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| Gilead licenses hepatitis C drug to Cipla, Ranbaxy, five others | | | NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc said on Monday it has licensed its hepatitis C drug to seven companies including Cipla Ltd and Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd to make it available in 91 developing countries including India. Cadila Healthcare , Mylan Laboratories Ltd, Sequent Scientific Ltd , Strides Arcolab Ltd and Hetero Drugs Ltd are the others who will now be able to make and sell the Sovaldi generic, the company said in a statement. ... |
| U.S. to help train people to spot potential violent extremists | | | By Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government launched a program on Monday to reach out to key members of communities across the country to try to stop radicalized young people joining Islamic State and other extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq. "Today, few threats are more urgent than the threat posed by violent extremism," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a video announcing the program. ... |
| Leading Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah freed on bail | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - A leading Egyptian activist, charged with violating a law that seeks to curtail protests, was released on bail on Monday and will have his case transferred to another court. Alaa Abdel Fattah was a leading secular figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak. Abdel Fattah has already been convicted in absentia in June over the charges, and was given a 15-year prison sentence. The court that freed him on bail on Monday was retrying him following his arrest. (Reporting by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Andrew Heavens) |
| South Africa probes two Nigerians, Israeli over $9.3 mln cash seizure | | | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police are investigating two Nigerians and an Israeli citizen who tried to bring $9.3 million in cash into the country illegally, a spokesman said on Monday, in what might have been part of an arms deal. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) seized the funds at Lanseria airport, northwest of Johannesburg, on Sept. 5. The funds are being held at the central bank as police investigate, SARS spokeswoman Marika Muller said. "The passengers' luggage was searched after Customs officials detected irregularities. ... |
| New Zealand dismisses Snowden's claim it planned mass domestic spying | |  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand was preparing to conduct mass domestic surveillance last year, a U.S. investigative journalist said on Monday, five days before the country goes to the polls, provoking immediate denials from Prime Minister John Key. The accusations by Glenn Greenwald were based on evidence disclosed by former U.S. National Security Authority contractor Edward Snowden that Key's centre-right government planned to exploit amended spying laws to sharply widen domestic spying. ...
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| Australia probes "threats" against hospitals days after stepping up terror alert | | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police were investigating "threats" on Monday against four hospitals in the city of Sydney amid reports of at least one being partially evacuated over a bomb threat, just days after the country raised its terror alert level to "high". Patients and hospital staff were evacuated from parts of Prince of Wales Private Hospital, while police also went to Royal Prince Alfred hospital, Longueville Private hospital and Royal North Shore hospital, media reported. ... |
| China to crack down on trafficking in "foreign brides" | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police will clamp down on websites that sell men group tours to meet "foreign brides" in Southeast Asian countries, as the practice leads to human trafficking and prostitution, the state-run China Daily reported on Monday. The newspaper noted several so-called "marriage brokerages" were active in Vietnam, promising young women introductions to rich Chinese men from big cities, whereas many victims ended up duped into being "sold" as brides to villagers in rural China. ... |
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