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...Jerusalem Olmert Bows Out In a surprise announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he would not seek re-election and would step down after his party's Sept. 17 leadership vote. Olmert, currently under two separate criminal investigations over allegations of corruption, had already vowed to resign if charged. The news clears the way for a new government but will probably delay progress on Israeli-Palestinian relations...
Scientists from Harvard and Columbia announced Thursday the creation of the first patient-specific stem cell line from humans afflicted with a genetic disease, a key step in the push to create therapies for a wide variety of illnesses by replacing diseased tissue with tissue generated by stem cells...
...Treasury Takes Charge Paulson doesn't disagree, and the legislation to backstop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - the government-created, shareholder-owned corporations that buy the bulk of U.S. mortgages and repackage them as securities - can be seen as the first big step toward Treasury's taking the cleanup job out of the Fed's hands. Fannie and Freddie owe or guarantee immense quantities of debt ($5.2 trillion, or almost as much as the Federal Government owes investors) but hold only tiny capital reserves to insure against losses. With house prices down 18% nationally since mid-2006 and defaults rising...
...much longer Samak and his cabinet will be in office to protest against. Donavanik says if Thaksin fails to survive the legal process, it's unlikely he will continue to support the ruling People Power Party for long, and, he says, "That means other powerful players will have to step forward and fight for control...
...during the 1993 election. "After seeing the period that she had ruled, I thought it would be better if the lady did not come to power," he said. On Saturday, Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, welcomed the move to put the ISI under civilian control as an important "step towards civilian rule...