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UCI suspends Australian Rogers, Belgian Breyne over doping
AFP, Published on 19/12/2013
» World cycling governing body the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Wednesday said it had provisionally suspended Australia's three-time world time-trial champion Michael Rogers and Belgian Jonathan Breyne over alleged doping offences.
Myanmar opium production highest in over a decade: UN
AFP, Published on 18/12/2013
» Opium production in Myanmar soared this year to its highest level in over a decade, the UN said Wednesday, with poor poppy farmers increasingly reliant on the crop in unrest-hit borderlands.
Verbruggen slams Armstrong 'cover-up' claims
AFP, Published on 18/12/2013
» Former head of world cycling Hein Verbruggen has angrily rejected claims from Lance Armstrong that he helped to cover up a positive drug test for the disgraced American cyclist.
US 'regrets' diplomat treatment as India seethes
AFP, Published on 18/12/2013
» The United States on Wednesday voiced regret to India over the treatment of a diplomat whose account of being stripped and cavity-searched triggered outrage.
Row grows after US Marshals strip-search Indian diplomat
AFP, Published on 18/12/2013
» US officials admitted that they strip-searched a female Indian diplomat after she was arrested in New York in a new twist to a growing row that has seen India hit back with reprisals such as removing security barriers around the US embassy.
Japan to seek criminal prosecution of Novartis
AFP, Published on 18/12/2013
» Japan's health ministry intends to file a criminal complaint against the local arm of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis over alleged fabrication of drugs data, a report said Wednesday.
Keeping TPP at arm's length
News, Published on 18/12/2013
» The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is in trouble. This would-be trade pact is the signature international plan of US President Barack Obama.
Drug treatment centres give more abuse than therapy
News, Joe Amon, Published on 18/12/2013
» Scattered across Cambodia are eight "drug treatment" centres. Each holds between 40 and 400 people whom the government claims are receiving treatment and rehabilitation for drug dependency. But don't be fooled. These centres are often surrounded by high walls or barbed wire fences. They are run by the police, gendarmerie and the army, or government agencies with no medical expertise.
Mandela tops 2013 Google searches
AFP, Published on 17/12/2013
» Nelson Mandela topped Google's list of the hottest searches for 2013 as the Internet giant on Tuesday provided a look at the "spirit of the times" online.