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...pictures of British soldiers in Afghanistan...
...play me.CM: He’s right. Hugh Laurie is best known now for doing “House”, but he used to be a comic actor. One thing that people don’t know about James is that he literally falls up stairs. So a British comic actor with a sense of physical comedy would work well.JW: This is tough. Maybe Julia Davis, 20 years ago?15. FM: Obviously, you two are absurdly talented individuals. But say you couldn’t do what you’re doing now (writing works of fiction and literary...
...often ascribed to the Biblical Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Despite this, several Judeo-Christian societies have condoned assisted suicide in recent years. Australia legalized it in 1995, only to rescind the law two years later. The Netherlands and Switzerland have decriminalized the practice, paving the way for a British man named Craig Ewert to travel to Zurich in December 2008 intent on taking his life. Ewert's journey and death were broadcast on British television. Although British law makes it illegal to help someone commit suicide, authorities have opted not to prosecute Ewert's wife and others who have...
...made headlines in 2001 when it partnered with Bristol-Myers Squibb to jointly announce that they would permit the sale of low-priced generic drugs in South Africa, which led to a 96-percent reduction in the price of one first-line HIV treatment. More recently, the University of British Columbia has formalized a policy that will incorporate global access wherever possible into agreements with industry. These licensing policies for global access cost a negligible amount because markets in developing countries generate so little revenue. The benefits of these policies are significant: potentially life-saving interventions for millions of patients...
...what of Mohamed, the first detainee released under the Obama Administration? He's expected to apply to remain in the U.K., but there's some confusion about whether or not British authorities will monitor his movements. Matt Miller, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, told TIME in an e-mail, "We worked with the British government to address both countries' concern about the threat he posed, and while we won't comment on the security measures the British government will take, we wouldn't have been in a position to transfer him unless both countries' security concerns were adequately...