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New Bill Gives Hope To Terminally Ill Patients Seeking Expirmental Drugs

Known as the “Right to Try” bill, the proposed law would let terminally-ill patients take potentially life-saving drugs not yet approved for the public.

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By Les Neuhaus
Cassidy Hempel, Chris Hempel

A bill that is making its way in various forms through several state legislatures would allow some terminally ill patients to try new drugs that have not been vetted by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a powerful Libertarian think tank. The Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based outsized organization that plays a huge role in Arizona

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Humanitarian Crisis Brewing As CAR Refugees Seek Shelter In Neighboring Countries

More than 80,000 people in Chad and another 30,000 more in Cameroon have sought shelter in recent weeks.

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By Les Neuhaus
Central African Republic Unrest

Chaotic sectarian violence has driven thousands out of the Central African Republic (CAR) and into neighboring Chad, and U.N. agencies say they are facing a challenging situation and emergency assistance is needed immediately. The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR on Tuesday expressed alarm about the pending needs of CAR refugees in Chad. In CAR, there

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France Doubles Down On CAR Commitment After Hollande Visit

French President Francois Hollande paid another visit to his troops in the Central African Republic, emphasizing the country’s unity. But how long will French troops remain deployed there?

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By Les Neuhaus
French President Francois Holland inspects weapons confiscated from ex-Seleka rebels.

French President Francois Hollande visited French troops deployed to the Central African Republic on Friday and met with the interim president of the troubled country, according news reports. Hollande held talks with President Catherine Samba Panza, addressed some of the French soldiers keeping peace there and met with religious leaders during a

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North Korean And Japanese Red Cross Officials Meet In China

The rare meeting is meant to vet out long-standing animosities over the repatriation of remains of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean spies in the early 1970s and 80s, among other issues.

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By Les Neuhaus
Ri Ho Rim, Osamu Tasaka

The Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea opened a meeting in Shenyang, China, on Monday to discuss the repatriation of the remains of Japanese citizens who died in North Korea, according to news reports. This is the first Red Cross meeting between the two countries since August 2012, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. The 2012 talks were

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Could Future Presidential Debates Be Banned From Campuses?

College leaders worry that recently proposed IRS regulations could end the tradition of holding presidential debates on campuses, as well as limit election- and voting-related initiatives at colleges and universities.

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By Les Neuhaus
Chris Folsom

A coalition of higher education associations on Thursday urged the Obama administration to exempt colleges and universities from its proposed rules on political activity among certain tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, Politico reported. The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have been seeking public comments on their proposal

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Luxembourg Pension Fund Pulls Out Of Israeli Banks

Joining other European companies and following a recent Dutch pension fund pullout, Luxembourg thinks twice about their investments in Israel, emboldening BDS movement.

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By Les Neuhaus
Shimon Peres, Angela Merkel

The Luxembourg government’s general pension fund body has decided to boycott five major Israeli banks, as well as a number of Israeli private investment firms, over ongoing construction in illegal settlements in the West Bank. The banks and companies targeted by the boycott are involved in the continuing development on Palestinian land considered

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Amnesty International Report Highlights “Israeli War Crimes”

“In the last three years at least 261 Palestinians, including 67 children, have been seriously injured by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces in the West Bank,” the report contends.

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By Les Neuhaus

Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children, in the West Bank territory over the last three years. No one in any of these cases appears to have been posing a direct or immediate threat to anyone’s life, “which would amount to war crimes,” according to an Amnesty International report released on Thursday. The full

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