Huffington Post
Zetas Drug Cartel Alleged Member Captured
MONTERREY, Mexico -- Authorities say they have captured an alleged member of the Zetas drug gang who confessed to killing at least 75 people in northern Mexico.Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Adrian de la Garza says Enrique Elizondo Flores told investigators 36 of his victims were bus passengers traveling through the town of Cerralvo, near the border with Texas.Read More...More on Mexico
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Daily Mail
Council tax martyr jailed twice for refusing to pay over state of her street emigrates after authority fails to clean up drug addicts' syringes
Josephine Rooney, 75, is now set to move to Ireland after a long but ultimately fruitless campaign to improve Hartington Street in Derby where she lives.
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Reuters
FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Monday approved Roche's pill to treat an advanced form of the most common form of skin cancer, known as basal cell carcinoma.
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TMZ
The Unit -- 'Jersey Shore' Star Pleads NOT GUILTY in Drug Case
The Unit claims there's no way in hell he was in possession of a powerful horse tranquilizer when he was arrested in Seaside Heights last year ... and just pled NOT GUILTY to the charge in a NJ court. The "Jersey Shore" star -- real name John…
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BBC
Plan to tackle tropical diseases
Politicians, health experts and drug companies have agreed a plan to combat 10 neglected tropical diseases over the next decade.
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AP
FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug Erivedge
NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal regulators on Monday approved a pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma....
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physorg
MS drug prevented fatal heart condition in lab study
A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may also be effective at preventing and reversing the leading cause of heart attack, a new study has found.
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Daily Mail
Pensioner jailed twice for refusing to pay council tax over state of her street decides to emigrate after authority fails to clean up drug addicts' syringes
Josephine Rooney, 75, is now set to move to Ireland after a long but ultimately fruitless campaign to improve Hartington Street in Derby where she lives.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Valeant pulls offer for ISTA Pharmaceuticals
Canadian drug company cites lack of progress for move
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Scientific American
Drug Addiction May Make Users More Vulnerable to Stress
Mood disorders such as depression are known to increase drug abuse risk. Yet mounting evidence suggests that substance abuse also makes people more vulnerable to depression and the negative effects of stress, according to Eric J. Nestler, chair of neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He and his team reported new details about the link between depression and drug abuse in Neuron ...
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USA Today
Drug dealers get creative in pursuit of oxycodone
Hundreds try to open their own pharmacies after Florida cracked down on "pill mills" dispensing powerful painkillers such as oxycodone.
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Telegraph
Drug companies team up in bid to end tropical diseases
The world's major pharmaceutical companies joined forces with governments and leading global health organisations on Monday to donate drugs and scientific know-how to help control or wipe out 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020.
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The Nation
Two more die of drug reaction, toll mounts to 119
Two more patients died of mysterious medicine reaction on Monday, bringing the overall dead toll to 119 in last three weeks.
According to the details, Rahat, 60, and Yaseen, 70, breathed last in Services hospital. Medics said the patients died due to lake of platelets and count of white blood cells in their bodies.
The reaction was unleashed after cardiac patients were provided medicines in ...
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siliconindia
HIV Drug Available in Powder Form for Children
The HIV drug Viread will now be available in powder form for HIV positive children after its approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a bio-pharmaceutical company said Sunday
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Washington Post
FDA workers sue agency over monitoring personal e-mails
The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal e-mail of a group of its own scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that posed unacceptable risks to patients, government documents show.
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The Jerusalem Post
US urges UNSC to end 'neglect', act on Syria
Ambassador Rice alludes to Russia, China, saying "a couple of very powerful members" stalling on process.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Clinton to Syria ahead of UN meet: 'We stand with you'
U.S. is calling on the UN Security Council to endorse an Arab League plan for political transition in Syria
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CNN
Where is Syria crisis heading?
Ten months into the uprising in Syria, deadly clashes between opposition fighters and government forces have now spread to suburbs just 15 minutes from the heart of the capital Damascus.
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The Jerusalem Post
Balad MK's trial for illegal trip to Syria begins
Said Nafa contacted enemy agents, members of terror groups in Syria, indictment charges.
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USA Today
Clinton to back U.N. resolution on Syria
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will join the foreign ministers of France and Britain to push for a U.N. resolution on the transfer of power ...
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Al Jazhera
Russia: Syria ready to talk with opposition
Syrian National Council rejects Moscow-brokered talks, saying president must first stand down, as fighting continues.
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BBC
New push for Syria UN resolution
Western foreign ministers step up their lobbying for a UN Security Council resolution calling for President Assad to hand power to a deputy.
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Times of India
Syria troops battle to retake Damascus suburbs
Around 2,000 Syrian troops backed by tanks launched an assault to retake Damascus suburbs from rebels on Sunday, a day after the Arab League suspended its monitoring mission.
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New York Times
Fighting in Syria Escalates
Heavy clashes were reported as troops and tanks were sent to vanquish rebels, and Russia indicated it would oppose any effort to have President Bashar al-Assad step down.
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AP
Arab League bid to condemn Syria can go to UN vote
PARIS (AP) -- A French official says that the Arab League text of a new Security Council resolution on Syria has support from at least 10 members, meaning it can go up for a vote....
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Times LIVE
Syrian authorities agree to Moscow talks: Russia
Syria has agreed to take part in Moscow-mediated talks on solving the country's crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday, calling on the Syrian opposition to join the planned negotiations.
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National Post
Syrian capital under siege as rebels clash with Assad government troops
Street battles raged at the gates of the Syrian capital on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad's troops sought to consolidate their grip on suburbs that rebel fighters had taken only a few miles from the centre of government power.
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Irish Times
Syria authorities agree to talks
Syria has agreed to take part in Moscow-mediated talks on solving the country's crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said today, calling on the Syrian opposition to join the planned negotiations.
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The Jerusalem Post
France FM heads to UN to push League Syria plan
Moscow says Syrian authorities agree to Russia-based talks, hopes Syrian opposition will also agree.
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USA Today
European leaders to press U.N. for resolution on Syria
British and French foreign ministers said they are heading to New York to press for a resolution aimed at halting Syria's violent crackdown.
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Huffington Post
Paul Ruth: What 1943 Detroit Can Teach America About Itself
1943 is a year that should stick out in the eyes of Detroiters mindful of local history. It is a year defined by a race...
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White House
Presidential Memorandum -- Delegation of Authority in Accordance with Sections 610 and 652 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
Release Time:
For Immediate Release
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority in Accordance with Sections 610 and 652 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended and Section 7009(d) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010, as carried forwar...
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USA Today
Winter in America: Manhattan
Snow covers an old wooden bench near Central Park's Bow Bridge in New York City.
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politico
Newt ad: America could be the next Cuba
A new Spanish-language ad out from Newt Gingrich's campaign, aimed at Florida's Cuban-American population, suggests that President Obama is making the United States look more and more like Cuba.
“My parents came to America looking for freedom and opportunity, and now America is starting to look like the country my parents fled,” a man says in the English version of the ad, followed by a woman d...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: 'The Artist' wins Directors Guild honours
There seems to be no stopping the French revolution in Hollywood. The latest accolade for the silent movie "The Artist" was the top prize at the Directors Guild of America awards.
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Pravda
El Maestro: UNESCO Champion for Sport
Few were those who did not marvel at the skill, courage and passion with which Uruguay's heroes played in the last FIFA World Cup 2012 in South Africa and the victorious campaign in the Copa América, 2011. Behind the success is Óscar Washington Tabárez, El Maestro, hailed as UNESCO Champion for Sport.
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Barrons
Market Likes US Airways-Delta Chatter
Delta (DAL) is considering making a bid for US Airways (LCC), the Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend. It’s just the latest chatter about consolidation in the airline industry since AMR (AMR), the owner of America Airlines, filed for bankruptcy last year. Delta, the second biggest airline in the country, is also reportedly considering [...]
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Gizmodo
US Detains and Deports Two Morons Over Dumb "Destroy America" Tweets [Twitter]
In a fun convergence of dumb social media behavior and bureaucratic ineptitude, two idiotic Brits were detained by armed guards at Los Angeles International Airport for incredibly dumb (but totally harmless) tweets about "destroying America" and "diggin' up Marilyn Monroe." More »
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Slashdot
Big Internet Players Propose DMARC Anti-Phishing Protocol
judgecorp writes "Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Facebook and others have proposed DMARC, or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance, an email authentication protocol to combat phishing attacks. Authentication has been proposed before; this group of big names might get it adopted." Adds reader Trailrunner7, "The specification is the product of a collaboration among the large ...
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Mashable
Google, Yahoo Form Group to Tackle Phishing
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL have joined forces to thwart purveyors of phishing — those emails that attempt to trick users into givin…
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Barrons
In The News: BlackBerry’s Struggle, Web Bubble 2.0?
In case you missed it, some articles making the rounds this morning: A couple of different viewpoints are offered on Research in Motion’s (RIMM) struggle to make a comeback. Bloomberg’s Hugo Miller on Saturday penned an item describing a campaign by newly appointment CEO Thorsten Heins to win back market share. “The Munich native is [...]
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BoingBoing
Tourists deported from U.S. for Twitter jokes
Two U.K. tourists landing in L.A. were detained and deported because of tweets joking about "diggin' up" Marilyn Monroe and "destroying" America. According to DHS paperwork, Leigh Van Bryan was matched to a "One Day Lookout" list, placed under oath, and ultimately denied entry and put on a plane back to Europe. "[He wrote] on [...]
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Scientific American
Uniting against Neglected Tropical Diseases
LONDON, United Kingdom Bill Gates, the world’s leading 13 pharmaceutical companies, governments and global organisations have announced unprecedented funding and support to eliminate and control 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTD) by 2020.More than US $785 million will be donated to control or eliminate these infections that affect around 1.4 billion people in 149 endemic countries. These in...
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AllThingsDigital
Email Giants Move to Slash "Phishing"
Email-service providers Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and AOL Inc. are backing a new effort intended to dramatically reduce "phishing" emails -- which attempt to trick recipients into thinking they come from a legitimate source.
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physorg
Food crops damaged by pollution crossing continents
(PhysOrg.com) -- Man-made air pollution from North America causes Europe to lose 1.2 million tonnes of wheat a year, a new study has found.
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