Word: frenched
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...protests begin. On Thursday, under extraordinary scrutiny, the Food and Drug Administration approved RU-486, otherwise known as "the French abortion pill," for marketing in the United States under the name Mifeprex. The drug, which is actually two pills taken under a physician's supervision over the course of two days, has been proven extremely effective in ending pregnancies up to the 50th day following conception. These pills are different from the "morning after pill," or emergency contraceptive, which is administered in the 72 hours following intercourse. The FDA, which has been hemming and hawing over final approval...
This week, the Food and Drug Administration is ground zero in the American debate over abortion. The administration faces a Friday deadline to determine whether the so-called "French abortion pill," or RU-486, should be marketed in the United States. The drug, which is actually two separate pills taken under a physician's supervision over the course of two days, has been proven extremely effective in ending pregnancies up to the 50th day following conception. The drug is very different from the "morning-after pill," or emergency contraceptive, which is administered in the 24 hours following intercourse...
...This moment has been a long time coming: When the Clinton administration lifted a ban on importing the controversial drug in 1993, the French manufacturer declined to distribute the pill here, citing the explosive political undercurrents of the U.S. marketplace...
Monaco offers an even more complex case for French authorities looking to clean up international financial dealings. The tiny country, ruled by the Grimaldi family, has a government and civil service filled with officials seconded from Paris. With 49 banks and 70 financial institutions for about 32,035 inhabitants, the principality attracts some of the world's wealthiest celebrities by levying no taxes on income, capital gains or dividends. This has long made Monaco a playground for the fabulously wealthy, of whatever background. The recent French report charged that offshore companies and trusts have bountiful opportunities to move funds...
...information with international authorities about money laundering and that the resources devoted to tackling the problem were paltry. The country's laxity was underscored earlier this year during major political scandals in Germany. Investigators found that German politicians used Liechtenstein bank accounts to receive bribe money paid by the French oil giant Elf Aquitaine...