A US woman found after being abducted as a girl in 1991 gave birth to two children fathered by her alleged kidnapper – the first when she was 14. read more

Breast cancer patients given tamoxifen are more than four times more likely to develop a more aggressive tumour than those not prescribed the drug, scientists have warned. read more

The discovery of vast oil reserves in Uganda has caused excitement across the country, and more than a touch of anxiety too. Energy companies have recently found more than 700m barrels of commercially viable oil in the pristine Albertine Graben region, representing the first major petroleum strike in east Africa. Tullow Oil, the FTSE 100 company leading the exploration, believes the exploitable deposits could exceed 1.5bn barrels, reserves comparable to Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Chad . read more

Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77.

Kennedy was rushed to the hospital after having convulsions during Barack Obama’s inaugural luncheon. His support and guidance were crucial in securing the Presidency for Barack Obama. read more

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Ex-ISI Chief Says Purpose of New Afghan Intelligence
Agency RAMA Is ‘to destabilize Pakistan’ read more

One billion people now live in Africa, says a new report. The continent’s population is growing by about 24 million a year, and will double to nearly two billion by 2050, the report adds. read more

Israeli Scientists Prove DNA Evidence Can Be Faked

Scientists in Israel have discovered a way to prove that DNA evidence can be faked.

Long considered the most solid proof in any criminal court case, the biological goods can easily be planted at a crime scene, according to Dan Frumkin, lead author of a paper published in the online journal Forensic Science International: Genetics. “You can just engineer a crime scene,” Frumkin contends. “Any biology undergraduate could perform this.” read more

Israeli Government Outraged By “Blood Libel” – News Reports

Government officials and commentators in Israel described reports that its army was extracting the body organs of Palestinians killed in ongoing clashes as anti-Semitic and libellous. read more

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi: Profile of a Scapegoat

“To be incarcerated in a far off land, completely alien to my way of life and culture has been not only a shock but also a most profound dislocation for me personally and for my whole family,” he said. read more