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WASHINGTON, (AFP) – President Barack Obama lifted a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, lauding potentialmedical breakthroughs and a new era for US science shorn of political ideology.
The president signed an executive order reversing predecessor George W. Bush’s ban, which critics say hampered the fight to find treatments for grave diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and diabetes.
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NEWCASTLE, England (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo was involved in an angry confrontation in the tunnel after helping Manchester United restore their lead at the top of the English Premier League to seven points.
The Portuguese international exchanged heated words with Steven Taylor after being caught by the defender’s flailing elbow during United?s 2-1 victory at Newcastle.
It was the champions’ 11th consecutive win [...]
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The CIA destroyed 92 controversial interrogation videos, Justice Department documents showed Monday, in a new twist in the tape scandal which may fuel more allegations of Bush-era abuses.
“The CIA can now identify the number of videotapes that were destroyed,” Acting US Attorney Lev Dassin wrote in a letter dated March 2 to New York [...]
