Tag: republic
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Phillip Morris loses tough-on-tobacco lawsuit in Uruguay
Uruguay imposed a ban on smoking in public spaces in 2006, as it raised taxes on tobacco products and forced firms to include large warnings and graphic images including diseased lungs and rotting teeth on cigarette packages. “The health measures we implemented for controlling tobacco usage and for protecting the health of our people have…
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Children face ‘staggeringly high’ hunger in conflict-hit Central African Republic
By Paula Dear BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Clinging to her toy dog, 18-month-old Clemence Mokbem stares ahead as nurses rush past to tend to crying babies in the hot, overcrowded intensive care ward in a Bangui hospital. The toddler was taken to the main children’s hospital in Central African Republic’s capital by her teenage…