000 machete-wielding Mungiki of Kenya to the estimated 10,000 members United Bamboo of Taiwan, these small armies bring a post-apocalyptic vision of urban lawlessness to life by replica Breitling watches engaging in all manner of terror, from smuggling, to extortion to violent political action. Increasingly, their dealings reach beyond borders. They make globe-trotting arms dealers like Victor Bout seem practically small-time.Read about the growing sophistication and brutality of groups like the Mara Salvatruchas of Central America, and then try to stay out of their way.--Matthew Fishbane
Was climate change even on the minds of the framers of the 1973 Endangered Species Act? This was for years the parry the Bush administration provided to a replica Cartier watches series of suits by environmental groups seeking to protect the polar bear, increasingly stressed by Arctic sea ice melt. Today, the polar bear is officially endangered. So why are environmentalists up in arms?The answer is in part that the polar bear designation comes with seldom used stipulations that allow for further oil and gas exploration in bear habitat.
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