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Newz of the World

Syria War Crimes; Turkish Power Ship in Lebanon; Mali To Hold Elections This Year; Generic Drugs Win in India; US Supreme Court on Human Gene Patens; Zuckerberg Starts A Political Action Group; NEWZ Sources: Opensecrets.org.

This week Mark and Tim are looking at various newz around the world: Human Rights Watch has published a report accusing the Syrian government of war crimes. Close by in Lebanon a "power ship" is extending daily power supply of the country by two hours a day. The Malian government announces elections to be held this year. Novartis loses a drug patent case in India. The US supreme court ist about to decide if the Human Genome can be patented at all. Facebook guy Mark Zuckerberg starts a political action group in the US. We close by providing another NEWZ source: opensecrets.org and giving an update on upcoming travels and talks by Mark and Tim.

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Prologue (00:00:13)

3. Human Rights Watch Says Syrian Regime Guilty of War Crimes (00:01:21)

4. Turkish Power Ship Keeping Lights on in Lebanon (00:08:10)

5. Malian PM in Gao Promising Elections This Year (00:13:07)

6. Generic Drugs Win in India (00:17:09)

7. US Supreme Court to Decide if Companies Can Patent Human Genes (00:23:45)

8. Zuckerberg Starts A Political Action Group in the US (00:29:27)

9. NEWZ Sources: Opensecrets.org (00:35:32)

10. Epilogue (00:39:27)