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The print publishing industry has been treading in murky waters for the past few years.  But even in this seemingly dark climate, some pubs, specifically mags, are still willing to get their feet wet and launch print books—thank goodness.

Originally an online only read, French glossy FASHIZBLACK joined those ranks recently, making a big splash with their premiere print issue that featured a high fashion brown hottie in a killer red couture look on the cover.  And then we waited, and wondered: will it live?  The answer is ‘yes!’  The second issue for March/April will be touching down in France the week of March 5th, and internationally on the 15th.  The cover displays a beauty shot of dark chocolate model, Rama Diouf, half-hidden in the shadows, which makes her bright orange lip color pop even more.  Appropriate, since the spring issue’s theme is “Orangemania!”

StyleBlazers, are you as excited as we are for FASHIZBLACK’S  2nd issue?

-Tameika Lawrence

Los parlamentarios aprobaron con 80 votos la Ley de Medicamentos que regula los precios de las medicinas de marca y genéricos.
Los parlamentarios de la Asamblea Legislativa aprobaron este día, con 80 votos a favor, la Ley de Medicamentos  que permitirá regular los precios de los medicamentos de marca y genéricos. Esta normativa tuvo que esperar 10 años para ser aprobada.

Esta ley tiene como propósito fijar el marco legal para importar y distribuir medicamentos, cosméticos y otras sustancias, nacionales o extranjeras, de efecto terapéutico. Entre otras cosas, prohibirá la venta ambulante de medicinas y cosméticos, y fijará precios máximos con base a los costos de medicamentos a nivel centroamericano.

El Salvador es el segundo país con más altos costos de medicamentos en la región, después de Costa Rica, según un sondeo efectuado por un consultor del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), y difundido en marzo de 2011 por el Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (SICA).

Otro estudio elaborado por el Consejo Centroamericano de Protección al Consumidor (CONCADECO) y presentado en 2009 por el Centro para la Defensa del Consumidor, también colocó a El Salvador como el segundo país con precios más altos en medicinas de la región, después de Guatemala.

La ley aprobada esta tarde, también establece que la Dirección Nacional de Medicamentos será el ente contralor que supervisará la correcta aplicación de la ley.

El diputado del partido Democracia Cristina, Rodolfo Parker, dijo aplaudir la aprobación de la ley y aseguró que la apoyaran en todos los contenidos dando los respaldos y aportes técnicos.

En horas tempranas, la diputada del FMLN, Zoila Quijada, adelantó que existía un decreto favorable en manos de la directiva de la Asamblea Legislativa.

A finales de 2011, la ministra de Salud, María Isabel Rodríguez, aseguró que la aprobación de Ley de Medicamentos no busca perjudicar a la industria química- farmacéutica, sino por el contrario se espera hacerla parte de un proceso de regulación.

El Ministerio de Salud (MINSAL) reportó una alta inversión en la compra de medicamentos durante la emergencia generada por la tormenta tropical 12 E, aunque no se especificó el monto.

El centro está instalado en el CIFCO. Hay seis salas desde las cuales se procesaran los datos. El colegio electoral cree que es mínima la posibilidad que el equipo presente alguna falla, debido a que es nuevo.
El Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) realizó esta tarde un recorrido por el centro de transmisión de datos electorales, instalado en el Centro Internacional de Ferias y Convenciones (CIFCO), desde donde se procesarán los resultados de los comicios de alcaldes y diputados del 11 de marzo.

El TSE informó que en el lugar funcionarán más de seis salas para completar el proceso de transmisión de los datos, y aseguró que los sistemas que se utilizarán el día de las elecciones ya se encuentran listos.

El gerente de servicios informáticos del colegio electoral, René Torres, consideró que es muy remota la posibilidad de que los equipos presenten alguna falla durante la transmisión, debido a que estos son nuevos.

Torres informó que habrá 1,673 puntos de transmisión de resultados para 1,148 centros de votación.

Asimismo, informó que las actas de escrutinio, luego de ser revisadas por el TSE, serán subidas a Internet a su página web.

El pasado domingo, el Tribunal realizó una prueba técnica del equipo que será utilizado durante los próximos comicios. El presidente del TSE, Eugenio Chicas, calificó como exitosa la prueba, debido a que el equipo no presentó ninguna falla y detectaron la necesidad de mejorar la logística.

Para este próximo domingo está previsto que se realice un simulacro de transmisión de datos.

Fernando Mejía, asesor arqueológico señaló que ahí "se veneró la momia" de Atahualpa, el último emperador inca, quien fue derrotado y ejecutado por los españoles, destacó que no cree que se encuentren sus restos "porque es una zona muy húmeda y tendría que haberse destruido cualquier resto orgánico".

El canciller de Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño, en rueda de prensa dijo esta noche que es imposible aplicar el pedido de medidas cautelares solicitada por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), porque no existe sentencia "en firme" contra diario El Universo.

Three members of the United States Congress have received threatening mail containing a suspicious powder.

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross met with a Syrian opposition leader this week to weigh its initiative for an immediate ceasefire in Syria.

Ekurhuleni metro police have arrested six men and confiscated three firearms after stopping a minibus near Roodekop.

American President Barack Obama made waves with his version of an Al Green classic in January - and now he is singing at the White House as well.

AU envoy Olusegun Obasanjo has met with Senegalese opposition leaders to try to defuse tensions ahead of the weekend elections in Dakar.

The first court hearing in the US civil case being brought against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will take place on March 15.

The UN nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected atomic weapons research failed.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm after six people were shot dead during protests over the burning of copies of the Qur’an.

Somali prime minister says he hopes conference in London on Thursday will mark a tipping point in the country's fortunes

The UN security council has voted to increase an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia to nearly 18,000 troops in a bid to defeat extremist rebels and help stabilise the country after more than two decades of chaos.

The vote to boost the Amisom force of east African troops came as a joint Ethiopian and Somali government offensive wrested control of the central city of Baidoa from the al-Shabaab rebels. It boosted hopes at a conference in London on Thursday aimed at consolidating the government in Mogadishu, bringing greater stability to the country, and combating piracy which has thrived on Somalia's lawless coastline.

Responding to a Guardian report that the British government had considered air strikes against the al-Shabaab militia, which has vowed fealty to al-Qaida, the Somali prime minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, said: "Targeted strikes against al-Qaida in Somalia we would welcome. But we have to be sure we protect the lives and safety of Somali citizens."

The UK sponsored the security council resolution that increased the Amisom force and widened its mandate. Speaking after the vote, the British ambassador to Nato, Mark Lyall Grant, said: "For the first time it authorises Amisom to use all necessary means to reduce the threat from al-Shabaab, and therefore to conduct more robust and offensive operations."

The resolution also imposed a ban on the export of Somali charcoal, a principal source of funding for the rebels.

The Somali prime minister welcomed the UN security council vote, which puts Kenyan troops in Somalia under AU command, after Nairobi launched its own offensive against al-Shabaab bases over its northern border. They will fight alongside Ugandan and Burundian troops already in the AU force and a fresh contingent from Djibouti.

Amisom, which has been in the country since 2007, has scored a string of victories, taking Mogadishu last August and driving al-Shabaab fighters out of the centre and south of the country. Reports from Baidoa on Wednesday said that Ethiopian and Somali government tanks and troops had swept into the town, while the insurgents had melted into the surrounding forest.

Speaking in London on the eve of the conference, Ali said the long-term solution to Somalia's security problems was a robust home-grown army, navy and coastguard, and that the only enduring solution to the al-Shabaab insurrection and chronic piracy was economic.

"We must be ready to welcome and assist large numbers of defectors from the extremist ranks, and give them ways of making an honest living," Ali said. "The long-term answer to piracy lies inland. Its root causes are lawlessness and poverty. The opportunity cost for young Somalis to take to the seas is zero. Lots of lives have been lost and lots are in prison. We have to offer alternative livelihoods."

The Somali prime minister said he hoped the London conference, which will bring together about 50 governments and international organisations, would mark a tipping point in Somalia's fortunes.

"We expect this to be a game-changer for Somalia. These are the expectations of the Somali people. We think it will succeed," he said at a meeting of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

David Cameron told parliament that the conference would seek to galvanise an international effort to transform Somalia.

"It means working with all the parts of Somalia, which has been more blighted by famine, by disease, by violence, by terrorism than almost any other country in the world, to give that country a second chance," the prime minister said. He argued there were already tentative signs of progress.

According to the European Union's naval anti-piracy patrols, pirates hijacked six vessels in the last six months of 2011, compared with 19 in the first four months of that year. Ransoms last year cost the shipping industry about £86m.

Perceptions of Somalia as an international case for intensive care were reinforced last year, when the UN declared famine in parts of Somalia, where a fierce drought on top of years of conflict between a weak transitional government and Islamist insurgents from al-Shabaab pushed the country over the edge.

Some tens of thousands of Somalis are estimated to have died, but the famine is now over, although 2.34 million people – a third of the population – remain in need of food aid and shelter, with 1.7 million residing in the southern regions controlled by al-Shabaab, which has blocked access for many humanitarian groups.

Iran, Qatar and Turkey are also active diplomatically in Somalia, with Turkey planning to hold a conference of its own on Somalia later in June focusing on humanitarian efforts.

In Somalia, efforts are under way under the auspices of the UN to draw up a constituent assembly, an independent electoral commission, a new federal structure and a smaller parliament with greater representation for women. The UN has tried to draw in all Somalis, including those from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, although al-Shabaab, which has declared a formal alliance with al-Qaida, remains frozen out politically.

برعاية صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير فهد بن بدر بن عبدالعزيز أمير منطقة الجوف أقيم حفل خطابي بحضور وكيل الإمارة الأستاذ أحمد بن عبدالله بن محمد آل الشيخ ظهر أمس الأول

طغت مشكلة رداءة بعض الطرق في مكة المكرمة وبحث سبل تقويض مساحتها وإمكانية إنقاذها على اجتماع المجلس البلدي الذي أداره رئيس المجلس الدكتور عبدالمحسن بن عبدالله آل

التقى وزير الصحة الدكتور عبدالله الربيعة بمكتبه بديوان الوزارة امس رئيس الهيئة الوطنية لمكافحة الفساد الأستاذ محمد الشريف يرافقه عدد من المسؤولين بالهيئة. وفي

دشن وكيل محافظة الخرج الأستاذ مساعد بن عبدالرحمن السالم صباح أمس الأربعاء مقر فرع هيئة الرقابة والتحقيق بمحافظة الخرج بحضور رئيس هيئة الرقابة والتحقيق الشيخ