MUMBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has filed a motion in a U.S. court seeking documents from Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd RANB as part of an ongoing investigation, a Ranbaxy spokesman said on Sunday. Indian newspapers said U.S. authorities...
By Tim Castle LONDON (Reuters UK) - The Olympic Village for the London 2012 Games will require greater public financing than previously expected because of the global credit crunch, organisers said on Friday. The one billion pound village -- to house athletes and officials --...
By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain will consider building five new main rail lines in a strategic review that could lead to the biggest railway expansion in more than a century to try to cope with booming demand, Network Rail said on Saturday. The...
Social Security claimants do not have a constitutional right to subpoena or cross-examine the doctors consulted by administrative law judges in disability hearings, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. Wednesday's decision, by a unanimous panel, rejects dicta in an 18-year-old 8th Circuit decision that said...
Social Security claimants do not have a constitutional right to subpoena or cross-examine the doctors consulted by administrative law judges in disability hearings, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. Wednesday's decision, by a unanimous panel, rejects dicta in an 18-year-old 8th Circuit decision that said...
HARRISBURG - Gov. Rendell yesterday signed an executive order reopening a highly regarded health-care agency after an unexpected weeklong hiatus. The order allows the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, which fell victim to the budget season's political battle, to resume operations through November and send its 44 employees, who...
German industrial giant Siemens AG, one of the largest employers in the Philadelphia area, said it would eliminate 16,750 jobs, or 4.2 percent of its workforce, to adjust to the slowing global economy. A company spokesman in Germany said yesterday that it was too early to tell how many jobs...
SUMMER SALES Transfer news *ANDREI ARSHAVIN Zenit St Petersburg say that no English clubs have bid for their playmaker, the subject of a reported 12m offer from Barcelona last week and who is also thought to have attracted interest from Arsenal and Chelsea. A Zenit spokesman said...
'While Auntie remains a much loved institution, it's quite clear that, like many of us, she needs to lose a bit of weight' Don Foster, Liberal Democrat spokesman for culture, media and sport on BBC pay rises...
SUMMER SALES Transfer news *ANDREI ARSHAVIN Zenit St Petersburg say that no English clubs have bid for their playmaker, the subject of a reported 12m offer from Barcelona last week and who is also thought to have attracted interest from Arsenal and Chelsea. A Zenit spokesman said...
Today marks the final day for Portland Development Commission Chair Mark Rosenbaum, who's headed the agency's five-member volunteer board of commissioners since July 11, 2006. Rosenbaum made his resignation public last Thursday, before the Fourth of July break, and promised to deliver an address to the PDC...
Troy Bagby-Pressley was arrested last September and accused of narcotics violations. Then, in March, the charges were withdrawn. But Bagby-Pressley, 28, seemed unable to capitalize on the break he got from the courts. On Monday afternoon, police say, while he was fleeing a traffic stop in North Philadelphia, he tossed...
Although state legislators have given the green light to a new courthouse in Philadelphia for juvenile and domestic cases, it looks like the poor economy will curtail funding for the project for now. The state's capital, or public-works, budget, approved last week, contains a $200 million appropriation for a new,...
A high-profile member of the Fundamentalist LDS Church is pursuing a restraining order against a private investigator who has spent years tailing members of the polygamous sect. Willie Jessop, who has acted as a spokesman for the FLDS, filed for a restraining order accusing Sam Brower of...
BERLIN AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed a request by Barack Obama to give a speech this month before the Brandenburg Gate as inappropriate, her deputy spokesman said Wednesday. The conservative leader said that while she would be pleased to meet the US Democratic presidential hopeful,...
WASHINGTON AFP — The White House on Wednesday issued a strong condemnation of the attack in which six people died near the US consulate in Istanbul. "We strongly condemn the attack," said Tony Fratto, a White House spokesman. Asked if the United States considered it a...
TOYAKO, Japan AFP — US President George W. Bush reaffirmed Wednesday that he will try to win approval for a sweeping free trade agreement with South Korea before leaving office, a Seoul official said. His promise came during talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on the sidelines...
BEIJING AFP — Chinese police killed five Muslims who were planning a "holy war" in the latest alleged terror threat ahead of the Beijing Olympics, state media said Wednesday. The five were shot dead on Tuesday when police raided their hide-out in Urumqi, the capital of the Muslim-populated...
NABLUS, West Bank AFP — The Israeli army on Tuesday ordered the closure of a shopping mall in the West Bank, saying the company that runs it is linked to Hamas, Palestinian security officials and witnesses said. Computers, furniture and documents were seized in the pre-dawn raid on...
BERLIN AFP — A desperate German woman finally called emergency services to rescue her after a friend visited her and talked for 30 hours straight, authorities said Tuesday. A police spokesman in the western city of Speyer confirmed reports about the case, in which the guest rambled on...
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