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Both Baghdad and the firm in Sheffield, England, that manufactured the steel casting claim it is part of a pipeline for an Iraqi petrochemical plant. But defense experts say the casting may be the cannon's barrel, which would be 131 ft. long with a 39-in. bore, weigh 140 tons and be capable of firing a 1-to-3- ton shell up to 900 miles -- within range of most Middle East capitals...
Kremlin atheists quietly supervise the selection of Moscow's Russian Orthodox Patriarchs. Turkey's government leaders, though Muslims, are said to weigh in when Ecumenical Patriarchs are chosen. But imagine Italy's Prime Minister appointing a Pope, or President Bush picking the Presiding Bishop of his Episcopal Church. Just such a church-state mesh will occur in Britain in the coming months as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prepares to choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of some 70 million Anglicans and Episcopalians worldwide...
...message is "You have responsiblities, as a woman, to the community around you. You should weigh as much or as little as its standards of beauty allow you to. You need to be just decorative enough...
...stray dog, who located the tree hole where the nocturnal animal was sleeping. Although five specimens were preserved for museums between 1875 and 1965, scientists knew little about them. Meier found that they are about 14 cm (5.5 in.) long, with a slightly longer furry tail, and weigh less than a chocolate bar. After releasing his quarry, Meier watched as the animal stuffed insects into its mouth while swinging from branches by its hind legs. "I almost died laughing," he says...
...least some restrictions on using children as donors seem to be justified. Since infants and youngsters obviously cannot rationally weigh the risks to themselves against the benefits to others, parents are legally entrusted with such decisions. But the parents can hardly be objective in balancing one child's needs against another's. The operation that Marissa may undergo, perhaps when she is six months old, is far simpler than organ transplants. After anesthetizing the infant, doctors will insert a needle into her hipbone and take out a small amount of marrow. The pain will be slight, the risks minimal...