Today’s Top Iran Stories (May 12, 2009)
Today’s Top Iran Stories (May 12, 2009) – UN Security Council urges Israel to back two-state solution
The United Nations Security Council on Monday pressed Israel to commit to the creation of an independent Palestinian state, and called for urgent efforts to achieve an overall Middle East peace settlement.
The 15-member council met yesterday to debate the Middle East peace process.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that the situation on the ground could worsen without renewed efforts by both sides, as well as the international community.
Ahead of the meeting, Irans mission to the United Nations distributed a letter among the participants, rejecting comments made earlier by Britains Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
Miliband had accused Tehran of interfering in Palestinian affairs, and abusing their pain and suffering.
Netanyahu says Israel wants peace talks to resume soon
Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday assured Egypts President Hosni Mubarak of his commitment to Middle East peace talks, during talks at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Netanyahu said: We want, as soon as possible, to resume the peace talks with the Palestinians and I hope they will indeed resume in the coming weeks.
Netanyahu did not publicly endorse the creation of a Palestinian state, during his comments in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Mubarak reiterated Cairos call for a two-state solution, and said that Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land hindered the peace process.
Irans foreign minister: We will take new steps it the U.S. changes moves
Manouchehr Mottaki, Irans foreign minister, yesterday in an interview with the Bahraini newspaper, Albalad, welcomed what he referred to as Americas change of rhetoric toward Iran and announced Irans readiness to take new steps should the U.S. make practical changes in its policy towards this country.
According to the website of Irans Foreign Ministery, Mottaki in that interview told Albalad in that interview: If Washington takes practical steps …
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RT-Drug companies responsible for swine flu outbreak
Lawsuit Charges Baxter Used Dangerous Ingredients In Vaccines To Increase Profits
Questions remain over company chosen to develop swine flu vaccine
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A scandal dating from January 2008, that is continuing to unfold, raises more disturbing questions over the safety of U.S. pharmaceutical company Baxter International’s vaccines.
Last year Baxter recalled almost all of its injections of the blood thinning heparin drug in the US after some patients experienced extreme – and in some cases fatal – allergic reactions, after being administered the products.
There were similar recalls by other manufacturers of Chinese-sourced heparin in Denmark, Italy, France Germany and Japan, but initial investigations found that only Baxter’s heparin vaccines were tainted.
The FDA has accused two Chinese manufacturers of being responsible for the production and shipment of the tainted vaccines, suggesting that a cheaper synthetic heparin mimic, subsequently identified as over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS), was used to decrease costs.
However, in January 2009 a new lawsuit was filed specifically against Baxter for it’s role in the scandal.
The allegation is that the pharmaceutical giant purposefully altered an ingredient in heparin that flowed through heparin syringes to patients, resulting in pain and suffering, and sometimes death, to those affected, reported legal website Lawyers and Settlements
Somewhat ironically, the natural ingredient in heparin that was substituted in order to cut costs was a substance extracted from cooked swine intestines.
The lawsuit notes that OSCS is not found in nature, and is not approved in the United States. It accuses Baxter of using a more dangerous ingredient to “reap greater profits as a result of utilizing cheap component parts.”
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As we reported earlier this week, Baxter has been chosen by the WHO to head up efforts to produce a vaccine for the Mexican swine flu that is spreading throughout the U.S. and Europe.
The decision was made despite further revelations last month that vaccines contaminated with deadly live H5N1 avian flu virus were recently distributed to 18 countries by a lab at an Austrian branch of Baxter.
Initially, the company attempted to stonewall questions by invoking trade secrets and refused to reveal how the vaccines were contaminated with H5N1. After increased pressure they then claimed that pure H5N1 batches were sent by accident.
However, as we have highlighted, the probability of mixing a live virus biological weapon with vaccine material by accident is virtually impossible.
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Davos Annual Meeting 2010 – Rebuilding Critical Infrastructure
http://www.weforum.org 28.01.2010
An estimated US$ 2 trillion investment is needed each year over the next 20 years to improve water, road, port and air traffic control systems around the world.
Given unprecedented growth in government deficits, how should critical infrastructure investment gaps be addressed?
Amr A. Al Dabbagh, Governor, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), Saudi Arabia; Global Agenda Council on Economic Growth & Development
Imad Fakhoury, Minister of State for Mega Projects and Minister of Public Sector Development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank (ADB), Tunis
Liu Xiaoguang, President and Chief Executive Officer, Beijing Capital Group, People’s Republic of China
Kamal Nath, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India
Rafael del Pino, Chairman, Ferrovial, Spain
Moderated by
Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA
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RT-Drug companies responsible for swine flu outbreak?
Lawsuit Charges Baxter Used Dangerous Ingredients In Vaccines To Increase Profits
Questions remain over company chosen to develop swine flu vaccine
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A scandal dating from January 2008, that is continuing to unfold, raises more disturbing questions over the safety of U.S. pharmaceutical company Baxter International’s vaccines.
Last year Baxter recalled almost all of its injections of the blood thinning heparin drug in the US after some patients experienced extreme – and in some cases fatal – allergic reactions, after being administered the products.
There were similar recalls by other manufacturers of Chinese-sourced heparin in Denmark, Italy, France Germany and Japan, but initial investigations found that only Baxter’s heparin vaccines were tainted.
The FDA has accused two Chinese manufacturers of being responsible for the production and shipment of the tainted vaccines, suggesting that a cheaper synthetic heparin mimic, subsequently identified as over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS), was used to decrease costs.
However, in January 2009 a new lawsuit was filed specifically against Baxter for it’s role in the scandal.
The allegation is that the pharmaceutical giant purposefully altered an ingredient in heparin that flowed through heparin syringes to patients, resulting in pain and suffering, and sometimes death, to those affected, reported legal website Lawyers and Settlements
Somewhat ironically, the natural ingredient in heparin that was substituted in order to cut costs was a substance extracted from cooked swine intestines.
The lawsuit notes that OSCS is not found in nature, and is not approved in the United States. It accuses Baxter of using a more dangerous ingredient to “reap greater profits as a result of utilizing cheap component parts.”
(Article continues below)
As we reported earlier this week, Baxter has been chosen by the WHO to head up efforts to produce a vaccine for the Mexican swine flu that is spreading throughout the U.S. and Europe.
The decision was made despite further revelations last month that vaccines contaminated with deadly live H5N1 avian flu virus were recently distributed to 18 countries by a lab at an Austrian branch of Baxter.
Initially, the company attempted to stonewall questions by invoking trade secrets and refused to reveal how the vaccines were contaminated with H5N1. After increased pressure they then claimed that pure H5N1 batches were sent by accident.
However, as we have highlighted, the probability of mixing a live virus biological weapon with vaccine material by accident is virtually impossible.
Duration : 0:2:39
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