Tuesday, October 19, 2010

World Watch: Pill pushers

* U.S.: A report from Consumer Reports, NPR Radio and ProPublica concluded that over 17,000 physicians have drawn payments from major drug firms.

* Chechnya: “Islamist underground” militants have been blamed for storming the Chechnya parliament building and killing three people.

* Uganda: A local paper has come under intense criticism after publishing a blacklist of supposedly gay Ugandans.

* Europe: Will every E.U. nation agree with the idea of a region-wide tax in order to raise revenue?

Image – wired.com
Online Sources- The Guardian, MSNBC, NPR, BBC News

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