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...couple of months ago, a friend complained that my columns were too focused on AIDS. He told me to mix it up more. Well, I’ve tried, and I’ve failed—the Bush administration’s recent efforts to block access to cheap generic AIDS medications are simply too shameless to ignore. But I don’t want to pigeonhole this story as just an “AIDS” issue. Think of it as the ultimate Bush administration case study: an inside look at how a cynical White House policy...
...administration now maintains that WHO certification is not satisfactory and has busied itself erecting onerous regulatory obstacles to block FDC approval. The irony is that for years, the U.N., the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and even the U.S. government itself have used WHO certification as a basis for their drug procurement policies. That’s because the WHO approval process is extremely rigorous. In fact, the additional regulatory conditions proposed by the administration exceed current FDA protocols...
...kokorek (young fowl), he was a teenage member of the clandestine anti-Indonesian resistance movement and then a sub-district commander of the Falintil guerillas, maintaining supply lines and mobilizing support in the mountains outside the capital. The wiry father of six is recuperating at his half-built concrete-block home on Dili's fringe. A decade of camping out in the bush, not to mention torture and imprisonment, has prematurely aged Mendon?a, leaving him with tropical diseases, a damaged spine, and bones that have not properly healed after they were broken. Though he now works in the Prime Minister...
With Weingarth, whom Lambert describes as “very aggressive,” the 1V boat has a new-look strong block that should rejuvenate the shell just in time for the Eastern Sprints...
...criteria could be drafted as early as next month, and Turkey is in the final stages of reforms aimed at bringing the country's legislation in line with E.U. norms. "We have entered the critical period," Gül said. Until last week, Cyprus had been a major stumbling block to Turkey's E.U. ambitions. The E.U., U.N. and U.S. pressured Turkey to use its influence on Turkish Cyprus to bring about a yes vote. "People would say, 'You may be fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria [E.U. membership conditions laid out in Denmark in 1993], but what about Cyprus?'" said...