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EU probes pharma industry over generic medicine concerns - 07/09/2009

BRUSSELS, Lorne Cook - The European Union's competition regulator launched a probe into the pharmaceutical sector Wednesday over concerns that cheap generic medicines are not reaching patients in...

White House, Pentagon websites targeted by cyberattack - 07/09/2009

WASHINGTON, Chris Lefkow- The White House, State Department and Pentagon websites were among those targeted in a coordinated cyberattack that also crippled sites in South Korea, computer security...

British Murdoch newspapers face phone hacking claims - 07/09/2009

LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid newspapers have secretly paid one million pounds to settle cases involving allegations its journalists were involved in illegal phone tapping, a newspaper...

US to host March nuclear security summit: White House - 07/09/2009

L'AQUILA - US President Barack Obama will invite leaders from 25-30 countries to a March 2010 summit on securing nuclear materials and battling atomic smuggling, the White House said Wednesday....

Data Domain accepts EMC takeover bid - 07/09/2009

NEW YORK - Data storage firm Data Domain agreed on Wednesday to a 2.1-billion-dollar takeover offer from computer storage giant EMC Corp, rejecting a rival bid by data management company NetApp....

'Worst to come' warning as G8 leaders gather - 07/07/2009

L'AQUILA, Denis Barnett - G8 leaders gathering here Wednesday faced deepening crises in Iran and China and a warning that the worst political and social effects of the global economic downturn are...

US, India seeking unprecedented cooperation: Clinton - 07/07/2009

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, preparing to travel to India next week, said Tuesday that Washington and New Delhi intend to cooperate on an unprecedented range of issues. "We...

Tropical zone expanding due to climate change: study - 07/06/2009

MELBOURNE - Climate change is rapidly expanding the size of the world's tropical zone, threatening to bring disease and drought to heavily populated areas, an Australian study has found....

Saudi Arabia lends Bosnia 25 million dollars: govt - 07/06/2009

SARAJEVO - Saudi Arabia signed a deal to help Bosnia to rebuild and equip hospitals through a 25-million-dollar (18-million-euro) loan, the government here said Monday. The 25-year loan, with a...

UN rights mission on Gaza hears of Israeli fear, trauma - 07/06/2009

GENEVA, Peter Capella - Accounts of fear, fury, victimisation and pent up trauma from years of rocket attacks emerged from Israeli testimony on Monday to a UN human rights mission investigating the...
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