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Researchers probe controversial embryo test for breast cancer screening
A lab test to screen embryos for inherited risk of breast or ovarian cancer is “feasible” but controversy surrounding this method is unlikely to be stilled, a fertility conference heard on Monday. European researchers carried out the biggest-ever probe of a procedure to vet in-vitro embryos for gene mutations linked…
Parliament in Baghdad bans failed Iraqi asylum-seekers from Europe
The Iraqi parliament has banned the forced return from Europe of tens of thousands of failed asylum seekers, and threatened to fine airlines that take part in deportation programmes. The unilateral declaration has already resulted in deportees being turned back at the border, according to the London-based refugeee support organisation…
China caps car sales in booming city to curb pollution
China’s booming southern city of Guangzhou has imposed a cap on the number of cars allowed to be sold in an effort to curb worsening traffic and pollution, state media reported on Monday. Guangzhou, one of the biggest cities in China with a population of more than 16 million according…
Kim Jong-Il ordered uranium bombs: reports
The late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il ordered his scientists to produce “a massive amount” of uranium bombs, according to internal regime documents, reports in Japan said on Monday. The instruction was revealed in papers believed to have been compiled in February this year for senior officials of the ruling Workers’ Party, the Mainichi…
Cool reception for Australia’s climate tax: poll
Australia’s new carbon tax received a cool reception in a poll Monday, showing Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s mechanism to tackle climate change is unpopular and her government on track to lose office. Only 33 percent support the measure introduced Sunday, according to the Nielsen survey published in the Sydney Morning Herald, with 62 percent of the…
Crisis-hit Spain glows with pride over soccer finals win
They entered the realm of legend and restored pride to a nation in crisis: the Spanish press Monday lavished praise on their team’s history-making victory in the Euro 2012 final. “Spain and no-one else,” cried the front page of the biggest-selling sports daily Marca, above a photo of the cheering team…
Israel sought $1 billion IMF loan for Palestinians
Israel sought a $1 billion IMF bridging loan for the Palestinian Authority earlier this year, but was turned down, an Israeli newspaper said Monday in a report confirmed to AFP by a seniorIsraeli official. Haaretz reported that Israel’s central bank chief Stanley Fischerapproached the International Monetary Fund for the money after discussing the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis with…
Rocket fired from Lebanon wounds two Syria police
A rocket fired from Lebanon wounded two Syrian border police on Monday, Lebanon’s General Security agency said in a statement. “On Monday at dawn, gunmen fired a rocket from Buqaya, inLebanese territory, towards Syria, hitting a Syrian immigration post and wounding two border police,” the statement said. It is the first time that General Security has reported…
Yemen says it foiled Sanaa suicide bombings plot
Yemeni security forces have foiled a plot to carry out 10 suicide bombings against government buildings in the capital Sanaa, the defence ministry’s news website reported on Monday. A wave of arrests targeting a suspected Al-Qaeda cell held responsible for a May attack that killed more than 100 soldiers in the capital netted the 10 militants charged…
India floods displace two million and kill 79
At least 79 people have died and 2.2 million forced to leave their homes over the last week as torrential monsoon rains triggered floods across India’s northeast, officials said Monday. Assam state, which borders Bhutan and Bangladesh, has been worst hit with the massive Brahmaputra river breaching its banks, while extensive flooding has…
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