First U S Iran talks in 27 years barely break ice
In Baghdad, U S Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iran’s Hassan Kazemi Qomi met for four hours in the Green Zone as the first formal talks since 1988. They focused on a secure, stable Iraq with no progress on Iran’s nuclear program or the five detained Iranians, who Iran says are diplomats.
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China executes former drug regulator for bribes in medicine approvals
Zheng Xiaoyu, ex-head of China's State Food and Drug Administration, is sentenced to death for taking cash and gifts totaling over 832000 dollars to approve untested medicines. Beijing's main quality agency also announced its first recall system for unsafe foods amid a push to curb dangerous Chinese goods.
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Japan's Matsuoka Cabinet Minister Hangs Self Before Probe
Toshikatsu Matsuoka, head of Japan's agriculture ministry, died by suicide hours before parliamentary questioning over alleged bookkeeping fraud. The 62 year old was the first serving cabinet member to kill himself since World War II amid bid rigging and political contribution scandals.
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Protests erupt over shutdown of Venezuelan IV station
Venezuelan police fired tear gas and plastic bullets into a crowd of up to five thousand protesters in Caracas after President Chavez ordered RCTV off the air. Demonstrators regrouped at Plaza Brion shouting freedom as the state funded channel TVES began transmissions.
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Brazil to offer subsidized birth control pills nationwide
President Lula da Silva launches a 51 million plan to sell cheap birth control pills through private drugstores at 20 cents per month with a target of 50 million monthly packages annually. The program aims for 10,000 outlets by year end and requires only government ID for purchase while condoms remain subsidized only at public outlets.
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Ex-Premier Barak Edges Ayalon In Labor Runoff Bid
Former prime minister Ehud Barak narrowly led Ami Ayalon 36 to 31 percent in the Labor Party leadership vote, triggering a June 12 runoff. Current Labor leader Amir Peretz finished third with 22 percent as both Barak and Ayalon call for Olmert's resignation amid criticism of last summer's Lebanon war.
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