13. desember 2005

Roche to Let Chinese Producer Make Flu Drug. Roche, the Swiss maker of the influenza drug Tamiflu, reached an agreement with China's state-owned Shanghai Pharmaceutical Group to make the drug. By TOM WRIGHT. [NYT > Business] 9:52:24 PM    comment [] Hot Technology for Chilly Streets in Estonia. Skype has become a hot calling card for Estonia, which has turned itself into a sort of Silicon Valley on the Baltic Sea. By MARK LANDLER. [NYT > Business] 9:49:53 PM    comment [] Red Cross Chief Steps Down; Interim Successor Is Named. Marsha J. Evans may be taking the fall for the group's much-criticized response to Hurricane Katrina. By STEPHANIE STROM. [NYT > Home Page] 9:48:16 PM    comment [] Building collapses in New Jersey. A building in a residential area of New Jersey collapses, sparking fears of multiple injuries. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 9:47:01 PM    comment [] Oil fire schools set to re-open. Almost all of the schools closed after the explosions at the Buncefield oil depot are set to re-open. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 9:45:59 PM    comment [] Iraq Sunni politician shot dead. A leading Sunni Arab politician is killed in Iraq, as expatriate voting begins in the general election. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 9:44:51 PM    comment [] Athletics: Montgomery banned. Former world 100m record-holder Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines get two-year bans for doping offences. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 9:44:01 PM    comment [] Oil depot tank fires extinguished. Residents near the Hertfordshire oil depot blaze are allowed back home as crews extinguish all tank fires. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 9:40:29 PM    comment [] Thousands March Against WTO in Hong Kong . HONG KONG, Dec. 13 -- Thousands of demonstrators from more than a dozen countries marched through Hong Kong Tuesday, some scuffling with police and others diving into the city's harbor in protest, as a World Trade Organization meeting opened with wealthy and developing nations deadlocked in talks... By Philip P. Pan. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 9:39:24 PM    comment [] Daughter's tsunami death was lie. A man who sparked a hunt for a fake daughter he said died in the Asian tsunami is found guilty of wasting police time. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 9:37:48 PM    comment [] Sudan bars Darfur atrocity probe. Sudan says it will not allow international investigators into Darfur to collect evidence on alleged war crimes. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 9:35:59 PM    comment [] Inquiry Details Claims of C.I.A. Prisons in Europe. A Swiss investigator told the Council of Europe that evidence supports allegations that terror suspects were transferred. By KATRIN BENNHOLDInternational Herald Tribune. [NYT > Home Page] 9:31:31 PM    comment []

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