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...Franco-German alliance is almost impossible for the rest of the E.U. to overcome, particularly since France will take over the reins of the E.U.'s six-month presidency from July 1 this year. Barnier, a former E.U. commissioner, says that European agriculture has undergone enough reform over the past two decades: until 1992, agriculture expenditure represented nearly 61% of the E.U.'s budget, but by 2013 this will have almost halved to 32%. Barnier also argues for a "community preference" which would favor imports that meet E.U. environmental, hygiene or animal-welfare rules - although such a scheme would likely...
...cancer-killing drug that surgeons place in the brain after the tumor is removed. The wafer dissolves over a period of two weeks and, if successful, destroys any remaining cancer cells in its wake. Radiation therapy for glioma usually begins two weeks following surgery, and lasts for about six weeks, says Dr. Henry Brem, director of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, who helped develop Gliadel and is not involved in Kennedy's treatment...
Placing fourth and last in the novice eight in 7:38.669, Radcliffe finished six seconds behind MIT and further behind Georgetown and Wisconsin...
...Hotel Zone houses all six of Naypyidaw's hotels. Several more are planned - all sharing a bland rancho-chalet-villa aesthetic - although the eagerness and astonishment with which three hoteliers greet a guest doesn't portend well for their occupancy rates...
...city's only attempt at a tourist attraction is a replica of Rangoon's famous Shwedagon pagoda. The Naypyidaw version, though, remains unfinished. At the building site, groups of child laborers - some appearing no older than six - lug heavy rocks on woven stretchers and swing pickaxes into the hard earth. Burma's junta has long been considered one of the world's worst human-rights abusers. But the country's generals don't have to see these tiny laborers build a golden temple for their Abode of Kings. That's because the generals are bunkered in another, faraway part...