Yasmin News Archive 02-Nov-2005

'Schering Records 34% Increase of 3Q Sales of Oral Contraceptive Yasmin (Medical News Today)
Sales of German pharmaceutical company Schering 's oral contraceptive Yasmin -- the best-selling contraceptive worldwide -- increased 34% to $198.2 million in the third quarter of 2005, compared with the same time period in 2004, and helped the company obtain a 30% worldwide market share for contraceptives, AFX/Forbes reports ( AFX/Forbes , 10/24). Sales of Yasmin helped the company record a

'Salon (Jaffa.com)
Synopsis: Luna (Raja Farah) is a girl who is confident with what she wants in life.

'Syrians Insist, 'We Are Not Criminals' (AP via Yahoo! News)
Several hundred flag-waving Syrians protested near the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday, pledging support for their president and insisting their government was innocent of the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister.

'Syrians Insist, 'We Are Not Criminals' (ABC News)
Syrians Protest U.N. Resolution in Damascus, Assert Nation's Innocence of Hariri Assassination

'Club's name stirs anger Some say Delta College group's title is insulting (Recordnet.com)
STOCKTON -- Some students and staff at San Joaquin Delta College are questioning the name of a new club on campus.

'Majority of power women from banking and finance (The Star Online)
THE majority of the 10 women picked as the country s top power women for the year are from the banking and finance industries, including Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Hong Leong Bank group managing director Yvonne Chia and Amex country manager Lee Siew Lee.

'Sepet continues its winning run (The Star Online)
They say you can?t keep a good film down. This rings true of Yasmin Ahmad?s hit movie Sepet , which continued its winning streak at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival.

'Syrians protest against UN resolution (Gulf News)
Hundreds of flag waving Syrians took to the streets to pledge their support for President Bashar Assad' after the United Nations ordered their country to cooperate with the inquiry into the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.