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Euro Edition: Morning Papers

Aired December 10, 2003 - 05:46   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now, though, to head across the pond for our 'Euro Edition.' Hala Gorani joins us live from London to Al Gore, Howard Dean on the front pages over there?
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, one of the papers, "The Independent," the left leaning broad sheet, has Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean on its front page. And "The Independent" is saying Gore backs antiwar candidate, turning up the heat on Bush, according to "The Independent."

And all of the papers within their international news sections have a look at what this means for the Democratic Party, what it means for the Dean candidacy and whether or not this will allow Dean to become the Democratic nominee. And will it also mean that Dean has a chance against George W. Bush.

Here is what "The Independent" is saying in its editorial page. It is saying, crucially, if Mr. Dean makes it, they will have a Democratic candidate who has made his opposition to the war in Iraq explicit. Not since the '60s, says "The Independent," will American foreign policy have been contested in such a bitter fashion.

"The Guardian," also to the left, is saying Dean could be pursuing the classic strategy of starting out on the left and moving into the center at the risk of alienating the grass roots enthusiasts. Hillary Clinton will doubtless be watching his progress with interest.

A quick look there at what the right wing papers are saying. And this is "The Daily Telegraph," the announcement was a catastrophe for the other major candidates, in particular for Senator Joe Lieberman who was Mr. Gore's VP running mate in 2000 but whose conservative politics have alienated the party's activist base.

So you can see there that while the papers are by and large saying that Howard -- that Dean is now really strengthened by Al Gore's endorsement, and some of them even think that he has a chance against George W. Bush.

Well a quick look at what other papers are headlining. We have "The Times" of London, and I thought this was funny, just reading this headline, taxes are too high most voters think. I thought do you think. Actually, when you read inside, it's a survey on how British voters think that the Finance Minister in the U.K. has raised taxes too much.

And then "The Guardian" has a story on its front page on drugs for depressed children. So an authority and a pharmaceutical authority in Britain is going to advise doctors to stop prescribing antidepressants to children because they don't work or are ineffective. And the only exception is Prozac, except that the authorities will probably say that it only helps 1 child in 10. Fifty thousand children apparently in the U.K. are being treated with antidepressant drugs.

COSTELLO: So children...

GORANI: All right. And that's a quick look at...

COSTELLO: Hala, children are taking Prozac in Britain? How young?

GORANI: Yes, I think -- well, children, I imagine that goes all the way to 18 year olds, you know teenagers who are probably having trouble in school. You have other antidepressant drugs that are prescribed. Fifty thousand children, it's not that much in terms of the percentage of the children -- of the child population in Britain, but it is still something to consider.

And this comes on the heels, if you remember we were talking about how GlaxoSmithKline officials are now saying that some prescription drugs for arthritis and Alzheimer's aren't effective. But this is all fitting in to that big debate on whether or not we are overspending on prescription drugs and just exactly how effective they are and how targeted they are for the right kind of illnesses.

COSTELLO: Is the flu a problem in Britain? I'm just curious.

GORANI: I know it's been a problem in the U.S. and you have run out of vaccines. In this case, I haven't heard that there have been shortages, but some people are getting vaccinated against them. But many -- you often hear that it doesn't matter if you get vaccinated because the strain you get vaccinated against is the kind that is already in existence and a new one might come up. But I haven't heard of major shortages, and we haven't had a real epidemic here yet.

COSTELLO: Well that's good you have vaccine, because we understand that health officials are now going overseas to bring some of your vaccines to the United States.

Hala Gorani, many thanks, live from London this morning.

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Aired December 10, 2003 - 05:46   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now, though, to head across the pond for our 'Euro Edition.' Hala Gorani joins us live from London to Al Gore, Howard Dean on the front pages over there?
HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, one of the papers, "The Independent," the left leaning broad sheet, has Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean on its front page. And "The Independent" is saying Gore backs antiwar candidate, turning up the heat on Bush, according to "The Independent."

And all of the papers within their international news sections have a look at what this means for the Democratic Party, what it means for the Dean candidacy and whether or not this will allow Dean to become the Democratic nominee. And will it also mean that Dean has a chance against George W. Bush.

Here is what "The Independent" is saying in its editorial page. It is saying, crucially, if Mr. Dean makes it, they will have a Democratic candidate who has made his opposition to the war in Iraq explicit. Not since the '60s, says "The Independent," will American foreign policy have been contested in such a bitter fashion.

"The Guardian," also to the left, is saying Dean could be pursuing the classic strategy of starting out on the left and moving into the center at the risk of alienating the grass roots enthusiasts. Hillary Clinton will doubtless be watching his progress with interest.

A quick look there at what the right wing papers are saying. And this is "The Daily Telegraph," the announcement was a catastrophe for the other major candidates, in particular for Senator Joe Lieberman who was Mr. Gore's VP running mate in 2000 but whose conservative politics have alienated the party's activist base.

So you can see there that while the papers are by and large saying that Howard -- that Dean is now really strengthened by Al Gore's endorsement, and some of them even think that he has a chance against George W. Bush.

Well a quick look at what other papers are headlining. We have "The Times" of London, and I thought this was funny, just reading this headline, taxes are too high most voters think. I thought do you think. Actually, when you read inside, it's a survey on how British voters think that the Finance Minister in the U.K. has raised taxes too much.

And then "The Guardian" has a story on its front page on drugs for depressed children. So an authority and a pharmaceutical authority in Britain is going to advise doctors to stop prescribing antidepressants to children because they don't work or are ineffective. And the only exception is Prozac, except that the authorities will probably say that it only helps 1 child in 10. Fifty thousand children apparently in the U.K. are being treated with antidepressant drugs.

COSTELLO: So children...

GORANI: All right. And that's a quick look at...

COSTELLO: Hala, children are taking Prozac in Britain? How young?

GORANI: Yes, I think -- well, children, I imagine that goes all the way to 18 year olds, you know teenagers who are probably having trouble in school. You have other antidepressant drugs that are prescribed. Fifty thousand children, it's not that much in terms of the percentage of the children -- of the child population in Britain, but it is still something to consider.

And this comes on the heels, if you remember we were talking about how GlaxoSmithKline officials are now saying that some prescription drugs for arthritis and Alzheimer's aren't effective. But this is all fitting in to that big debate on whether or not we are overspending on prescription drugs and just exactly how effective they are and how targeted they are for the right kind of illnesses.

COSTELLO: Is the flu a problem in Britain? I'm just curious.

GORANI: I know it's been a problem in the U.S. and you have run out of vaccines. In this case, I haven't heard that there have been shortages, but some people are getting vaccinated against them. But many -- you often hear that it doesn't matter if you get vaccinated because the strain you get vaccinated against is the kind that is already in existence and a new one might come up. But I haven't heard of major shortages, and we haven't had a real epidemic here yet.

COSTELLO: Well that's good you have vaccine, because we understand that health officials are now going overseas to bring some of your vaccines to the United States.

Hala Gorani, many thanks, live from London this morning.

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