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by Slindile Khanyile Durban Anyone in South Africa can oppose the registration of new medicines if they feel it would not be in the public interest or the country's economic interest, or vulnerable groups would not have access to the drugs. This is a consequence…

According to the Ministry of Health, number of private clinics and foreign-invested hospitals will sharply soar in the near future when a series of investment incentives are put into reality. First of all, many barriers in private medical activities in Vietnam will be removed when…

Vietnam's General Department of Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health on Tuesday launched an HIV and Aids awareness campaign that promotes safer-sex practices among young people in the country, the VNS/Viet Nam News reports. The campaign will focus on youth ages 15…

By Alex Wright Bermuda's budding young business people took centre stage at the 2008 Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative of Bermuda (YEIB) BizCamp Prize Giving ceremony. A total of 15 Bermudian entrepreneurs whose business plans were judged the best of the 2008 BizCamps presented their projects at…

by Geraldine Fabrikant NEW YORK: Before he retired from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. three years ago, Gary Holloway was cleaning up the remnants of the U.S. savings-and-loan crisis two decades earlier. His problems included selling leaky gas stations in Florida and the Thomas Ranch…

Original Source After retiring from a career with the Steinberg's grocery chain, Gérard Bréhin took a long break from the workforce. But a few years ago, he started scouting around for opportunities. He was looking for a new challenge and contact with people, but not…

by Kate Parmelee In the '60s, Boomers helped change the world. As the first generation of Boomers enters their 60s, will they do it again? National research is showing that as the baby boomer generation ages many want to work, learn and volunteer in ways…

Original Source by Fiach Kelly CIVIL liberties groups and opposition politicians yesterday said that adequate safeguards should be put in place for a new photo ID card. The Department of Social and Family Affairs has confirmed that it is developing a card "that acts as…

Original Source THE DUP and Sinn Fein yesterday took a major step towards a deal on devolving policing and justice powers from Westminster to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Both parties have agreed there will be a single department of justice with a minister needing cross-community…

Original Source Iby Kristen A. Graham The Center for Afterschool Education at Foundations Inc., a Moorestown-based nonprofit, has received a $2.3 million grant to help improve the quality of programs that educate children before the school day begins and after it ends. The two-year grant…