Looking ahead

Looking Ahead | News to watch in the weeks to come | The Editors

Iraq mandate expires

December 31: The looming expiration of a UN mandate for American operations in Iraq forced the outgoing Bush administration to scramble to broker a deal with Iraq's splintered civil government to authorize the continued presence of U.S. troops. Under the newly signed deal set to take effect New Year's Day, U.S. troops may provide security in Iraq for three more years.

Cancer study begins

December 31: Canadian researchers begin recruiting participants for a cancer study with a 30-year horizon that hopes to discover cancer's cause and learn what factors can be harnessed to prevent it. The scientists leading the study, commissioned by the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2006, will begin randomly selecting 300,000 Canadians to track over three decades to ascertain how behavior and biology affect cancer risks.

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