FEB
25
2011

Pfizer settles lawsuits over drug trials on children in Nigeria

Nearly 15 years after its controversial drug trial on 200 children with meningitis in Nigeria, Pfizer Inc. and all plaintiffs in the cases related to the trial announced today that they have reached a global settlement.

FEB
24
2011
FEB
24
2011

France backs Brazil´s permanent membership bid in UNSC

French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie Tuesday demanded an immediate reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and supported Brazil´s bid for a permanent seat in the body.

FEB
24
2011

Former brazilian president accused of misconduct

Prosecutors in Brazil have filed a suit against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for allegedly misusing $5.7 million in public funds.

FEB
24
2011

Court weighs the power of Congress

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that touched on the most pressing constitutional question of the day: just how much power does Congress have to regulate matters ordinarily left up to the states?

FEB
24
2011

Big bill for snake on a train

A woman whose 3-foot (90-centimete)-long snake slithered away from her in a Boston subway car and hid there for nearly a month has gotten a hefty cleaning bill.

FEB
24
2011

Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden

WikiLeaks founder handed verdict at Belmarsh magistrates court.

FEB
24
2011

Obama administration won´t oppose same-sex marriage

President Barack Obama has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage for federal purposes as only between a man and woman, according to a statement Wednesday from Attorney General Eric Holder.

FEB
24
2011

Child-product makers seek softer rules

Emboldened by a Republican majority in the House of Representatives, manufacturers of toys and other children´s products are making a last-ditch effort to quash new safety regulations that they say are unfair or too onerous.

FEB
24
2011

Supreme Court allows lawsuit over rear seat belts

The family of a woman killed in a head-on collision may sue the maker of the minivan she was riding in for failing to install lap-and-shoulder belts, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday.

FEB
23
2011

Emanuel to succeed Daley as Chicago mayor in first-round win

Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago congressman who served two Democratic presidents in the White House, won a decisive victory to become his hometown´s next mayor following the two-decade tenure of Richard M. Daley.

FEB
23
2011

Bitter Quebec prosecutors forced back to work

Sonia LeBel has spent 20 years putting bikers, drug traffickers and murderers behind bars. On Tuesday, forced to return to work by special government legislation, she said she is contemplating quitting for the first time in her life.

FEB
23
2011

Justices hear Tenth Amendment case cited by health care law opponents

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in an unusual case examining the scope of the Tenth Amendment and the ability of a Pennsylvania woman to challenge her conviction for poisoning her husband´s lover.

FEB
23
2011

Lawmakers to take up decisive ed issues in session

Major cuts to school budgets as federal stimulus funding dries up. Tying teacher evaluations to student performance on standardized tests. Expanding vouchers and virtual school programs.

FEB
23
2011

Harvard’s secret clubs go Hollywood

It takes more than a hit movie to disrupt the social pillars that have stood at Harvard for 200 years.

FEB
23
2011

Superlawyer Stanley Chesley faces disbarment over fen-phen case

A trial commissioner for the Kentucky Bar Association has recommended that Ohio superlawyer Stanley Chesley, Democratic kingmaker and husband of a federal judge, lose his license for engineering a settlement of fen-phen claims that violated some of the most fundamental rules of lawyering.

FEB
22
2011

Blockbuster agrees to be bought for $290 million by group of debt holders

Blockbuster Inc., the bankrupt movie rental chain, agreed to be bought by a group of debt holders for as much as $290 million as part of a bankruptcy auction.

FEB
22
2011

Google blocks smaller ad rivals, competitor says in EU antitrust complaint

Google Inc., the world´s leading search engine, blocks smaller competitors from generating advertising revenue, a competitor said in a complaint to European Union regulators.

FEB
22
2011

Nancy Kissel testifies at murder trial banker husband was sexually abusive

Nancy Kissel, who has admitted killing her Merrill Lynch & Co. banker husband, told Hong Kong´s High Court yesterday that he was an absent spouse who physically and sexually abused her.

FEB
22
2011

Egypt refers former ministers to criminal court

Egypt´s general prosecutor on Monday referred former interior minister Habib Al-Adly and former tourism minister Zoheir Garranah to the Cairo criminal court, the official MENA agency reported.

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