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Philip Morris fights Australian packaging rules
Jul 27th, 2012
Tobacco giant Philip Morris launched legal action on Monday against the Australian government over the country's plans to strip company logos from cigarette packages and replace them with grisly images of cancerous mouths, sickly children and bulging, blinded eyes. (Source: Associated Press) -
LONDON (Reuters) - A smiling Prince Philip, the 92-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, left hospital on Monday where he had undergone an exploratory operation on his abdomen. Looking sprightly, the prince walked unaided out of the London Clinic after 11 days of treatment and got into his car, waving to onlookers. Philip, the 87-year... [Full Article]
MEXICO CITY (AP) - This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A lawmaker has confirmed the accuracy of a media report that Chinese hackers stole the blueprints of a new Australian spy agency headquarters. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators decide this week how banks should set a limit to the risk they take onto their balance sheets, with investors likely to pressure lenders to comply before formal implementation in 2018. Banks will be forced to hold more capital and cash as part of the world's main regulatory response to the financial c... [Full Article]