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The UN focuses on Universal Energy as part of a CAM conference.

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Specifically Horton heard a doctor Zhu getting a prize for integrative medicine.

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For those who don't know Otago, get to your world maps! Complementary medicine is there too!

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A man who called himself a healer and psychic surgeon and promised to cure breast cancer has gotten into legal trouble in Australia.

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Biometric passports get the nod along with alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine in European legal initiative.

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Here is news from the British Acupuncture Council on law and regulation of acupuncture and traditional oriental medicine in the UK.

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The UK Law Society is now offering solicitors professional help by email and fax.

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Medical tourism is a growing industry, sending Americans to India, Brazil and other countries for everything from cosmetic to major surgery.

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After recent reports linking serious injuries to contamination in Chinese plants processing pet food, the Chinese government responds.

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A conference at the University of Victoria sponsored by the Association of Complementary and Integrative Physicians proposes to explore broader use of integrative medicine in Canada.

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The Lebanon Star reports on a raging battle between conventional medicine and "herbal upstarts."

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An alternative medicine article in Malaysia offers a comparative snapshot of legal and regulatory issues.

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India's department of Ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy has proposed training Indian Aytrvedic experts in basics of biomedicine and understanding of complementary medicine in the U.S., in order to help market these experts to U.S. medical schools.

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Admission to the Bar of England and Wales as a Solicitor (non-practicing) was received following successful completion of the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test.

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Sharjah International Holistic Health Centre was inagurated in the United Arab Emirates.

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A Chinese professor who has questioned the value Chinese traditional medicine finds himself "denounced as a traitor and subjected to scornful attacks by the Chinese government."

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After much wrangling among candidates, the World Health Organization member countries approved Margaret Chan, a Chinese infectious-diseases expert, as the United Nations agency's new chief.

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"Catch A Fire," the latest movie about South Africa, resonates with clarity, authenticity and truth.

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Avoiding local corruption is advisable in any international transaction, urges Going Global.

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The China Law Blog provides an impressive array of information regarding the legal issues involved in doing business with China.

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The UN Secretary-General has issued this report recommending steps to combat terrorism globally.

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A new United Nations convention to protect the rights of persons with disabilities is within reach and could be adopted later this year.

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Iran appears to be encountering technical difficulties with its uranium enrichment.

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More developments regarding Iranian nuclear activities occurred in the UN Security Council today.

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North Korea's nuclear missile tests are challenging the UN Security Council's use of sanctions.

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Eleva, a dedicated medical, healthcare and wellness facility for women only, is scheduled to open at the Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC).

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The Central Private Medical Practice Department at the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) has warned alternative medicine practitioners to abide by licensing rules.

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The war of epithets continues to rage with a UK scientist labeling a report on complementary medicine commissioned by Prince Charles as "purely political."

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Beit Al Qur'an, a Manama, Bahrain facility has been hosting an international exhibition of Qur'an (Koran) manuscripts.

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Paralleling social currents of political and economic reform are additional experimentation with mind-body therapies by a group of individuals from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia studying therapies such as Reiki, Touch for Health, Ericksonian hypnotherapy, and other CAM modalities.

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The Bahrain Wellness Resort offered an interesting comparison to U.S. models for clinical care using integrative medicine.

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Recent meetings in the Kingdom of Bahrain have involved interest in complementary medicine, health and wellness in the region.

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U.S. physicians, like their Australian counterparts, are deeply interested in legal and ethical issues concerning patient use of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies.Key legal questions of concern to physicians include: (1) malpractice liability for negligent care and for inadequate informed consent; (2) licensure and credentialing; (3) scope of practice (the legally authorized practice boundaries for non-physicians, including CAM providers); (4) regulation of dietary supplements; (5) professional discipline; (6) third-party reimbursement; and (7) health care fraud. In Cohen MH, Legal and ethical issues in complementary medicine: a U.S. perspective, Med J Australia 2004;181:3:168-169, the Medical Journal of Australia features a comparison of key aspects of malpractice liability, informed consent, and licensure in the U.S. with the Australian perspective.

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Yet another take on ethical issues in CAM, with an international twist, comes Ernst EE, Cohen MH, Stone J. Ethical problems arising in evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine. J Med Ethics 2004;30: 156-159. In this article, we examine some of the differences between conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine, and the implications of those differences for an ethics of CAM.

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Uniting For Peace United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377 (V) provides:

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The States Parties to the present Convention

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This Resolution provided a stated legal justification for U.S. entry into Iraq.

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The statute provides for Organization of the Court (Articles 2 - 33), Competence of the Court (Articles 34 - 38), Procedure (Articles 39 - 64), Advisory Opinions (Articles 65 - 68), and Amendment (Articles 69 & 70).

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For LLB students, the Convention is reproduced below.

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