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Supreme Court Rules For Generic Drugmakers

Med Page Today reports : In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that generic drugmakers have more protection from lawsuits than brand-name drugmakers when it comes to failing to warn patients about harmful side effects of their drugs. The case -- Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing -- …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Super PACS Report Strong Fundraising

The New York Times reports : Two political action committees formed to raise and spend unlimited amounts independent of candidates reported raising more than $4.6 million since the beginning of the year, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. American Crossroads, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Journalists Allowed Back In Syria

The Guardian reports : A trickle of western journalists is being allowed back in to Damascus – under close supervision by government minders – suggesting Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's regime is sufficiently concerned about its hold on power to be willing to engage in a foreign propaganda …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

House Rejects Obama's Libya Policy

Politico reports : The House delivered a stinging rejection of President Barack Obama’s military intervention in Libya on Friday, voting in bipartisan fashion against authorizing the mission for another year. The president’s supporters still held out hope that they could stop an effort to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Syrian Forces Fire On Protesters, 12 Dead

USA Today reports : Security forces opened fire Friday as thousands of anti-government protesters took to Syria's streets in a weekly ritual of defiance and demands for President Bashar Assad's ouster, activists said. They said at least 12 people, including two children, were killed in …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

EU Targets Iran For Syrian Crackdown Support

The Guardian reports : Iran 's Revolutionary Guard commanders – along with close relatives and business associates of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad – have been targeted by new EU sanctions imposed over the repression of protests in Syria . Syria has denied that Iran has been …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Conrad Black Faces Resentencing

National Post reports : Conrad Black faces a Chicago judge for the last time today when his long-running legal battle with the U.S. government comes to an end. The former media baron will be re-sentenced on one count of fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. He served 29 months in a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Hackers Hit AZ Officials

Politico reports : A group that boasts of successfully hacking Sony and the CIA website now claims to have hacked the computer files of an Arizona law enforcement agency. The Lulz Security hacking collective said Thursday that it was releasing “hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Bin Laden Had Pakistan Intel Links

Politico reports : Osama bin Laden mulled changing Al Qaeda’s name as part of a rebranding effort and had a link to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, according to reports on Friday. The revelation about the name change deliberation came from a letter found in bin Laden’s Pakistan compound, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

President Of Euro Central Bank Appointed

CNN Money reports : The European Council on Friday appointed Italian Bank Governor Mario Draghi as the next president of the European Central Bank. Draghi will replace the current ECB president, Jean-Claude Trichet, when his term expires on Oct. 31, according to the European Council. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Durable Goods Orders Increase 1.9%

Reuters reports : New orders for U.S. manufactured goods and a gauge of business spending plans rose in May, easing fears of a sharp slowdown in factory activity. Durable goods orders increased 1.9 percent after dropping 2.7 percent in April, the Commerce Department said on Friday. An …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Rwandan Woman Charged With Genocide

The Daily Telegraph reports: The first woman to be charged with genocide and incitement to rape before an international court, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, has been sentenced to life in prison, by the UN court for Rwanda. Nyiramasuhuko, a former minister for the family and women's empowerment, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Abducted Israeli's Dad Urges Release

CNN reports: The father of an Israeli soldier kidnapped five years ago by Palestinian militants has called for his release no matter how high the price. Noam Shalit told CNN this week it was time for the Israeli government to reach a deal with the Hamas movement which controls Gaza that …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Bartlett: GOP Has No Logic on Taxes

Bruce Bartlett writes in The Fiscal Times : The main sticking point in negotiations between Republicans and Democrats on deficit reduction measures to accompany a rise in the debt limit is whether higher revenues should make any contribution. A key Republican concern is that any tax increase …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Iran Nuke Designers Killed

Haaretz reports: The five nuclear experts killed in a plane crash in northern Russia earlier this week had assisted in the design of an Iranian atomic facility, security sources in Russia said on Thursday. The five Russian experts were among the 44 passengers killed when the Tupolev-134 …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Romney Dominates GOP Fundraising

Politico reports: Everyone knows Mitt Romney is going to outpace the GOP presidential field when next month’s fundraising reports come out. But the scale of his money advantage is finally coming into shape: the rest of the field is going to be eating his dust. Romney is so confident in …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Debt Deal Down To Obama, Boehner

The Hill reports: Negotiations over cutting Washington’s debt plunged into crisis Thursday, as the top Republican negotiator walked out of talks over his Democratic counterparts’ demand that taxes be raised. The walkout, by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), means talks to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Syria Braces For New Protests

The BBC reports: Activists have appealed to Syrians to stage a new round of protests after Friday prayers to increase pressure on President Bashar al-Assad. In the north, Turkey said more than 1,500 people had crossed the border after Syrian troops and tanks moved into the village of …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Activists: Iran's Gov. Encourages Rape

The Guardian reports: Prison guards in Iran are giving condoms to criminals and encouraging them to systematically rape young opposition activists locked up with them, according to accounts from inside the country's jail system. A series of dramatic letters written by prisoners and …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Bin Laden Hoped "To Rebrand Al Qaeda"

Th e Daily Telegraph reports: Osama bin Laden lamented that al-Qaeda was suffering from a marketing problem and wanted to change the organisation's name because the West was winning the public relations fight. In his final writings, he was concerned the group was killing to many Muslims, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011