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GLOBAL NEWS CUBA PREVENTS EPIDEMIC USING HOMEOPATHY FRANCE AND GERMANY FORCED GREECE TO BUY ARMS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, described the loods as "one of the worst umanitarian disasters in UN istory". According to Giuliano, at east 10 million people are currently without shelter. Much of the country's physical infrastructure— including an estimated 1,000 bridges and 4,000 kilometres of ighway—has been destroyed and at least 23 per cent of the country's ate summer-fall harvest ruined. Talks with IMF leaders in Washington ended with IMF anaging Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn publicly saying that the IMF will not release a penny of the $2.6 billion remaining from the loan negotiated in 2008 until Islamabad makes good on its pledge to implement the requisite reforms—including the elimination of energy price subsidies and the imposition of a general sales tax. Strauss-Kahn's stance was seconded by World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, who emphasised the need for Islamabad to implement pro-market reforms before all else. (Source: WSWS, 10 September 2010, http://tinyurl.com/2bri8kl) uban medical researchers Ceoeesstully prevented the annual outbreak of leptospirosis in Cuba among a population of five million people across two regions using homeopathy in both 2007 and 2008, a homeopathy conference in Havana, Cuba, heard recently (read the full report at http://tinyurl.com/2476kgn). Using homeoprophylaxis, the equivalent of a vaccine in homeopathy, a nosode_ of leptospirosis was prepared and administered, along with two Bach flower essences to address the typical mental and emotional effects of the disease. Two doses were given to a population of five million over a month, bringing the incidence of infection to just under 10 people with no fatalities. Previously, conventional treatment of the population with a vaccine still resulted in thousands of infections and a number of fatalities, and at a cost of US$2million. The homeopathic solution cost just 10 per cent of that, at USS200,000. (Source: http://tinyurl.com/24mbor3) Fane and Germany, while publicly urging Greece to make harsh public spending cuts, bullied its government to confirm billions of euros in arms deals, a leading European MP alleged recently. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a Franco- German lawmaker and the leader of he Green group in the European Parliament, said that Paris and Berlin are seeking to force Prime Minister George Papandreou to spend Greece's scarce cash on submarines, a fleet of warships, elicopters and war planes. Cohn-Bendit accused France and Germany of making their contributions to an IMF-led rescue package for the debt-ridden Greek economy contingent on Athens honouring massive arms deals signed by Papandreou's predecessor. Despite its economic woes, which recently deepened spectacularly when its credit rating was downgraded, Greece is one of Europe's biggest arms buyers, seeking to keep pace with its regional rival Turkey. (Source: DefenseNews.com, 7 May 2010, http://tinyurl.com/2zgy8b62) in IMF to IMF DEMANDS BLOOD FROM FLOOD-RAVAGED PAKISTAN TT International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are spurning Pakistan's pleas for the release of funds under a 2008 loan agreement until Islamabad implements radical economic policy changes demanded by them. Earlier this summer, Pakistan was due to receive a USS1.3 billion tranche from an IMF loan of $11.3 billion. But the IMF delayed release of the funds after Islamabad failed to meet various IMF performance targets. Since then, more than 20 million people and 79 of Pakistan's 124 administrative districts have been affected by the Indus Valley floods. Maurizio Giuliano, of the UN - Somarviite NEXUS ¢ 7 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com