AstraZeneca expects to release results of its U.S. trials in May, and the word is that they echo the international studies.

FORBES: Modesty ablaze

But his healing hands soon also became indispensable to the Tsarina Alexandra who needed him to calm her nerves, cure her headaches, soothe her rages and echo back her own desires in the guise of the word of God.

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Some European leaders have been uneasy at Blair's readiness to echo U.S. President George W. Bush's use of the word "war" to describe the current situation.

CNN: 'Persuader' Blair seeks coalition