Merck on Trial for Using Poor Children to Test Gardasil

gardasilRepresentatives of pharmaceutical giant, Merck, will face a hearing today in India’s Supreme Court over the company’s alleged practice of using young girls from poor tribal communities to test its controversial anti-cervical cancer drug, Gardasil, as well as a new version due out this year.

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Pope Francis Blames “Deviant Forms of Religion” for Muslim Terrorism

vatican flagDuring his annual foreign policy address to Vatican-based ambassadors, Pope Francis called for a united response from the international community against the kind of terrorism that inspired the killings of 17 people in Paris last week, saying the attackers were enslaved by “deviant forms of religion”.

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Millions March in France to Protest Terrorism

French flagsMore than three million people took to the streets in France yesterday in a rally for unity that was said to rival the response to the liberation of France after World War II with locals pouring into the streets to express their intention to unite and defend itself against the terrorism that left 17 people dead in Paris last week.

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More Terror for France!

french flag at half mastAnother deadly terrorist attack on France has left at least two people dead in an on-going hostage situation in an East Paris kosher market. This second attack comes as police surround a printing company near Charles de Gaulle airport where the two suspects from Wednesday’s attack are reportedly holed up with at least one hostage.

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