He says he’s pitcher of health (Boston Globe)The brain cancer his 78-year-old father, Pablo, is fighting and required hospitalization for Thursday night in the Dominican Republic is weighing on his mind, but Pedro Martnez will never use that as an excuse for his poor pitching for the New York Mets.

Our View: Price tag soars for free state health care (Appeal-Democrat)You can expect to wait to be served if government provides health care. And you can expect ultimately a bureaucrat will decide what health care you receive.

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According to a July 2 Brisbane Times article, the Iraqi government is suing the formerly Australian government-owned AWB Limited, which has a monopoly over Australian wheat exports, over its alleged rorting of the United Nations’ oil-for-food program as part of UN-enforced sanctions against Iraq following the first Gulf War in 1991. Iraq sues AWB

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