Balanced News Blog

Unlike most college students nearing graduation, Clarissa Hall isn’t worried about finding a job — she’s already considering several offers, including some with possible starting salaries of at least $80,000. Hall is benefiting from a nationwide shortage of pharmacists, which has prompted fierce competition between employers for new pharmacy graduates.

India’s foreign minister was stripped of his post today over allegations that he benefited illegally from the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, becoming the first political casualty of an independent report that revealed massive corruption in the effort to help Iraqis suffering under sanctions.

The United States and China have agreed to a deal on the import of mainland clothing and fabric, resolving a bitter trade dispute between the two nations, a major Chinese textile association said.

Doctors opposed to the right to die will be allowed to opt out of helping terminally ill patients end their lives, under a key concession included in a revised bill due to be tabled later this week.