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While international health officials stress that the majority of gifts are genuine and deeply appreciated, they want to put a stop to donations that may be motivated in part by interests other than those of the recipients. Dr. Erik Schouten, who has worked with Doctors Without Borders in emergency-relief operations from Georgia to Rwanda, contends that drug firms are too often chiefly interested in clearing shelves and saving costs. "Some of these companies are just transporting their problems to the Third World," Schouten says. Moreover, the U.S. tax code allows a write-off of as much as twice...
...interesting to hear the view-point of somebody who is not in government anymore," said Erik A. Johnson, a student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
CONVICTED. LYLE MENENDEZ, 28, and his brother ERIK, 25; of first-degree murder in the 1989 shotgun killings of parents Jose and Kitty; in Los Angeles. The first time, the brothers were tried in simultaneous courtroom proceedings with separate juries. Deliberations were deadlocked, and a mistrial was declared. This time, a single jury accepted the prosecution's argument that the pair executed their mother and father in order to tap into the family fortune, rejecting the defense's contention that the killings were a response to abuse...
...ANGELES: A Los Angeles jury found Erik and Lyle Menendez guilty of first degree murder for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills home seven years ago. The case that gripped the nation with tales of power and wealth gone awry has finally come to a close after two trials and one hung jury. The brothers were convicted of brutally murdering their parents, Jose and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menedez on August 20, 1989. The brothers first accused the Mafia of the crime, claiming they were at the movies at the time. Following the murder, Eric and Lyle spent six months...
Carswell was ranked third in the nation in the 3,000-meter race going into the meet, behind Air Force's Erik Mack and Cal Berkeley's Richie Boulet. Carswell, a two-time All-American who finished seventh last season at Nationals, showed confidence before leaving Cambridge...