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Security Council resolutions, and it would fit their current pattern of bellicose, unhelpful and unconstructive rhetoric actions. We urge them to stop with the provocations and to focus instead on meeting their international obligations and feeding their own people.”
Media in Cyprus say an investigation into what went wrong at the island’s banks has found that important data has been deleted from computers of the largest lender-- the Bank of Cyprus. An independent report was handed to the government in Nicosia this week after months of investigation. Leaked sections suggest that current critically important files and emails have been deleted with data-removal software found on some of the computers.
A federal judge in New York has ordered the US government to make the “morning after” contraceptive pill freely available to girls under 16. Previously the Obama administration had overruled experts and insisted only older girls and women could have the pill without prescription. Paul Adams reports from Washington.
In a country with the highest rates of teen and unwanted pregnancy in the developed world, women’s health advocates have hailed the ruling as a significant breakthrough. They say the drug is entirely safe and that studies have shown that making it freely available will not lead to young people becoming more sexually active as many religious conservatives fear. The cost of the drug between $40 and $60 for a single dose will still put it out of reach of many of those who need it most. Rates of teen pregnancy are highest among the poor.