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...accuracy rises and costs drop, DNA analysis is becoming increasingly widespread. It's familiar to daytime-TV fans as the leading method to determine paternity; do-it-yourself tests are now sold at drugstores. Footballs used in the Super Bowl are marked with DNA to prevent counterfeiting; officials say there's just a 1 in 33 trillion chance of getting the pigskins' genetic sequence right. In recent years, DNA evidence has also been instrumental in identifying human remains. Authorities established a massive genetic database following the Sept. 11 attacks, and DNA science helped give closure to the relatives of victims...
...this garment on women is one manner Salafists get individuals to renounce their individuality and submit to the extremist cult thinking that masquerades as Islam - but which is an abomination of it," Bouzar says. "That Salafist influence and activity is spreading, and if it takes political action to prevent their cult from leading Muslims astray of Islam...
...interview with a member of a Protestant paramilitary group (and police informer) who had been accused of the murder of a Catholic solicitor. The paramilitary-turned-informer told Moloney that he had in fact alerted police officers to the murder plot, but that they had failed to act to prevent it. Moloney refused to comply with a police request to hand over his notes. The case against him was eventually dropped...
...been published annually since 2000, doubles as a progress report on governments' efforts to enforce laws against trafficking and ranks countries based on their commitment to tackling the issue. The report divides participating countries into three tiers according to an assessment of the extent to which their governments prosecute, prevent and protect victims from trafficking. (Tier 1 countries show the most effort in combatting trafficking, while Tier 3 countries show the least.) Tier 3 countries that do not comply with the minimum standards face sanctions. Unsurprisingly, developed nations in the 2009 report dominated the top tier, while Iran and North...
...rules prevent media outlets, including The Associated Press, from sending independent photos or video of street protests or rallies...