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File - An Indian Pharmacologist removes mice from cages to study the reaction of cytotoxic drugs, inside a containment facility of the Research and Development Centre of Natco Pharma Ltd. in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, March 13, 2012. Is India a dumping ground for drugs?
India has more than 10,500 drug makers with a domestic turnover of nearly $9bn. Yet, something is rotten with the way drugs are tested and sold in the country. A has... (photo: AP / Mahesh Kumar A.) BBC News
Health   India   Photos   Scandal   Wikipedia: Pharmaceutical industry in India
An HH-60H Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2), lands in front of a mosque. Why was the US military teaching 'total war' on Islam?
America's top military officer has condemned a course taught about Islam at one of America's top military schools as "totally objectionable". It is... (photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate Airman Jordon R. Beesley) BBC News
Islam   Pentagon   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War against Islam
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 photo, Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan. Oil Wars on the Horizon
Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf) CounterPunch
Oil   Photos   Politics   War   Wikipedia: Petroleum politics
In this photo released by Indonesian Air Force, the wreckage of a missing Sukhoi Superjet-100 are scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Russian jet crash puts Indonesian sales in limbo
ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press= MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia (AP) — The crash of a new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged, Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress... (photo: AP / Indonesian Air Force) The Guardian
Accident   Indonesia   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: Sukhoi Superjet 100
Apple iPhone - Smartphone Facebook issues revenue warning over mobile growth
Facebook has warned investors that the rapid growth of its mobile apps threatens its long-term financial prospects as users increasingly desert their desktops. The... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Daily Telegraph
Apps   Photos   Revenues   Smartphones   Wikipedia: Facebook
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) transit the Indian Ocean Defense spending to spike $2.1 trillion under Romney
By Charles Riley @CNNMoney May 10, 2012: 5:25 AM ET Mitt Romney wants more ships, planes and troops. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Mitt Romney is campaigning on a platform that... (photo: US Navy / MCC John Lill) CNN
Defense   Pentagon   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Military budget of the United States
Passengers on the way to airport-travel-air passengers. Summer air travel expected to increase as economy improves
Summer travelers should expect higher air fares along with crowded planes and airports as a result of an improving economy, airline industry officials said Wednesday. The... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) Tulsa World
Aviation   Economy   Photos   Travel   Wikipedia: Air travel
Iraqi students children writing the litter for the USA children about the war in Iraq and peace in this area The Children of Iraq: "Was the Price Worth It?"
The following is a presentation given in the Dialogue sessions of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal, May 2012. “ Line up the bodies of the children, the... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) GlobalResearch
Children   Crime   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Iraq
Hundreds of Egyptian women march during a protest against the crackdown by authorities on protestors in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 Women accuse Egyptian military of sexual assault
Cairo: Women detainees and rights groups have accused Egyptian troops and prison authorities of sexual assault in the latest crackdown on demonstrations. More than a... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) Zeenews
Egypt   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012   Women
Mohammad Javad Ardeshir Larijani, Secretary General of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights, addresses the UN Human Rights Council after a briefing on Iran from Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed, 12 March 2012. Sanctions: Reciprocal and Incentive Versus Retaliatory and Disincentive
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Before explaining how reciprocal and incentive sanctions are much more honorable, fair, and usually lead to peaceful... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferre) WorldNews.com
Asia   Mideast   Photos   US   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,834 US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,834
As of Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at least 1,834 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion in late 2001, according to an... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Springfield News-Sun
Afghanistan   Deaths   Defense   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar fields questions from reporters after announcing that the Obama administration has approved what would be the nation's first offshore wind farm, off Cape Cod, during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. The decision clears the way for a 130-turbine wind farm in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts. APNewsBreak: Salazar to approve Utah gas wells
SALT LAKE CITYU.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is set to approve a major natural gas drilling project in Utah. Interior officials tell The Associated Press... (photo: AP / Steven Senne) Austin American Statesman
Business   Energy   Industry   Photos   Wikipedia: Ken Salazar
Following orders: Military misconduct draws reprimand from Panetta Following orders: Military misconduct draws reprimand from Panetta
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has a very simple message for military commanders: Enforce discipline in the ranks. In recent months, the American military mission in... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Defense   Military   NATO   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Leon Panetta
Rainbow side boys render honors to Christopher J. Marut, acting consul general of the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong. US names career diplomat Marut to Taiwan office
TAIPEI, TaiwanThe United States has named a career diplomat to head its de facto embassy in Taiwan. The American Institute in Taiwan announced Tuesday that... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr.) Austin American Statesman
Business   China   Photos   Politics
Obese women - Computers - Facebook - Social networking 42% of nation to be obese by 2030, study predicts
After years of rising obesity rates in the United States, recent statistics show the rates may have steadied. But that may not be enough, according to a new report... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Kypost
Health   People   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Obesity
 Hiroshima aftermath. During World War II, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were destroyed by atomic bombs dropped by the United States military on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively, killing at least 120,000 people outright, and around Navy Commander Joseph Rochefort cracked the code to defeat Admiral Yamamoto
Those familiar with naval history during World War II easily recognize the name Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Imperial Fleet. In May 1942, following... (photo: USAF file) The Examiner
Japan   Photos   United States   Wikipedia: Operation Vengeance   World War II
F-22A Raptor of the United States Air force 15th Wing. Some pilots refuse to fly F-22 Raptor fighter jet
LOS ANGELES - Some of the nation's top aviators are refusing to fly the radar-evading F-22 Raptor, a fighter jet with ongoing problems with the oxygen systems that have... (photo: Creative Commons / Bwmoll3) Stars and Stripes
Defense   Pentagon   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
The global fight to end capital punishment The global fight to end capital punishment
The death penalty is a shameful legacy of colonialism – now British lawyers are fighting to abolish it around the world by representing condemned prisoners in court... (photo: Jose Cruz/ABr) The Guardian
Crime   Death   Lawyers   Murder   Photos   Wikipedia: Crime
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, waves to supporters at his Florida primary primary night rally in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Biden: National security would "not be as strong" under Romney
Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday morning that American national security wouldn’t be as strong if Republican Mitt Romney were president, based on his recent... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) Chicago Tribune
Campaign   Obama   Photos   Republican   Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012
Texas Gov. Rick Perry greets supporters at his primary night party at the Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood, Texas, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Next education commissioner facing big challenges
AUSTIN, Texas — This summer Gov. Rick Perry will appoint a new education commissioner who will immediately face enormous problems and competing demands. The state's... (photo: AP / LM Otero) Austin American Statesman
Business   Education   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Rick Perry
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