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Friday, January 21,2011
the Rice Thresher
NEWS
BEYOND THE HEDGES
National
Philadelphia phy-
sician accused of
murder
Physician Kermit Barron Gosnell
and nine related medical personnel
were charged Wednesday for alleg-
edly causing the death of a patient
named Karnamaya Mongar and kill-
ing seven late-term babies in illegal
abortions. The babies were born
alive, but their spinal cords were
cut with scissors. Mongar died af-
ter overdosing on anesthetics that
Gosnell had prescribed for her.
Gosnell worked at a clinic in
West Philadelphia and was not a
board-certified obstetrician or gy-
necologist. A grand jury investiga-
tion discovered that for 20 years,
health and licensing officials had
gotten reports of Gosnell's illegal
practices and done nothing despite
knowing that women had died dur-
ing his abortions.
Source: CNN
Flooding hits
northwestern U.S.
Heavy flooding in Oregon and
Washington caused landslides that
are shutting down roads. Severe
rains caused rivers to rise earlier,
including the Snoqualmie River.
U.S. Highway 20, also known as
Santiam Highway, was closed after
a landslide of 150 cubic yards of
mud, rock and debris hit the road.
In Portland a section of the South-
east Powell Boulevard southeast
of 82nd Avenue was partially un-
derwater, while another landslide
closed Highway 26 in Hillsboro
on the westbound side. Roads in
Mason and Pierce County as well
as parts of State Route 14, State
Route 411 and State Route 508
have been closed due to land-
slides. Drier weather on Wednes-
day was expected to help with run-
off problems.
Source: The Seattle Times
Final report on
Deepwater Horizon
oil spill calls for
more regulation
The commission on the Deep-
water Horizon oil spill, created by
President Barack Obama last May,
issued its final report. The report
lays blame on the three main com-
panies involved — BP, Transocean,
and Halliburton — because of safe-
ty regulation short-comings. Fail-
ure to communicate between the
companies as well as plain errors
leading to unnecessary risks were
the ultimate causes of the oil spill
according to the report.
Findings say that offshore drill-
ing is acceptable if properly regu-
lated despite some expectations
that the report would call for its
end. Self-policing, supported by
the final report, would include
a separate safety body from the
American Petroleum Institute that
would be able to keep up with tech-
nological advances, including the
rapid advances in deepwater and
ultradeepwater drilling. Many of
the suggestions made can be fol-
lowed without government legisla-
tion, although Congress will need
to be involved for some aspects.
Source: CNN
House of Repre-
sentatives votes
to repeal health
care bill
The House of Representatives
voted to repeal the Democrats'
health care reform bill on Wednes-
day, with the final vote at 245 to
189. Those in support of the repeal
included all 242 Republicans and
Democratic Representatives Dan
Boren of Oklahoma, Mike Mclntyre
of North Carolina and Mike Ross of
Arkansas, atl three of whom had re-
sisted the health care law last year.
Through this action, the new House
Republican majority confirmed its
initial goal to begin disassembling
President Obama's main domestic
policy enactment.
Leaders of the Democratic-led
Senate impeded the House's call
for repeal by stating that they would
not respond to it. Still, House Re-
publicans said they planned to pro-
ceed with their strategy to repeal
and replace the health care reform
bill. However, they will first need
to propose alternative solutions
that emphasize free market pro-
ceedings to limit health costs and
increase coverage. They will also
have to obtain a collective agree-
ment for these solutions.
Source: The New York Times
International
Protests wreak
havoc in Tunisia;
president flees
Amid protests and violence
plaguing Tunisia, former presi-
dent Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled
the country for Saudi Arabia after
23 years of autocratic rule. Fouad
Mebazza, leader of the lower
house of parliament, was sworn
in as interim president last Satur-
day. Formal elections will be held
in 60 days.
Violence and death have
plagued Tunisia for some time,
as protests occured more and
more frequently after a student
lit himself on fire in protest of
poor economic conditions. A fire
killed 42 people at a prison in
Monastir and inmates in Mahdia,
further down the coast, set fire
to their mattresses in protest as
a result of which soldiers opened
fire in the prison. The director
of the Mahdia prison let 1,000
inmates flee to avoid even more
bloodshed. Further protests have
broken out against members of
Ben Ali's family and supporters.
Source: Washington Times
Chinese President
Hu Jintao visits
Washington, ad-
mits China needs
to work on rights
On ]an 19. President Hu Jintao
of China arrived for a visit with
President Barack Obama in Wash-
ington, D.C. The presidents held
a press conference in the White
House's East Room that focused
on the nations' common interests
but skirted around issues that di-
vided the countries. The meeting
showed that although the coun-
tries can't fix all points of ten-
sion, including China's currency
policies, its human rights record
and nuclear goals in North Korea,
they can live with them.
China's Commerce Minister
Chen Deming said that both leaders
want to strengthen "strategic mu-
tual trust" and that he is satisfied
with the visit so far. Deming also
pointed out that up to 11 contracts
would be signed between Chinese
and American government agencies
and businesses.
Source: Wall Street journal
Skin cancer drug
shows success in
early trials
RG7204, a skin-cancer drug de-
veloped by Swiss pharmaceutical
company Roche Holding AG, has
demonstrated that it could help pa-
tients with advanced, late stages of
the illness live for longer periods
of time without worsening in con-
dition. These positive results were
collected in a late-stage trial on
675 pre-screened patients. RG7204
works by concentrating a part of the
cell that scientists think is causing
cancer in half of all metastatic mel-
anoma tumor patients. It attempts
to keep a mutated form of the BRAF
protein from acting.
According to reports, RG7204
is seen by analysts as capable of
achieving tremendous market suc-
cess of up to $1 billion or more
per year if approved. However, the
drug's side effects could prevent
it from being accepted. Roche said
these side effects included cutane-
ous squamous cell carcinoma — an-
other type of skin cancer, rashes,
joint pain, light sensitivity, hair
loss and fatigue.
Source: Wall Street Journal
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