PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti has a new first lady. President Rene Preval and Elisabeth Debrosse Delatour married in a private ceremony at her house above Port-au-Prince on Sunday morning. The first lady is Preval's economic adviser. She previously
LONDON - American troops did not expect to play a role in stabilizing Iraq after overthrowing Saddam Hussein, a key adviser to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday. David Manning, who served as a Blair's top foreign policy aide befor
Sacked government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt has called for a Royal Commission to investigate whether cannabis should be decriminalised.Prof Nutt told the BBC the possibility of allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes should be explored . But his ca
Political expediency rules the roost over scientific advice, one of the three latest government drug advisers to resign has told BBC News.Dr Simon Campbell quit the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs on Monday, over the sacking of chief drug
CAIRO - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday imposed a naval blockade on the Red Sea coast of northern Yemen to combat Shiite rebels along its border, an adviser to the government said, in the latest escalation of fighting in the southern Arabian peninsula. The
Alan Johnson has been accused by the Liberal Democrats of misleading MPs over the sacking of drugs adviser Professor David Nutt.Lib Dem science spokesman Dr Evan Harris has written to the home secretary demanding an apology for alleged slurs again
The government is set to produce guidelines to ensure the independence of its scientific advisers, Science Minister Lord Drayson has said.The pledge came as a group of senior academics demanded reassurances after the chief drugs adviser was sacked.
A second adviser to the government has resigned in protest at Home Secretary Alan Johnson's sacking of his chief drugs adviser, Prof David Nutt.Marion Walker's departure from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs came after Dr Les King's resig
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