Belgian consumer protection organization Test-Aankoop yesterday filed a lawsuit (Dutch) against Apple for not respecting local laws on warranties.

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"Support for paycheck protection is the litmus test of whether we are serious and whether we are credible" about reform, Lott said on the Senate floor.

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HGS, contends that it would be wrong to prescribe drugs with potentially lethal side-effects if a patient's only protection is a fallible genetic test.

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New sunscreen labels in effect this year require a pass-fail test for UVA and UVB protection.

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The results of that test will be passed to the Health Protection Agency, which will decide whether advice needs to be issued.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's drinking-water regulations require that all samples test negative for E.coli.

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There is, however, another test that may prove even more decisive to the prospects for providing the American people with the sort of protection they expect and deserve: Will the four uniformed leaders of the Nation's armed forces be allowed to play a substantive and influential role in decisions that appear likely to preclude the development and deployment of effective national missile defenses?

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