Topic: Belgium

Jean Louvet

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 920 days ago
September 28, 1934, La Louviere, Belgium), Belgian playwright whose main subject is the lives and sufferings of the working class.. Strongly autobiographical, his work goes beyond ideology to embrace the history of the Walloon people of southern Belgium, about whom he writes ...

House panel votes to ban "pay to delay" drug deals

Reuters US Online Report Health News - 927 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee voted on Friday to ban deals in which drug companies pay generic firms to delay bringing out a cheaper, copycat version of a drug.The House Energy and Commerce Committee, by a voice vote, ...
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Support for Iran rallies 'cannot be justified'

AFP Global Edition - 971 days ago
Iran's European Union envoy hit out Thursday at international backing for supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, saying it " cannot be justified. ""The foreign support for these trouble-makers and anarchists under the cover of supporting democracy and the voice ...
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Clinton's European debut is full of smiles

AP News - 1074 days ago
In Europe, Clinton enjoys applause, dives into diplomacy and laughs off a gag gift gaffeIn her debut on the European stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton soaked up praise, prodded NATO toward repairing relations with Moscow and laughed off a ...
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Brown seeks 'global grand bargain' to save world economy

AFP American Edition - 1079 days ago
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday he will head to Washington this week hoping to secure President Barack Obama's backing for a " global grand bargain" to save the world economy. "As part of the grand bargain the whole world must ...
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