Summary

'Cardiology & Diabetes at the Limits' will take place at the University of Cape Town from Friday 26th - Monday 29th March 2010. The event is an expansion of the original 'Cardiology At the Limits' meeting which has been held annually for 13 years bringing leading edge medical education to Africa. Again chaired by series academic founders Professor Derek Yellon (University College London, London, UK) and Professor Lionel Opie (University Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa), the personally invited audience will consist of many hundreds of the world's leading cardiologists and diabetologists.

Professor Derek Yellon, Professor Lionel Opie, Dr Richard Horton, Professor Roberto Ferrari, Dr Barry Maron, Professor Steve Humphries, Professor John Chapman, Professor Ayodele Falase, Professor Karen Sliwa, Professor Wolfgang Schmidt, Professor Eberhard Standl, Dr Kenneth Chien, Dr Bernard Gersh, Professor Christopher McGregor, Professor Christian Hamm, Dr Stefano Del Prato

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In one of the largest settlements of its kind, GlaxoSmithKline PLC said it will pay the U.S. government $3 billion to settle several long-running criminal and civil investigations into the company, including allegations that Glaxo marketed some drugs illegally and defrauded the Medicaid program.

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America and the world owe a great debt to Occupy Wall Street for making the problem of economic inequality impossible to ignore. The tiny spark that began in Zuccotti Park just six weeks ago has triggered a major shift in the national dialogue on inequality, our economy and our democracy.

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A new play is bringing to light what is lost in translation between residents of China and the English-speaking world. Damian Fowler finds out just how art imitates life. more>>

Earlier BBC NEWS pieces on Chinglish:

• Deciphering "Chinglish"

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Every child aged five or over should learn a foreign language, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said. more>>

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Prior Obama posts:

•    [HD] Barack Obama interview on The Daily Show - 10/27/2010 - Part 1
• Obama's Delusion by David Bromwich

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Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Unilever, the world’s second-biggest consumer-goods company, agreed to acquire OAO Concern Kalina in a deal valuing the Russian skincare maker at 21.5 billion rubles ($694 million) to tap growth in emerging markets.

Unilever will buy 82 percent of the maker of Black Pearl facial products and Silky Hands creams for about 16.7 billion rubles and make an offer for the rest once the transaction is completed, the London and Rotterdam-based company said today.