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...document signed by each of the donors of the embryos from which the stem-cell lines were derived, ensuring that the donors were aware of where their embryos were going and what they would be used for. "Our documents were very exhaustive," Daley says. "Probably too exhaustive. But I stand behind that process. I think it does need to be scrupulous and done with great care." (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
Brown goaltender Clemente had another stand-out performance, recording 42 saves, Clemente is the major reason why Harvard has struggled against the Bears for the last two years. Harvard went 0-2-2 against Brown last year, and in two play-out games, the then-freshman posted shutouts at Bright...
Dubai's financial crisis may have calmed a bit now that the central bank of the United Arab Emirates has promised to stand behind the city-state's banks with fresh liquidity. After all, the U.A.E., to which Dubai belongs, has perhaps $700 billion accumulated from petroleum riches - a resource that Dubai, which is apparently stuck with tens of billions of dollars in debt, does not enjoy...
...also No. 1 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted war criminals, accused of being an accessory to the deaths of at least 27,900 people. Then there's the added drama of his health - Demjanjuk's family insists he's too old and sick to stand trial, claiming he's suffering from a range of ailments. He was pushed into the courtroom in a wheelchair on Monday morning, his mouth slightly agape and apparently struggling for breath. During the afternoon hearing, he was brought in lying on a gurney. When he started writhing and complaining...
...Doctors who examined Demjanjuk testified on Monday that while he's frail, he's fit to stand trial and he's not suffering from dementia. The hearings will be limited to two 90-minute sessions each day so as not to tire him out. If his health deteriorates further, however, there's a chance the whole trial may grind to a standstill. As for the survivors and the relatives of those killed at Sobibor, they're just relieved the trial has started...