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...Yucca project. The GAO findings also come on the heels of revelations that a Chicago law firm the Energy Department hired to help guide the project through the licensing process had been lobbying Congress on behalf of the nuclear industry. The firm denied a conflict of interest but has withdrawn from the program. Now the GAO report "has the potential to derail the Yucca project altogether," claims Congresswoman Berkley. "This is the smoking gun we've been looking...
...pharmaceutical industry even before the attacks on America. It had been a year of public relations embarrassments, including a lawsuit filed by 39 drug companies against South Africa over patent infringement legislation approved in a country where at least 4.7 million people are HIV positive. The suit was later withdrawn, but critics said the industry offered no social, political or ethical leadership in a global marketplace...
...family that includes Cipro--have had more than their share of strange ones. Earlier generations of the drugs caused personality changes, cardiovascular complications and ruptured tendons, particularly the Achilles tendon, in a small number of users. Three earlier fluoroquinolones had to be taken off the market. One, Omniflox, was withdrawn after only three months, following dozens of severe reactions, including several deaths...
...Oklahoma City bombing relief effort, noted that "a database deals with the potential fraud issue, but it also allows someone to go in and say, 'Who hasn't been served yet?' People are very different in their responses to tragedy. Some reach out immediately for assistance, others become very withdrawn. They'll sit at home and go broke or crazy before they'll reach...
...White House is alarmed. "Israeli incursions into Palestinian-controlled areas have contributed a significant escalation in tension and violence," a State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said Monday. "Israeli Defense Forces should be withdrawn immediately from all Palestinian-controlled areas, and no further such incursions should be made. We deeply regret and deplore Israeli Defense Force actions that have killed numerous Palestinian civilians over the weekend. The deaths of those innocent civilians under the circumstances reported in recent days are unacceptable, and we call upon Israel to ensure that its armed forces exercise greater discipline and restraint...