Brazil Puts Health Before Profit
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has authorised the country to break the patent on an AIDS drug made by Merck & Co – importing a generic version from India instead.
What happens to your cellphone when it dies?
As cellphones proliferate they are giving computers and monitors some competition for the dubious distinction as the largest contributor to the world’s growing e-waste problem.
The Hidden Costs of Cheap Goods
The recent FDA debacle over the discovery of the toxic chemical melamine in pet food from China should remind us all that cheap goods, whether animal feed, denim jeans or the latest electronic gadgets, have a price attached.
20 Peace Groups to Reid and Pelosi: Don't Back Down
The undersigned organizations write to urge you in the strongest possible terms to respond to President Bush's veto of the supplemental appropriations bill with a stronger bill, not a weaker one.
Anti-U.S. Uproar Sweeps Italy
The U.S. government has proposed to make Vicenza, Italy, the largest US military site in Europe, but the people of Vicenza, and all of Italy, have sworn it will never happen.
China: Countries Should Abide by NPT
Countries should abide by the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) obligations during the course of peaceful use of nuclear energy, a Chinese official said here on Tuesday.
Talking Sports from Death Row with Kevin Cooper
Kevin Cooper is a sports fan. Kevin Cooper loves the Steelers. Kevin Cooper makes his home on death row at the notorious San Quentin Penitentiary in California. Cooper awaits execution for a crime many observers are convinced he did not commit.
Welcome To Washington, Sr. Presidente Álvaro Uribe
While the Bush administration denounces Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez for “terrorism” and non-cooperation with Washington on a whole range of issues, it is Bogotá and certainly not Caracas which should be seen as South America’s most perfected rogue nation.
Innocent and Executed in America
Innocent and executed: the death penalty in America; A plan for Medicare for at least some; Are Republicans abandoning Bush?; Can environmental sustainability create economic growth?
Rudy Giuliani Adopts Bush's War on Terror
Statements made by former New York City Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani during the 2008 presidential campaign on issues such as Iraq, terrorism, and foreign policy have been essentially to endorse and completely embrace the Bush doctrine without providing any policy specifics of his own.
