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Agreement to undergo a medical procedure after the technique, its risks, and its possible complications have been explained

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Virginia Bishop Apologizes For Catholic Organization's Help To Girl Who Sought Abortion

Published July 4, 2008, 8:05 am, Medical News Today

Richmond, Va., Roman Catholic Bishop Francis DiLorenzo in a letter published on Monday apologized after Commonwealth Catholic Charities employees helped a 16-year-old Guatemalan girl obtain an abortion in January, the New York Times reports.

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Uganda: Circumcision Should Be Based On Informed Consent

Published July 4, 2008, 1:45 am, AllAfrica.com

The recent incident in which an elderly man, Stephen Mujoroto, was forcefully circumcised was alarming because he did not consent to the ritual. In fact, all Gisu men have no freedom to choose whether to get circumcised or not.

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MPs' help sought in factories row

Published July 3, 2008, 6:07 pm, Gulf Daily News

PARLIAMENT is being asked to intervene in a major row between councillors and the government over two new cement factories in Hidd.

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Questions And Answers "“ Thursday, July 3 2008

Published July 3, 2008, 3:19 pm, Scoop.co.nz

1. Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Leader—National) to the Minister of Finance: What is the Government’s best estimate of its ongoing financial return from the purchase of rail and ferry assets?

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Public Notices

Published July 3, 2008, 2:07 pm, Columbia Star

XXXXXXXXXX NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Quick Stop & Go intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale on premises consumption of Beer, Wine, and Liquor at 8825 Wilson Blvd., Columbia, SC 29203.

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Reader Commentaries:

Published July 3, 2008, 10:35 am, Berkeley Daily Planet

After they made hundreds of people sick on the Central Coast, and nearly killed at least two children, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Secretary A. G. Kawamura of the CDFA are changing tactics and no longer aerial spraying highly populated cities with untested pesticides.

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Letters to the Editor:

Published July 3, 2008, 10:34 am, Berkeley Daily Planet

Many Berkeley residents hate war, and are tree-lovers, but still fall into recycled passions for what seems ecological. Daily Planet readers, please remember: Installing solar panels and manufacturing “green” cars and buildings can be less ecological than retaining structures.

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Consultation with providers favoured

Published July 3, 2008, 10:12 am, Otago Daily Times

It is "bollocks" to think generic disability awareness training is the answer to improving health access for the intellectually disabled, Otago District Health Board chairman Richard Thomson says.

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The CEDAW process

Published July 3, 2008, 9:42 am, FIDH

States that have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) are obliged to submit regular reports to a UN Committee on the implementation of their obligations to promote and protect women’s rights.

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Number Of Abortions In Wisconsin Lowest On Record In 2007

Published July 3, 2008, 8:05 am, Medical News Today

The number of abortions in Wisconsin declined for the fourth year in a row in 2007, marking the lowest recorded number since the state began tracking abortions in 1974, according to a report by the state Department of Health and Family Services, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

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  • The Informed Patient - WSJ.com: "Single-u se labeling is a real scam for a lot of devices, and by not using reprocessed devices where possible it is wasteful and not environmentall y responsive, since these items have to be disposed of as biomedical waste"

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  • New Left Review - Kaushik Sunder Rajan: Experimental Values: "...At the same time, global trials...need to be harmonized with what are known as International Conference on Harmonization protocols. Indian regulators are thus currently involved in a massive standardizatio n process, driven by the Indian cro industry." ;

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