, who has made fighting drug traffickers the centerpiece of his administration, proposed legislation on Thursday that would decriminalize the possession of small quantities of cocaine and other drugs for addicts who agreed to undergo treatment.
Mr. Calderón said that the proposal was intended to attack the growing problem of drug addiction in
. Still, it will probably be controversial both at home and abroad. A similar measure two years ago provoked Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON, Sept 15, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ –
The National Medical Association (NMA) recently elected Willarda V. Edwards, M.D., MBA of Baltimore, Maryland as president-elect at its annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Edwards as president-elect will spend the next year preparing to assume the responsibilities of president of the NMA in July of 2009. She has served for over 17 years on the Board of Trustees of the NMA in various Read the rest of this entry »
Schiller Park, Ill.–Dec. 17, 2008–Life Fitness has promoted Tim
McCarthy to vice president of the international business unit, the
company announced today. In his new role, McCarthy will be responsible
for the success and continued global growth of the company’s business
outside of the United States. The position was previously held by Raj
Rao, who is relocating to Asia to be closer to his family.
McCarthy joined Life Fitness in 1991 as a military Read the rest of this entry »
TAIPEI (AFP) — Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian was released from hospital and sent back to a detention centre Wednesday, as he entered the second week of a hunger strike to protest his arrest on graft allegations.
Chen left the hospital by ambulance while dozens of supporters gathered and honked air horns as he was driven back to the detention centre.
Doctors said earlier Wednesday that Chen’s condition had visibly improved although Read the rest of this entry »
The president of the Grey Bruce Health Services Unit announced this week that she is leaving her position as president to become the first president and CEO of Echo, the province’s new women’s health agency.
Pat Campbell was president of GBHS for seven years, and will work part time at both institutions for November and December, officially starting her job at Echo on January 3, 2009.
She said in a press release that she was excited for her new Read the rest of this entry »
Detained former President Chen Shui-bian will stay at a hospital under police escort until early Monday for observation, a hospital spokesman said at midnight Sunday.
Chen, who has been on a hunger strike since his detention Nov. 12 to protest what he describes as judicial injustice, was sent to Far Eastern Memorial Hospital near the Tucheng detention center on the outskirts of Taipei at 8 p.m. Sunday for diagnosis and treatment Read the rest of this entry »
The history of U.S. presidents maintaining physical fitness while running the country is a scant one, which makes the disciplined, daily-like-clockwork regimen of President Obama all the more impressive. And all the more inspiring to middle-aged men lacking his motivation.
“The main reason I do it is just to clear my head and relieve me of stress,” Obama, who is 47, told Men’s Health magazine. “My blood pressure is pretty low and I tend to be a Read the rest of this entry »
on Wednesday when newspapers reported he had canceled all official business for four days because of a cold.
The news accounts, which were attributed to Iranian government officials, are the second instance in three months in which Mr. Ahmadinejad’s health has become a public issue in Iran. Mr. Ahmadinejad, known for his highly conservative Islamist views and toughness toward the West, is preparing to run for reelection in June.
Mr. Read the rest of this entry »
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Mexico has made “important achievements” in fighting drugs under the current administration, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Sunday.
Some 43 tons of cocaine have been seized in the littorals of the country since his government took office in December 2006, Calderon said at the welcoming ceremony in Acapulco Port for the arrival of School Vessel “Cuauhtemoc” after its international tour.
“The trafficking Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took over the helm of the country’s fight against illegal drugs by declaring herself on Tuesday as the “anti-drugs czar.”
“I will temporarily act as the Czar, or overseer of the war against illegal drugs,” said the president as she ordered an “all-out war, an unyielding and unrelenting war against illegal drugs and their devil merchants.”
The president also proposed a “trinity Read the rest of this entry »