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...election campaign has opened up a sharp new divide between Bosnia's leaders over the future of the two entities. Silajdzic, the leading Bosnian Muslim prime ministerial candidate, says he would like to see them dismantled in "a year or two." He explains: "A minority of 23.8% [Serbs] can block the whole country. We should be a citizen-based, and not an ethnically-based, country." He favors what he calls a new "dialogue" with all sides about how to eliminate the old borders and establish a centralized government in Sarajevo, but critics fear he means a Muslim-dominated state...
...nice as could be about it, but I could tell it bothered her. She hadn't been able to wake me or push me onto my side to get me to stop, and she ended up spending much of the night with her pillow on her head, trying to block out the noise...
...believe it crosses a very bright line to take sperm and eggs in the laboratory and start creating human life...It is Orwellian in scope,” he said in remarks at Lesley University, a block north of the Science Center, according to The Associated Press. “In laboratories, you could have trays of new embryos being created. It’s almost like the movie, ‘The Matrix...
...were unable to tan. After applying a topical cream, which triggered the tanning machinery in the mice skin cells, Fisher was able to give mice a tan without exposing them to harmful UV light. “We learned the normal pathway in easily tanning individuals and identified the block that occurs in red-heads and fair-skinned individuals. With that information we have identified a drug which rescues the pathway in mice,” Fisher said in a phone interview. The study also showed that tans acquired through this process protect against the deadliest form of skin cancer...
...Chavez expressed confidence that the U.N. will vote to give Venezuela a non-permanent seat in the Security Council next month. "It's because of the moment we're living right now, the need to block the cannons of the U.S. empire," he said. "The U.N.'s members believe we can have the most impact on that debate. The U.S. fears Venezuela's presence on the Council because it knows we'll be an independent vote for the Third World...