Big Pharma besieged from all sides
Guardian - The pharmaceutical industry is under siege with the looming end of blockbuster drugs, imminent patent expiries on top-selling medicines and government pressure to lower prices amid accusations of profiteering.
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The new Cold War didn’t start in Georgia
Telegraph - In classical mythology, Georgia was the land where the Argonauts had to harness bulls with bronze hooves to win the Golden Fleece. Modern Georgia is the source of a treasure scarcely less precious: oil and gas from central Asia and the Caspian, piped along the only east-west energy corridor that Russia does not control. But whereas Jason and his comrades triumphed, our quest has ended in humiliating failure.
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McCain Chooses Palin as Running Mate
NY Times - Senator John McCain chose Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate on Friday, shaking up the political world with a surprise pick at a time when his campaign has been trying to attract women, especially disaffected supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Go-Ahead for Germany’s Biggest Mosque
Spiegel - After much controversy, Cologne City Council finally voted in favor of building Germany’s largest mosque in the city. The opposition of a local far-right group wasn’t enough to stop plans that will change the city’s historic skyline forever.
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Procedura i vladavina prava
B92 Blog by Goran Miletic - Jedna od važnih i omiljenih disciplina vlasti u Srbiji je pokazivanje ažurnosti. To nije ažurnost u smilu da se nešto radi brzo & na vreme (to bi bio viši nivo), već namera da građanstvu pokažu da uopšte nešto rade. Kao glavni stub tako shvaćene ažurnosti uzimaju se „propisi“, a omiljeni zaklon su famozna PROCEDURA i VLADAVINA PRAVA. Za razliku od ovog drugog koje gotovo nijedan predstavnik vlasti ne zna da vam objasni, procedure se svi drže „k’o pijan plota“.
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Luciferov lanac
B92 Blog by Zorana Z. Mihajlović Milanović - Da li smo toliko oguglali na naznake i jasne pojave nepravilnosti, kako u svakodnevnom životu, tako i u poslovanju npr javnih preduzeća? Svega smo se naslušali, od sukoba interesa, zloupotrebe položaja, burazerskih i kumovskih privatizacija, stranačkih nadmetanja do krvi i prepucavanja, a sve „za našu dobrobit“. Usled količine svega, čini se da od miša ne vidimo slona - da se gotovo ni jedna od tih afera ne završava konkretnim izveštajem, već ukazivanje na problem otpočinje (što je jedino dobro) u medijima, ali se na žalost i završava u medijima i nigde dalje od toga.U Srbiji afere imaju dugi rok trajanja – jedna, dve, tri, ili više u isto vreme…pa tako 365 dana u godini. Kada bi se sabrale vrednosti nekih, verovatno bi to bilo nekoliko % srpskog društvenog bruto proizvoda (GDP) – na primer naj % koji ide na obrazovanje, ili nauku ili kulturu.
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Shadows in the sunshine
Guardian, by Slavenka Drakulić - Croatia is a “small country for a big vacation”, as the ads tell you. But beyond the marketing and optimistic reports of millions of holidaymakers spending their “big vacation” there, there is less cheerful news, casting an unpleasant shadow over that small tourist paradise on the Adriatic.
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South Ossetia is not Kosovo
Economist - In principle, sub-national states should sometimes be able to secede, but South Ossetia and Abkhazia clearly do not qualify. Neither enclave has properly consulted its people, including huge numbers of Georgian refugees. Nor has there been a long, hard effort to find a negotiated settlement.
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