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Automatic skin-making machine might mean end to animal testing

Stuttgart (dpa) - Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Societyresearch organisation have developed a machine that makes artificialskin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europeit could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven metres

Dec. 26, 2011

'U.S apology for Afghan deaths not enough'

Dec. 26, 2011

Why the world should heed China’s five-year plan

Dec. 26, 2011

Yemeni police open fire on protest, 65 hurt

Dec. 26, 2011

Iranian woman to face death by stoning or hanging

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead.Sakineh Moh

Dec. 26, 2011

Japan PM reaches out to China on North Korea

BEIJING (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reached out Sunday for China's help on dealing with North Korea and promoting stability in the closed country after the death of longtime leader Kim Jong Il.Noda's first official visit to Beijing would normally have centered on bilateral is

Dec. 25, 2011

U.S. teen becomes youngest to climb seven summits

BIG BEAR, California (AP) -- A U.S. teenager became the youngest person to successfully climb to the summit of the seven tallest mountains on Earth‘s seven continents, according to his mother and his website.Jordan Romero, 15, called his mother, Leigh Ann Drake, on Saturday to confirm that he’d achieved his goal of reaching the top of Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica.The California native beat the record previously held by British climber George Atkinson, who completed the ascents at age 16 in Ma

Dec. 25, 2011

AIDS orphans in Nepal being forced into parental role

ACHHAM, Nepal (AFP) ― As dawn breaks, Nirmala Nepali steels herself for another day of cooking, cleaning, and back-breaking work to get food on the table ― a struggle she has faced for many years.Yet she is still a child herself, thrown into the role of head of the household at the age of just six after her mother died of AIDS.Nirmala, now 15, has never been to school, never learned to read and write, and never had the sort of childhood enjoyed by her friends whose shouts of excitement drift int

Dec. 25, 2011

Japan’s P.M. visits China to discuss security, N.K.

BEIJING (AFP) ― Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda headed to Beijing Sunday on an official visit expected to focus on regional security after the death of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-il.Noda will hold talks with China’s President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao during the visit, his first since coming to power in September.Ties between the two regional powers have been dogged by economic and territorial disputes. Japan has repeatedly expressed concern over China’s widening naval reach i

Dec. 25, 2011

Japan’s P.M. visits China to discuss security, N.K.

Cuba to pardon some 3,000 prisoners, leaving out American

HAVANA (AFP) ― Cuban President Raul Castro has unveiled plans to release some 3,000 prisoners in the largest mass pardon in the regime’s history, but an American held for two years is not among them.The pardons include 86 foreigners from 25 countries, and will take place “in the coming days,” Castro said in an address to the National Assembly Friday in which he vowed to “gradually” reform laws limiting foreign travel.The United States said Saturday that it was “deeply disappointed” that State De

Dec. 25, 2011

U.S. presidential candidate suffers setback

Gingrich not allowed to run in Virginia primary; resorts to write-in campaign, but state law prohibits itWASHINGTON (AP) ― Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich may be leading in polls of Republican voters in Virginia, but his name won’t appear on the state’s primary ballot, a significant setback for a candidate whose standing in polls has recently been slipping.The state party said early Saturday that Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry had failed to submit the required 10,000 signatures to appear

Dec. 25, 2011