A report by Amy Docker Marcus in the April 21-22 edition of The Wall Street Journal: "Lab Mistakes Hobble Cancer Studies But Scientists Slow to Take Remedies"

In the same issue, a book review by Richard Dowden: "Greetings from Africa"The books are "Africa's Moment" by Jean-Michel Severino & Oliver Ray, Polity, $25, 317 pages "Season of Rains" by Stephen Ellis, Chicago, $25, 215 pages

In the April 22 edition of The Washington Post, a book review by Warren Bass: "If your country stinks, who do you blame" The book is "Why Nations Fail" 'The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty' by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Crown, $30, 529 pages There is a reference to Hungary in the review.