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Beware of Bush Bearing Gifts
by Louise Richards
07 Jul 03
Bush's commitment to provide additional funds lays down the gauntlet to European Union , and not before time. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is in dire need of money. But should we be thankful for Bush's lead on ...
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New Lords of Africa
by Saskia Sassen
09 Jul 03
Warlords. They have a bad name but not all they do is bad. Their basic premise is that a good gun is better than a good law. Then there is the horsetrading: you give me oil, I will get you aid for Aids treatment; horsetrading can work when ...
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World Heritage Protection Extended to Five Natural Sites
08 Jul 03
PARIS, FRANCE. Five new natural sites were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List by the UN body's World Heritage Committee meeting at its Paris headquarters last week. The newly protected natural sites were listed along with 19 new cultural sites, some ...
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Report Criticizes Federal Oversight of State Medicaid
by Robert Pear
07 Jul 03
The Bush administration has allowed states to make vast changes in Medicaid but has not held them accountable for the quality of care they provide to poor elderly and disabled people, Congressional investigators said today.
The administrati ...
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Sugar Giants Shove Their Sweetener
by Chris Tenove
Jul/Aug 2003 Issue
What does anybody know about the sugar industry? The people who put the frosting on the frosted flakes keep a low profile and are happy when folks are too busy eating to ask a lot of questions. Now, though, a dust-up with the World ...