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Mexico’s Pena Nieto seeks U.S. help on violence
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s presumed president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto expressed hope Monday for more US help in tamping a scourge of violence that has killed over 50,000 people in less than five years. While Washington is focused on cracking down on crime syndicates responsible for smuggling illegal drugs into the…
Korean-American Kim takes helm at World Bank
WASHINGTON — New World Bank President Jim Yong Kim warned Monday that the eurozone crisis poses a deep threat to the global economy as he launched into his first day leading the development lender. The Korean-American physician, who won a contest against developing country candidates in April to run the…
Pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline forced to pay record $3 billion fraud settlement
GlaxoSmithKline was socked with $3 billion in fines by US authorities Monday over charges it marketed drugs for unauthorized uses, held back safety data, and cheated the government’s Medicaid program. The Justice Department said GSK was fined over misbranding its drugs Paxil and Wellbutrin, and for holding back data while…
‘Leap second’ wreaks Internet havoc
An adjustment of a mere second in the official global clock sent dozens of websites crashing in an incident reminiscent of the Y2K bug over a decade ago. The “leap second” was added to the Coordinated Universal Time to adjust clocks to the earth’s rotation the night of June 30,…
Mid-Atlantic residents, still without power, don headlamps, skirt fallen trees
Mid-Atlantic residents, still without power, don headlamps, skirt fallen trees Home generators. Outdoor gas grills. Converters that allow you to plug your refrigerator into a running car. Really, really long extension cords, stretched to neighbors who still have electricity. Also headlamps, which allow you to walk around a house after…
Britain presses U.S. on human rights clause in arms trade treaty
On eve of UN talks, Britain, France, Germany and Sweden say treaty should include ‘strong provisions on human rights’ British and European foreign ministers are preparing to defy Washington at talks over an arms trade treaty, amid fears the US will use its diplomatic clout to water down proposals for…
Queen’s cost to British taxpayers rises
The Queen’s cost to the taxpayer rose slightly during the last financial year, Buckingham Palace accounts showed on Monday. The monarch cost the public purse £32.3 million ($50.6 million, 40.0 million euros) in 2011-12, a rise of £200,000, or 0.6 percent, from the last financial year. The royal family’s travel…
Google brags about economic impact of its advertising programs
Google said Monday its search and advertising operations generated $80 billion for 1.8 million US businesses in 2011. The annual report from the Internet search giant comes as it faces a US government probe of lucrative search and advertising business, in which it holds an estimated 65 percent market share.…
Researchers probe controversial embryo test for breast cancer screening
A lab test to screen embryos for inherited risk of breast or ovarian cancer is “feasible” but controversy surrounding this method is unlikely to be stilled, a fertility conference heard on Monday. European researchers carried out the biggest-ever probe of a procedure to vet in-vitro embryos for gene mutations linked…
Parliament in Baghdad bans failed Iraqi asylum-seekers from Europe
The Iraqi parliament has banned the forced return from Europe of tens of thousands of failed asylum seekers, and threatened to fine airlines that take part in deportation programmes. The unilateral declaration has already resulted in deportees being turned back at the border, according to the London-based refugeee support organisation…
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