The agenda covered the old chestnuts of the debate about the international financial architecture: how to involve the private sector in financial crises, the importance of international standards and codes of good practice, and the need for greater transparency.

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And while Mr Lagos insists that the Pinochet affair is a matter for the courts, in practice his centre-left government wants to avoid the political stresses a trial would involve.

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Unfortunately, proposals to establish new regulations, or pathways, for certain drugs to reach doctors and their patients may involve new government restrictions on the use, prescription, or reimbursement of such drugs in ways that could affect the practice of medicine.

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