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VOL. CLXII . . No. 56,156 © 2013 The New York Times NEW YORK, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 $2.50

PRESSURE GROWS CHINA IS REAPING

TO CREATE DRUGS BIGGEST BENEFITS
FOR ‘SUPERBUGS’ OF IRAQ OIL BOOM
SHORTCUTS IN TESTING BAGHDAD’S TOP BUYER

High Development Cost Thirsty for More Energy,

and Safety Concerns Beijing Seeks Deeper
Complicate Effort Stake in Fields

By BARRY MEIER By TIM ARANGO

Government officials, drug and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
companies and medical experts, BAGHDAD — Since the Ameri-
faced with outbreaks of antibiot- can-led invasion of 2003, Iraq has
ic-resistant “superbugs,” are become one of the world’s top oil
pushing to speed up the approval producers, and China is now its
of new antibiotics, a move that is biggest customer.
raising safety concerns among China already buys nearly half
some critics. the oil that Iraq produces, nearly
The need for new antibiotics is 1.5 million barrels a day, and is
so urgent, supporters of an over- angling for an even bigger share,
haul say, that lengthy studies in- bidding for a stake now owned by
volving hundreds or thousands of Exxon Mobil in one of Iraq’s larg-
patients should be waived in fa- est oil fields.
vor of directly testing such drugs “The Chinese are the biggest
in very sick patients. Influential beneficiary of this post-Saddam
ED OU FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
lawmakers have said they are oil boom in Iraq,” said Denise Na-
prepared to support legislation Turkish antigovernment protesters chanted slogans from behind barriers during a clash with police officers in Istanbul on Sunday. tali, a Middle East expert at the
that allows for faster testing. National Defense University in
The Health and Human Serv- Washington. “They need energy,
ices Department last month an- and they want to get into the
nounced an agreement under
which it will pay $40 million to a
Women in the Senate Confront Behind Protests of Building Plans, market.”
Before the invasion, Iraq’s oil
major drug maker, GlaxoSmith-
Kline, to help it develop medica-
tions to combat antibiotic resist-
The Military on Sex Assaults Larger Fight Over Turkish Identity industry was sputtering, largely
walled off from world markets by
international sanctions against
ance and biological agents that the government of Saddam Hus-
terrorists might use. Under the By TIM ARANGO sein, so his overthrow always
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
plan, the federal government ISTANBUL — Across this vast acknowledge that every Turkish carried the promise of renewed
could give the drug company as WASHINGTON — Senator spots, an increase of nearly 65 access to the country’s immense
city, a capital for three former ruling class has sought to put its
much as $200 million over the Claire McCaskill wandered down percent over the last decade. reserves. Chinese state-owned
empires, cranes dangle over con- stamp on Istanbul, there is a
next five years. the dais at the Senate Armed But nowhere is the presence of struction sites, tin walls barri- companies seized the opportuni-
growing sense that none has
“We are facing a huge crisis Services Committee’s first hear- so many women more pro- cade old slums, and skyscrapers ty, pouring more than $2 billion a
done so as insistently as the cur-
worldwide not having an anti- ing of the year and noticed a star- nounced than on the Senate outclimb the mosque minarets year and hundreds of workers
rent government, led by Mr.
biotics pipeline,” said Dr. Janet tling tableau: women to the left, Armed Services Committee, that have dominated the skyline into Iraq, and just as important,
Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted Jus-
Woodcock, director of the Center women to the right. where the women on the 26- for centuries — all a vanguard for showing a willingness to play by
tice and Development Party, de-
for Drug Evaluation and Re- Senator Lindsey Graham of member panel have forced the more audacious projects already spite growing resistance. the new Iraqi government’s rules
search at the Food and Drug Ad- South Carolina, a veteran Repub- long-simmering issue of sexual in the works. and to accept lower profits to win
On Sunday, Mr. Erdogan went
ministration. “It is bad now, and lican member of one of the Sen- assault in the military to the fore- For many Turks, though, the contracts.
on television to reject accusa-
the infectious disease docs are ate’s most testosterone-driven front on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers development is not so much “We lost out,” said Michael
tions of dictatorial behavior while
frantic. But what is worse is the panels, was now flanked by them have tried to pursue the sexual progress as a reflection of grow- Makovsky, a former Defense De-
flatly discounting the protesters’
thought of where we will be five on both sides, including by two ing autocratic ambitions by partment official in the Bush ad-
Continued on Page A10 legitimacy.
to 10 years from now.” Republican colleagues, Senator Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ministration who worked on Iraq
“We would not yield to a few oil policy. “The Chinese had noth-
Annually, tens of thousands of Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire Erdogan and his government. looters coming to that square and ing to do with the war, but from
Americans die from infections, and Senator Deb Fischer of Ne- Anger and resentment boiled provoking our people, our nation, an economic standpoint they are
largely acquired in hospitals, that braska. over onto the street over the past based on their misinformation,” benefiting from it, and our Fifth
are resistant to antibiotics, ex- “You’re toast, Graham,” three days, as the police bar- Mr. Erdogan said, in a speech Fleet and air forces are helping to
perts say. cracked Ms. McCaskill, a Mis- raged demonstrators with tear [Page A8] that managed to feel assure their supply.”
Doctors, faced with dwindling souri Democrat. gas and streams from water can- provocative even as he called for The depth of China’s commit-
options and little time to decide, Ms. McCaskill’s joke reflected nons — and as the protesters at- a return to order, and as protest- ment here is evident in details
are often left with agonizing the seven women now on the tacked bulldozers and construc- ers returned to Taksim Square. large and small.
choices over how to save a pa- Armed Services Committee, a tion trailers lined up next to the Demonstrators also took to the In the desert near the Iranian
tient’s life. For example, some high, and the role that a record 20 last park in the city’s center.
doctors, in extreme cases, are streets of Ankara, the capital, and border, China recently built its
female senators are playing on In full public view, a long strug- several other cities and were met
again using Colistin, an older powerful committees. Of the four own airport to ferry workers to
gle over urban spaces is erupting with tear gas from the police.
antibiotic that was largely aban- most prestigious Senate panels
DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES Iraq’s southern oil fields, and
as a broader fight over Turkish Edhem Eldem, a historian at
doned years ago because of the Senators Kelly Ayotte, left, there are plans to begin direct
— Appropriations, Armed Serv- identity, where difficult issues of Bogazici University in Istanbul,
damage it can cause the liver. and Deb Fischer serve on the flights from Beijing and Shanghai
ices, Finance and Foreign Rela- religion, social class and politics has criticized the government for
Continued on Page A11 to Baghdad soon. In fancy hotels
tions — women now hold 18 Armed Services Committee. intersect. And while most here undertaking large-scale develop- in the port city of Basra, Chinese
ment projects without seeking executives impress their hosts
recommendations from the pub- not just by speaking Arabic, but
lic. “In a sense, they are drunk
So Long, Lumpy. Today’s Golfers Work Out Like Serious Athletes. with power,” he said. “They lost
their democratic reflexes and are
Iraqi-accented Arabic.
Notably, what the Chinese are
not doing is complaining. Unlike
success of Tiger Woods, who has are increasingly accompanied by on tour, one a mobile gym, the returning to what is the essence the executives of Western oil gi-
By JERÉ LONGMAN always made conditioning a focus athletic trainers and massage other a physical therapy center. of Turkish politics: authoritarian- ants like Exxon Mobil, the Chi-
of his training and whose pop- therapists. Rickie Fowler, the Workout clothes are provided ism.” nese happily accept the strict
DUBLIN, Ohio — In golf, a ularity has increased the extrav- 2010 rookie of the year on the along with weight-lifting equip- Continued on Page A8 Continued on Page A3
waist has seldom been a terrible agant prize money and endorse- PGA Tour, said he scheduled sev- ment, treadmills, elliptical ma-
thing to mind. ments available in the sport. eral sessions on tournament chines, bikes, trainers, therapists,
Professional players of a cer- Swing coaches and sports psy- weeks with his “deep-tissue guy.” chiropractors and nutritionists.
tain fleshiness have long been
embraced, sultans of Sansabelt
with nicknames like the Golden
chologists in golfing entourages Two trailers follow the golfers Such dedicated training helps
to validate golf as a sport, players Storm Chasers’ Deaths Show
say, belying the stereotype that it
Bear, the Walrus and Lumpy,
who brought an Everyman ap-
is a social activity with scant
health pursuits beyond celery in
Dangers of an Exploding Field
peal to what can be an elitist a Bloody Mary.
sport. “The average fan thinks we go
But where golfers once headed to school for three hours and By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
from the 18th hole to the watering have recess the rest of the day,” When Tim Samaras began killed while chasing the storms
hole, today they are more likely Fowler said. “But that’s not how chasing tornadoes more than two that ravaged parts of Oklahoma
headed for a workout. it works.” decades ago, he was one of a on Friday.
Many of the world’s top play- At least half of the pros use the small, mostly anonymous group They were among at least 13
ers, who will compete in the Unit- gym or rehab trailer at a given of scientists and thrill seekers people killed in the storm, which
ed States Open next week at tour stop, officials said. Some armed with paper maps, weather spawned several tornadoes and
Merion in suburban Philadelphia, train for 60 to 90 minutes, as often radios and a sense of wonder. caused flash flooding in the re-
are now as committed to fitness as five days a week, to enhance Today, interest in storm chas- gion around Oklahoma City. A
as pros in other sports. As driv- strength, flexibility and stamina ing has surged, and a preponder-
and to minimize injuries from re- tornado also picked up a truck
ers and putters have grown fat- ance of amateurs with video cam-
petitive swing motions and mus- carrying several storm chasers,
ter, the golfers themselves have eras and a thirst for YouTube
cle imbalance. including a meteorologist for the
grown leaner. fame now jockey with seasoned
Ten or 15 years ago, the treat- Weather Channel, and tossed it
Some remain hefty and fearful professionals to see who can get
that losing weight or lifting ment for tendinitis might have into a field, causing injuries but
the closest and most dramatic
weights will harm their finely cal- been “a tumbler of Scotch put no deaths.
images of churning storms, caus-
ibrated swings. And because over the elbow to get it to calm ing some veterans to worry about The deaths come as storm
drug testing is so limited, it is im- down a little bit,” said Dr. Thomas a growing safety threat. chasers have reached a kind of
possible to know whether doping Hospel, the medical director of The risks became apparent on pop-culture zenith, similar to that
is widespread. the PGA Tour. Sunday when relatives confirmed achieved by celebrity chefs and
But many golfers are clearly LEFT, CHRIS CARLSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS; RICHARD HEATHCOTE/GETTY IMAGES “Now,” he said, “as soon as that Mr. Samaras, 55, along with interior decorators on numerous
serious about being in shape, per- John Daly, left, was known for smoking during rounds. Today, something starts to come up, his 24-year-old son, Paul, and his reality shows. Mr. Samaras was
suaded to a large extent by the top pros like Adam Scott have made conditioning a priority. Continued on Page D6 colleague, Carl Young, 45, were Continued on Page A12

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The coming days will test Congress’s In a highly unusual move, the F.D.A. is
ability to balance its two responsibilities reconsidering stringent restrictions on
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