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The School of Pharmacy has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with five local and international institutions and a well-known conglomerate to ensure that the Nuclear Pharmacy Centre will become a reality.

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The Clearinghouse for Tobacco Control (C-Tob) at the National Poison Centre in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is to undertake a pilot project to monitor the quality of air in public areas in Penang. This is in line with C-Tob's call for Penang to be made smoke-free now that George Town has been accorded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO.

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Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), this country's first APEX University has been selected to host the Right Livelihood College, which brings together all the winners of the Right Livelihood Award, popularly known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize". The MoU will be signed on 8 January 2009.

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While current events may not mark the end of capitalism, its golden age is surely over. It is time to allow other systems to emerge and co-exist. Here, the Islamic option, as a whole or in part, must be seriously considered.

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Vietnam aims to be a developed country by 2020. With foreign direct investments hitting the record level of more than US$60 billion this year the goal is most likely to be achieved. Still, Vietnam cannot totally ignore the many other challenges that accompany development

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