The Tragically High Price of Helping Americans
Der Spiegel – The US has provided more than $800 million to the World Food Program, the UNHCR and the Red Cross among other organizations to help Iraqi refugees both within Iraq and outside its borders. And even as experts doubt that asylum screening procedures

Merck to Pay Over $650 Million To Settle Pricing Suits
Wall Street Journal – That steep discount was meant to let companies make inexpensive medicines available to charitable organizations. The law doesn’t specifically say who can receive the special pricing. But regulators alleged Merck’s pricing for the hospitals didn’t

War Crimes Suit Filed against Former Defense Secretary
Der Spiegel – CCR and its partner organizations filed a similar complaint (more ) in 2004, but it was dropped. They claim the US pressured Germany to drop the case, which was dismissed in February 2005 on the eve of a visit by Rumsfeld to Germany. At the time

Religious Strife Is Pushing Iraq towards Civil War
Der Spiegel – The authors of the memo, which caused a stir in Washington, argue that if the plan succeeds in establishing at least a minimum level of security, the United Nations and civilian organizations should return to Iraq in large numbers to rebuild the

Aguayo Follows His Conscience to the Brig
Der Spiegel – Support for the organizations is growing. The group Veterans for Peace joins Dougherty’s group in seeing rapid growth. Furthermore, nearly 1,600 active soldiers have now signed a petition to the US Congress that reads in part: “Staying in Iraq will