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...protection of intellectual property rights across the globe, at the expense of the world’s poorest. In its negotiations of bilateral and regional trade agreements, and most prominently through its influence in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the administration has relentlessly pressured developing nations to adopt stricter patent regimes. It has done so at the direct behest of the pharmaceutical lobby, which spends millions of dollars in political donations and lobbying expenses every year...
...shared consequences if Iraq remains unstable - the debate over political control in Baghdad is a reminder that neither side is willing to give ground on the positions that divided them so sharply before the war. The Bush administration insists that both the reasons for the invasion, and the strategy adopted, remain valid despite mounting domestic concern. But in the eyes of much of the international community, neither the U.S. case for invading Iraq, nor the strategy it has pursued, have been vindicated by events: No weapons of mass destruction have been found; the Iraqis have not exactly thronged the streets...
...that reason, it seems unlikely that the Bush Administration will adopt a tougher policy toward Riyadh. While the neocons have won most of the internal debates so far in this Administration, this time they are fighting without their powerful godfather, Vice President Dick Cheney, on board. Cheney's pragmatism on Saudi Arabia is informed by his experience as an official in the Nixon Administration in 1973, when the Saudis protested U.S. support for Israel by embargoing oil sales to the U.S. for five months, causing the worst gasoline shortages in U.S. history. From Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, National...
...1800s that a man in Najd province dreamed that his body produced flames that spread far and wide, consuming desert camps and towns alike. He told his dream to a sheik, who said the man's son would found a new faith that the desert Arabs would adopt. And so it transpired--although the founder was ultimately the man's grandson: Mohammed ibn Abd Wahhab...
Additional research is needed on the impact of social norms marketing before it is taken up by more colleges. In the meantime, colleges need to adopt approaches that are more comprehensive—even if less convenient—to curb the problem of heavy drinking. These approaches should also address the supply of alcohol by limiting high volume sales and low price promotions of alcohol around colleges...