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Automatic skin-making machine might mean end to animal testing

ScienceDec 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
Automatic skin-making machine might mean end to animal testing

World NewsDec 26, 2011

Stuttgart (dpa) - Scientists at Germany's Fraunhofer Society research organisation have developed a machine that makes artificial skin fully automatically.If it receives approval from the relevant control bodies in Europeit could make animal testing in laboratories obsolete.The machine is seven metr
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
Salvation Army kettles bring in record-breaking 4.48 billion won

CultureDec 26, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Salvation Army kettles brought in more than 4.48 billion won (US$3.9 million) for the annual red kettle campaign this year, an all-time high despite global economic difficulties, the charity said on Monday."We have collected more than 4.48 billion won to date
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
Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for SK vice chairman for suspected embezzlement

Social affairsDec 23, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Friday they have requested a warrant to arrest the vice chairman of South Korea's No. 3 conglomerate SK Group on suspicions of embezzling a massive amount of group funds. Chey Jae-won, 48, is suspected of embezzling up to 100 billion won (US$87 million) fr
Appellate court upholds 20-yr. jail term for doctor for killing pregnant wife

Social affairsDec 23, 2011

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appellate court on Friday upheld a 20-year sentence for a medical doctor who killed his pregnant wife during a quarrel, rejecting his appeal to overturn an earlier conviction.Upholding the lower court's ruling in September, the Seoul High Court found the 31-year-ol
Ex-BMW official to head design for Hyundai cars

TransportDec 23, 2011

A captured photo from SBS`s TV drama "Secret Garden" (SBS)Hyundai Motor tops German quality report for second consecutive yearHyundai Motor said Friday that former BMW designer Christopher Chapman will lead the carmaker’s global design initiative as chief designer at the Hyundai America Technical Ce
Strong earthquake rattles NZ's Christchurch

World NewsDec 23, 2011

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ A strong earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, rattling buildings, sending goods tumbling from shelves and prompting terrified holiday shoppers to flee into the streets. There was no tsunami alert issued and the city appeared to have been sp
Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri

World NewsDec 23, 2011

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Wal-Mart and health officials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died from a rare infection.The source of the bacteria that caused the infe
HIV trial is 'breakthough' of 2011

ScienceDec 23, 2011

WASHINGTON, Dec 22, 2011 (AFP) - A landmark clinical trial that showed HIV drugs can be as effective as condoms in preventing transmission of the virus that causes AIDS was declared Science magazine's breakthrough of the year on Thursday.Other top achievements of 2011 included a Japanese spacecraft'
Apple unlikely to win German ban on Samsung Galaxy 10.1N

TechnologyDec 23, 2011

Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is unlikely to win a ban on sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1N tablet computer, a modified version introduced after sales of the original tablet were blocked, a German court said.The Dusseldorf court that banned sales of the Galaxy 10.1 on Sept. 9 is un
NKorea cites mysterious glow just before Kim death

North KoreaDec 22, 2011

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) _ North Korea says a fierce snowstorm paused and the sky began glowing red above sacred Mount Paektu just minutes before leader Kim Jong Il's death.State media say the ice on volcanic Lake Chon at the mountain in the far north cracked with a load roar.And in the city of H
Supreme Court upholds Somali pirate Arai’s life sentence

Social affairsDec 22, 2011

The life sentence for a Somali pirate who hijacked a South Korean freighter and shot its captain early this year was upheld in the Supreme Court Thursday, denying his last appeal.The court upheld the ruling for Mahomed Arai’s, 21, the leader of five pirates captured on the hijacked ship, Samho Jewel
Chung named influential figure in auto industry

TransportDec 22, 2011

Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo was selected as the second-most influential figure in the world’s automotive industry by U.S.-based publication Motor Trend.Last year, Chung ranked fifth on the “power list” named by the auto magazine.Over the past few years, Hyundai Motor and its affiliat

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