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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (25537)	11/22/2007 1:43:52 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217620

Pressure over patents forces pharma on to the back foot By Andrew Jack Published: November 22 2007 02:00 \| Last updated: November 22 2007 02:00 In the lofty corridors of the World Health Organisation in Geneva, once esoteric discussions about the intellectual property rights governing medicines are becoming less abstract. This month, 500 representatives of government, industry and the non-profit sector spent six days debating new patent practices that could allow more relevant and affordable western pharmaceuticals to reach the poor. To continue reading, please subscribe... ELMAT: Guess which country is the force...

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (25537)	12/14/2007 6:22:01 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217620

Australia risks war with Japan to protect Flipper from sushi platter... Australia whaling stance could hurt Japan ties: opposition news.yahoo.com Fri Dec 14, 1:07 AM ET Australia's newly-elected government risks damaging political and trade ties with Tokyo if it uses the military to monitor Japanese whaling in Antarctic, the opposition said Friday. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, whose centre-left Labor Party won power in November, suggested using the navy to monitor Japan's controversial whale cull and will announce next week whether he will act on the plan. But opposition leader Brendan Nelson said that, while he was against whaling, Rudd must think carefully before deploying warships to shadow vessels belonging to one of Australia's major allies. "To what extent would sending military assets unnecessarily escalate diplomatic tensions with Japan, Australia?s ally for 60 years and one of our major trading partners?" Nelson asked. "Would this be an appropriate and necessary use of Australian Defence Force assets?" Japan's ships set sail in November on the country's largest hunt yet, which for the first time since the 1960s will kill humpbacks, one of the most popular animals for Australian whale watchers. Japanese officials argue the whale catch is fully legal. The country's whalers plans to kill more than 1,000 of the giant mammals in the annual hunt using a loophole in a 1986 global moratorium on commercial whaling that permits limited whaling for scientific purposes. Japan makes no secret that the meat goes on dinner plates and accuses Western nations, usually among its closest allies, of cultural imperialism.