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BEIRUT, Lebanon – This is the sixth installment of an ongoing blog written by American Spencer Witte, a native New York resident who is studying and living in Beirut, Lebanon. July 27, 2006 “A Country Pacing in the Hallway” In the mid-1990s, $600 million went toward renovating Beirut’s only international …

Key events involving the safety of Vioxx and other painkillers: —May 1999: Food and Drug Administration approves Merck & Co.’s (MRK) Vioxx, a Cox-2 inhibitor, for treatment of arthritis and acute pain in adults. —June 2000: Merck gives FDA results of VIGOR study, which shows Vioxx users suffered five times …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – High winds, heavy rain and tornadoes pounded parts of the Midwest and the South, leaving at least eight people dead, stranding people in cars, forcing others from their homes and leaving thousands without power. The death toll in Kentucky on Saturday reached seven, including a father and …