Wednesday, 14 March 2012

NATION BRIEFS

Study Finds No Gulf Syndrome In an large-scale survey made public Tuesday, the Pentagon found noevidence of Persian Gulf War syndrome and said 36 percent of thepatients suffered psychological or ill-defined ailments. The studyof 18,929 veterans found "no clinical evidence for a previouslyunknown serious illness or `syndrome' among Persian Gulf veterans."The survey stemmed from persistent complaints from some veterans thatthey suffer from a mysterious ailment, possibly the result of aparasite or chemical war agent, that causes chronic fatigue, skinrashes, memory loss and other symptoms.Church Bars Interracial CoupleAn all-white church that backed down from an attempt to remove …

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