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...Among the most surprising executives Le Figaro cites as targeted by the AMF inquiry is Arnaud Lagardère, a former EADS co-chairman whose defense and press group still owns 7.5% of EADS. Lagardère - who has not only denied any wrongdoing, but has threatened litigation to address damage done to his reputation by the reports - is also a personal friend of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who once famously called the businessman "my brother." In addition to Lagardère, three other former co-chairmen and co-chief executives have been named in media reports as inquiry suspects...
...some cases, governments, private hospitals and nongovernmental organizations are all coming together to address such problems. Mexican President Felipe Calderón, recognizing that his nation is falling behind in detection and treatment rates, has now included the equivalent of up to $20,000 for breast-cancer treatment per individual in the national health-insurance plan. The U.S. State Department is working with the government and business community of the United Arab Emirates to expand breast-cancer awareness and treatment in the Middle East. Jordan's King Hussein Cancer Center is becoming a hub for treatment throughout the Arab world...
...visit to Burma, U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari met both Than Shwe and Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy won elections in 1990 that the junta ignored. Exile groups speculated these rare meetings might signal at least a token effort by the generals to address widespread international condemnation of last week's crackdown. Rumors that Than Shwe, who has been ill for years, has picked junta No. 3 Shwe Mann - a purported economic pragmatist - as his favored successor have also raised hopes. But a change of guard may not mean much. The Burmese military has ruled with an iron...
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...surprisingly, the joint agreement also failed to make any mention of thorny issues such as the fate of both South Korean prisoners of war and abductees in North Korea. Perhaps Kim Jong Il will address those topics if he fulfills an earlier promise to visit the South's capital. But it's not likely...