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Automatic skin-making machine might mean end to animal testing

World NewsDec 26, 2011

Stuttgart (dpa) - Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Societyresearch organisation have developed a machine that makes artificialskin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europeit could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven metres
'U.S apology for Afghan deaths not enough'

World NewsDec 26, 2011
Why the world should heed China’s five-year plan

World NewsDec 26, 2011
Yemeni police open fire on protest, 65 hurt

World NewsDec 26, 2011
Iranian woman to face death by stoning or hanging

PodcastDec 26, 2011

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) _ Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead.Sakineh Moh
Japan PM reaches out to China on North Korea

World NewsDec 25, 2011

BEIJING (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reached out Sunday for China's help on dealing with North Korea and promoting stability in the closed country after the death of longtime leader Kim Jong Il.Noda's first official visit to Beijing would normally have centered on bilateral is
Last-minute buyers top off strong shopping season

World BusinessDec 25, 2011

It’s that time for caroling, eggnog, holiday cheer ― and for some, a frantic dash to the mall. Last-minute shoppers hit stores on Christmas Eve in a surge that retailers hope will top off a strong holiday shopping season. Among them was Len Boswell. He started his shopping at 6 a.m. at Starbucks. Later in the morning he was at a CVS drugstore in Decatur, Georgia, picking up candy and a neck pillow for his wife. “I should have done this a couple of weeks ago,” acknowledges Boswell, 68, a director
Disaster-struck Japan set for record-high spending

World BusinessDec 25, 2011

TOKYO (AP) ― Disaster-struck Japan is headed to record-high budget spending of 96 trillion yen ($1.2 trillion) as the nation tackles the costs of recovery from the March earthquake and tsunami.The Cabinet approved the draft budget for the fiscal year starting April 2012 on Saturday, covering massive costs for disaster reconstruction in northeastern Japan as well as decontamination efforts for radiation leaked from a tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant.The government will rely on new debt for 49
U.S. teen becomes youngest to climb seven summits

World NewsDec 25, 2011

BIG BEAR, California (AP) -- A U.S. teenager became the youngest person to successfully climb to the summit of the seven tallest mountains on Earth‘s seven continents, according to his mother and his website.Jordan Romero, 15, called his mother, Leigh Ann Drake, on Saturday to confirm that he’d achieved his goal of reaching the top of Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica.The California native beat the record previously held by British climber George Atkinson, who completed the ascents at age 16 in Ma
AIDS orphans in Nepal being forced into parental role

World NewsDec 25, 2011

ACHHAM, Nepal (AFP) ― As dawn breaks, Nirmala Nepali steels herself for another day of cooking, cleaning, and back-breaking work to get food on the table ― a struggle she has faced for many years.Yet she is still a child herself, thrown into the role of head of the household at the age of just six after her mother died of AIDS.Nirmala, now 15, has never been to school, never learned to read and write, and never had the sort of childhood enjoyed by her friends whose shouts of excitement drift int
Japan’s P.M. visits China to discuss security, N.K.

World NewsDec 25, 2011

BEIJING (AFP) ― Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda headed to Beijing Sunday on an official visit expected to focus on regional security after the death of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-il.Noda will hold talks with China’s President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao during the visit, his first since coming to power in September.Ties between the two regional powers have been dogged by economic and territorial disputes. Japan has repeatedly expressed concern over China’s widening naval reach i
Cuba to pardon some 3,000 prisoners, leaving out American

World NewsDec 25, 2011

HAVANA (AFP) ― Cuban President Raul Castro has unveiled plans to release some 3,000 prisoners in the largest mass pardon in the regime’s history, but an American held for two years is not among them.The pardons include 86 foreigners from 25 countries, and will take place “in the coming days,” Castro said in an address to the National Assembly Friday in which he vowed to “gradually” reform laws limiting foreign travel.The United States said Saturday that it was “deeply disappointed” that State De
U.S. presidential candidate suffers setback

World NewsDec 25, 2011

Gingrich not allowed to run in Virginia primary; resorts to write-in campaign, but state law prohibits itWASHINGTON (AP) ― Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich may be leading in polls of Republican voters in Virginia, but his name won’t appear on the state’s primary ballot, a significant setback for a candidate whose standing in polls has recently been slipping.The state party said early Saturday that Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry had failed to submit the required 10,000 signatures to appear
Pressure mounts on Japan to widen nuke evacuation zone

World NewsDec 25, 2011
Fed: Rates could rise by end-2011

World BusinessDec 25, 2011