http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/04/01/india-novartis-cancer-drugs-patents.html
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drugmaker Novartis AG's attempt to patent a new version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued access to cheap versions of ...
Iraq: Tikrit police HQ hit by deadly tanker bomb attack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21992721
A suicide attacker has blown up a tanker lorry at the police HQ in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, killing at least five people, officials say.
Repression in Russia, in Black and White
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/putin-borrows-from-soviet-union-on-social-justice/477723.html
MOSCOW - They came for the human rights activists, the environmentalists, the L.G.B.T. activists, the Catholics and every other nongovernmental organization they could find.
Private newspapers return to Myanmar
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/private-newspapers-return-to-myanmar/article4569444.ece
The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded on Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit newsstands for the first time in 50 years.
Human Rights Watch says Myanmar gov't must act strongly to stop attacks on ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/OIC-to-meet-over-continuous-violence-against-Myanmar-Muslims/articleshow/19297034.cms
BANGKOK - A leading human rights group has called for decisive action by Myanmar's government to end religious attacks against Muslim communities, and has released satellite photos showing the destruction of entire neighborhoods in recent riots.
The heart of the Easter message is giving to others
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9962216/The-heart-of-the-Easter-message-is-giving-to-others.html
Easter Sunday brings the opportunity to reflect on the importance of religion in modern Britain. Although it is beset with challenges, faith remains one of the building blocks of a healthy society - providing us with the values that we need to get along with each ...
Stabilising Afghanistan: Pakistan has crucial role, peace negotiator
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/31/17540339-to-boost-revenues-the-taxman-cometh-in-afghanistan?lite
Diplomatic efforts are underway to lower tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan and that some progress is possible in the coming days.
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