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...SOUTH AFRICA Firms Agree to Cheaper Anti-AIDS Drugs The pharmaceutical industry abandoned its lawsuit against South Africa, opening the way for the country to import cheaper anti-AIDS drugs and other patented medicines. Giving in to a groundswell of opposition in a country where an estimated 4.7 million people are HIV positive, the 39 drug companies gave up the three-year patent protection battle. Human rights groups and AIDS activists considered the case a landmark in their efforts to obtain medication for millions in developing countries...
...injustice of American slavery. The new group, which includes Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., is discussing how it might use the courts to press the cause of reparations, and the purpose of last week’s meeting was to discuss the details of any planned lawsuit. So far, however, little has been announced on how the group plans to pursue its goal—the legal grounds of the suit, as well as who the plaintiffs or defendants might be, have not yet been made public. Unfortunately, the case for slavery reparations, while intuitively appealing, founders...
Speculation on the lawsuit has thus far centered on the possibility of suing the U.S. government or corporations involved with slavery; Aetna Life & Casualty Co., for instance, has admitted that it may have issued policies to slaveowners insuring the lives of their slaves. However, the company claims that an apology is sufficient and that reparations for its past actions are not required...
...Losers JESSE JACKSON Bush administration declines J.J.'s request to solve the Hainan incident with "religious diplomacy." Beijing kowtows in gratitude ELTON JOHN Shopaholic pop star loses multimillion dollar lawsuit against his former accountant and ex-manager. Time to slash the fresh flower budget? STEVE BUSCEMI Fargo star gets stabbed during a North Carolina bar brawl. Intense method actor vows to use his injuries to fuel rage-filled indy film performances...
...look for moral uplift in Boot Camp (Fox, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.), a military-training Survivor look-alike that prompted a lawsuit from CBS (since swiping hit concepts is unheard-of in the TV business). But while it is derivative and goofy--the screaming "drill instructors" put the "camp" in Boot Camp--it also shows a kind of olive-drab heart. Its major structural difference from Survivor is the most telling: the "recruits" conduct grueling reward challenges, not in teams, but as one unit. It's the most literal example of a widespread reality-show theme: that ordinary folk (including...