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F.D.A. Panel to Vote on Whether Avandia Should Stay on Market
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by NYT > Politics.
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A federal medical advisory panel recommended Wednesday that Avandia, a controversial diabetes drug, should either be withdrawn from the market or have sales severely restricted because it increases the risks of heart attacks. ...
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Project’s Fate May Predict the Future of Mining
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by NYT > Politics.
Jimmy Weekley, who lives in Pigeonroost Hollow, W.Va., has been fighting the Spruce 1 coal project for years. More Photos » BLAIR, W.Va. — Federal officials are considering whether to veto mountaintop mining above a little Appalachian valley called...
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Senate Democrats Opt for Scaled-Back Energy Bill
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by NYT > Politics.
WASHINGTON — President Obama and Senate Democrats have decided to press ahead in the next two weeks with a scaled-back energy bill that limits carbon pollution by power plants but not by other industries in an effort to salvage the legislation befor...
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Russia Offers Iran Help in Oil Industry
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by NYT > Politics.
MOSCOW — Russia’s energy minister announced a broad program of cooperation with Iran in the oil, natural gas and petrochemical industries on Wednesday that appeared to invite Russian companies to contravene sanctions the Obama administration adopt...
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News Analysis: Cheer, Then Gloom, on Talks for Peace Deal in Mideast
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by NYT > Politics.
A Palestinian helped build a synagogue this month in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. JERUSALEM — In the upbeat atmosphere after their recent meeting in Washington, the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Obama expresse...
