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Chinese Chemicals Flow Unchecked to World Drug MarketNew York Times - By Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker, Andrew W. Lehren - Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by chemical companies that are neither certified nor inspected by Chinese drug regulators, The New York Times has found.
Because the chemical companies are not required to meet even minimal drug-manufacturing standards, there is little to stop them from exporting unapproved, adulterated or counterfeit ingredients...
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Open Letter from Akbar GanjiBoston Review - By Akbar Ganji - Iran's dangerous international situation and the consequences of Iran's dispute with the West have totally deflected the world's attention and especially the attention of the United Nations from the intolerable conditions that the Iranian regime has created for the Iranian people. The dispute over the enrichment of uranium should not make the world forget that, although the 1979 revolution of Iran was a popular revolution, it did not lead to the formation of a democratic system that protects...
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Attacking Iran for Israel?Consortium News - By Ray McGovern - To gauge someone's reliability, one depends largely on prior experience. Sadly, Rice's credibility suffers in comparison with that of the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammed ElBaradei, who insists there is no evidence of an active nuclear weapons program in Iran.
If this sounds familiar, ElBaradei said the same thing about Iraq before it was attacked. But three days before the invasion, American nuclear expert Dick Cheney told NBC's Tim Russert, "I think Mr...
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Media Frenzy and the Forgotten RefugeesLinkTV - As hte California fires rage and millions of Americans are displaced, the US media has mobilized... but what about coverage of another serious displacement issue?
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U.S. Guns Behind Cartel Killings in MexicoWashington Post - By Manuel Roig-Franzia - The high-powered guns used in both incidents on the evening of Sept. 24 undoubtedly came from the United States, say police here, who estimate that 100 percent of drug-related killings are committed with smuggled U.S. weapons.
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U.S. Promises on Darfur Don't Match ActionsWashington Post - By Michael Abramowitz - Yet a year and a half later, the situation on the ground in Darfur is little changed: More than 2 million displaced Darfuris, including hundreds of thousands in camps, have been unable to return to their homes. The perpetrators of the worst atrocities remain unpunished. Despite a renewed U.N. push, the international peacekeeping troops that Bush has long been seeking have yet to materialize.
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The human cost of doing businessSalt Lake Tribune - By Loretta Tofani - With each new report of lead detected on a made-in-China toy, Americans express outrage: These toys could poison children. But Chinese workers making the toys - and countless other products for America - touch and inhale carcinogenic materials every day, all day long. Benzene. Lead. Cadmium. Toluene. Nickel. Mercury. Many are dying.
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Kenya's Maternal Wards Deliver Abuse With BabiesWomen's eNews - By Zoe Alsop - Kenya's maternal death rates are among the highest in the world, despite its relative prosperity, health care reforms and U.S. funding. Beatings of women in labor in hospital maternity wards are common, as are rejections of women without funds.
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A bizarre, unsolicited email from Gen. Petraeus' spokesmanSalon - By Glenn Greenwald - I received this morning an unsolicited email from Col. Steven A. Boylan, the Public Affairs Officer and personal spokesman for Gen. David G. Petraeus (see UPDATE III below). The subject line of the email -- which I am publishing in full, unedited form here -- is "The growing link between the U.S...
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Iraq Hampers U.S. Bid to Widen Sunni Police RoleNew York Times - By Michael R. Gordon - The American military's push to organize Sunni Arabs into local neighborhood watch groups has been one of the United States' most important initiatives in Iraq -- so much so that President Bush flew to Anbar Province in September to highlight growing alliances with Sunni tribal leaders.
But now that the Americans are trying to institutionalize the arrangement by training the Sunnis to become police officers, the effort has been hampered by halfhearted support and occasionally outright...
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