Britain Warns of Global Warming Disaster and Pushes Action
A 700 page Stern report warns climate change could cost 5 to 20 percent of global GDP annually if unchecked and could displace up to 200 million people by mid-century. Blair urges bold action while Gore agrees to advise on climate policy amid US China policy friction.
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Britain
al Gore
Tony Blair
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Gore
Nicholas Stern
Blair
Stern
Treasury
Gordon Brown
Bush
FDA seeks proof on heart hole implants amid rising use
The FDA urges manufacturers to prove the benefit of closing patent foramen ovale PFO holes linked to strokes and migraines. Doctors disagree on harm, as umbrella shaped devices see growing use while promotion is halted. A pledge to show causal benefit follows data suggesting many young stroke patients harbor PFOs.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Robert Sommer
Columbia University Medical Center
Procedure may provide clues to migraines
Research suggests some stroke survivors and migraine sufferers have a patent foramen ovale PFO a small heart hole. It may not prove causation but a procedure can seal the hole by inserting a device that stops blood flow through it.
Pentagon to expand public relations and war room style efforts
The Pentagon plans a large scale public affairs expansion led by Dorrance Smith to create rapid response teams and surrogates. The effort aims to emphasize new media and govern media appearances while funding sources and headcount remain unspecified amid war costs and equipment needs.
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Pentagon
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Associated Press
Dorrance Smith
Bill Clinton
Pakistan strike kills near 80 at Islamic school
A missile raid near the Afghanistan border in Bajaur, Pakistan killed about eighty people at an Islamic school. Pakistani and U S officials dispute who conducted the attack while citing U S intelligence reports on senior al Qaida figures hiding there.
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Mahmud Ali Durrani
Osama bin Laden
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