Russian army prepares for nuclear onslaught
14:44 29/ 01/ 2008
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) - Barely a month into the new year, the military have already attracted a lot of attention. Following a mild verbal skirmish over ABM components after the holidays, Russian and foreign generals have decided to talk in the open.
In a move that mirrors recent discussion amongst Russia's own top brass, NATO's April summit in Bucharest is widely expected to discuss a report on a potential pre-emptive nuclear strike.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the authors of the report are convinced there is a real risk that terrorists could lay their hands on weapons of mass destruction in the near or immediate future. To counter this, the alliance may consider suppressing the enemy with nuclear weapons.
Though the report is likely to cause controversy in NATO countries, the authors appear to be merely echoing an idea originally broached by Russian Chief of General Staff Yury Baluyevsky. Speaking at a meeting of the Academy of Military Sciences on January 19, Gen. Baluyevsky declared that force should be used not only in the course of hostilities, but also to demonstrate the readiness of leaders to uphold their national interests. "We are not going to attack anyone," he reassured his audience, "but we want all our partners to realize that Russia will use armed force to defend its own and its allies' sovereignty and territorial integrity. It may resort to a pre-emptive nuclear strike in cases specified by its doctrine."
It is strange that many esteemed domestic military experts consider this statement simply a repetition of Russia's old military doctrine, which allowed it to use nuclear weapons first. Under the 2000 doctrine, Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons not only in retaliation against a nuclear attack, as was previously the case, but in response to "a large-scale conventional aggression in a situation critical for the national security of the Russian Federation and its allies." This certainly broadens the rules of engagement, but still does not envisage a pre-emptive nuclear strike without hostilities.
Gen. Balulevsky's announcement appears to change this, in which case Russia will need a new military doctrine. This is not a new task. In early March last year, the Security Council press service released a statement saying that the Security Council would revise the 2000 military doctrine to account for new realities. The statement added that the new doctrine would be drafted by the Security Council in conjunction with interested government bodies and a number of scientific institutions.
Baluyevsky thus made his recent statement at an organization which is quite suitable for the drafting of the new doctrine.
If the new doctrine endorses the General Staff's nuclear ideas, we will have new armed forces, with all the ensuing consequences.
First, these forces will become strictly offensive because of the very nature of a pre-emptive strike. This will require totally different mobilization plans and a new approach to recruiting for the Army and Navy. Considering the number and geography of military-political conflicts in which Russia is in some way involved, this will require the deployment of mobilized troops on a territory stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific.
It is not difficult to predict the economic consequences Russia would face in this case. But let's come back to the Armed Forces. Permanent readiness to resolve tasks militarily - by offensive operations in an indefinitely vast number of directions - implies the permanent enhanced combat readiness of all units, without exception. Otherwise the very idea of a pre-emptive strike will not work. For such a policy to be effective, Russia should be ready to deal this strike from a broad diversity of geographical locations on its own territory, neutral air space, and the world's oceans.
If Baluyevsky's words are heeded, Russia will have to equip all services of the Armed Forces with permanently combat-ready nuclear weapons. Nobody can guess who will use them first.
This only concerns tactical, rather than strategic, nuclear weapons. It is clearly impossible to counter terrorist threats in the South-East direction, or neutralize U.S. ABM deployment in Europe with intercontinental ballistic missiles or their submarine counterparts.
In other words, Russia will need a very broad range of non-strategic nuclear weapons. Such weapons are designed to destroy battlefield-targets, rather than entire cities, and could take the form of medium and shorter-range missiles launched from air, land or sea, as well as artillery ammunition and nuclear demolition charges.
Considering that Russia has a huge advantage over the United States in tactical warheads, bilateral relations could become quite complicated if we start deploying our weapons on the ground, in the air and at sea.
It would be natural to ask why Russia is choosing the offensive option, and whether there are alternatives to it. But that is a subject for another discussion.
The opinions expressed in this article are the author's and do not necessarily represent those of RIA Novosti.
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Alaska oil exploration to begin
Last Updated: Thursday, 3 January 2008, 07:42 GMT
By Warren Bull
BBC News
The area holds huge reserves in oil and gas
The US government says it will offer exploration rights for oil and gas in a north-western region of Alaska.
The federal Minerals Management Service said it would take bids next month for concessions in the Chukchi Sea, which separates Alaska from Siberia.
But environmental groups fear the effects on wildlife in the region, including the polar bear population.
There have been no lease sales for over 15 years and the groups fear further exploration could damage marine life.
Rich reserves
Energy exploration in Alaska has always been a tough choice between preserving one of the planet's last great areas of pristine wilderness and the potential for huge profits to be made from its development.
The American sectors of the Chukchi Sea are believed to hold 15bn barrels of recoverable oil and over two trillion cubic metres of natural gas.
But the authorities had not held a lease sale in the sea since 1991, both due to the difficulties and cost involved in extraction from the Arctic continental shelf and concerns over the environment.
There are fears for the polar bear population
The Minerals Management Service says exploration will not be allowed to take place any closer than 80km (50 miles) from the shoreline, therefore striking a balance between development and protection of coastal resources.
But ecologists say any further exploration could have a major impact on marine life, with polar bears one of the hardest-hit species.
The Chukchi Sea is home to one of two populations of polar bears in the US, and their numbers have already been depleted by loss of habitat due to global warming.
Many protestors are angry at the timing of the announcement, which comes days before the US Fish and Wildlife Service decides whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species.
Last Updated: Thursday, 3 January 2008, 07:42 GMT
By Warren Bull
BBC News
The area holds huge reserves in oil and gas
The US government says it will offer exploration rights for oil and gas in a north-western region of Alaska.
The federal Minerals Management Service said it would take bids next month for concessions in the Chukchi Sea, which separates Alaska from Siberia.
But environmental groups fear the effects on wildlife in the region, including the polar bear population.
There have been no lease sales for over 15 years and the groups fear further exploration could damage marine life.
Rich reserves
Energy exploration in Alaska has always been a tough choice between preserving one of the planet's last great areas of pristine wilderness and the potential for huge profits to be made from its development.
The American sectors of the Chukchi Sea are believed to hold 15bn barrels of recoverable oil and over two trillion cubic metres of natural gas.
But the authorities had not held a lease sale in the sea since 1991, both due to the difficulties and cost involved in extraction from the Arctic continental shelf and concerns over the environment.
There are fears for the polar bear population
The Minerals Management Service says exploration will not be allowed to take place any closer than 80km (50 miles) from the shoreline, therefore striking a balance between development and protection of coastal resources.
But ecologists say any further exploration could have a major impact on marine life, with polar bears one of the hardest-hit species.
The Chukchi Sea is home to one of two populations of polar bears in the US, and their numbers have already been depleted by loss of habitat due to global warming.
Many protestors are angry at the timing of the announcement, which comes days before the US Fish and Wildlife Service decides whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species.
Push for new stop and search laws
Last Updated: Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 18:26 GMT
New rules could make it easier for police to stop and search suspectsPrime Minister Gordon Brown is planning to give police the power to stop and search people without giving a reason, sources have told the BBC.
It comes as Tory leader David Cameron urged greater use of stop and search to combat gun and knife crime.
The two leaders clashed earlier in the Commons with Mr Cameron urging Mr Brown to scrap forms officers must fill in when they stop someone.
Mr Brown said the Flanagan Report on the issue will be published next week.
Labour has been locked in a war of words with the Conservatives over stop and search, with the two parties promoting apparently similar policies.
In the Commons, Mr Cameron challenged Mr Brown to scrap the "stop and account" forms officers must fill in when they stop someone, which he said were a "colossal waste of police time".
Young black and British Asian kids...are being stabbed and shot and the rules are getting in the way of protecting them ... David Cameron Conservative leader
How much red tape is there?
Mr Brown told him to wait for the publication of the Flanagan report next Monday, adding: "We are taking the action that is necessary and you should be supporting us."
Last Updated: Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 18:26 GMT
New rules could make it easier for police to stop and search suspectsPrime Minister Gordon Brown is planning to give police the power to stop and search people without giving a reason, sources have told the BBC.
It comes as Tory leader David Cameron urged greater use of stop and search to combat gun and knife crime.
The two leaders clashed earlier in the Commons with Mr Cameron urging Mr Brown to scrap forms officers must fill in when they stop someone.
Mr Brown said the Flanagan Report on the issue will be published next week.
Labour has been locked in a war of words with the Conservatives over stop and search, with the two parties promoting apparently similar policies.
In the Commons, Mr Cameron challenged Mr Brown to scrap the "stop and account" forms officers must fill in when they stop someone, which he said were a "colossal waste of police time".
Young black and British Asian kids...are being stabbed and shot and the rules are getting in the way of protecting them ... David Cameron Conservative leader
How much red tape is there?
Mr Brown told him to wait for the publication of the Flanagan report next Monday, adding: "We are taking the action that is necessary and you should be supporting us."
French beekeepers abuzz with worry over dying bees
by Staff Writers
Saint-Laurent-De-La-Salle, France (AFP) Jan 29, 2008
Less than a year after France's decimated bee populations showed signs of recovery, beekeepers here are once again in a panic as their income-generating worker drones are disappearing by the tens of millions.
by Staff Writers
Saint-Laurent-De-La-Salle, France (AFP) Jan 29, 2008
Less than a year after France's decimated bee populations showed signs of recovery, beekeepers here are once again in a panic as their income-generating worker drones are disappearing by the tens of millions.
Death of the father: British scientists discover how to turn women's bone marrow into sperm
By FIONA MACRAE - Last updated at 09:28am on 31st January 2008
Bye bye baby: The new science means the biological role of the father is under threatBritish scientists are ready to turn female bone marrow into sperm, cutting men out of the process of creating life.
The breakthrough paves the way for lesbian couples to have children that are biologically their own.
Gay men could follow suit by using the technique to make eggs from male bone marrow.
By FIONA MACRAE - Last updated at 09:28am on 31st January 2008
Bye bye baby: The new science means the biological role of the father is under threatBritish scientists are ready to turn female bone marrow into sperm, cutting men out of the process of creating life.
The breakthrough paves the way for lesbian couples to have children that are biologically their own.
Gay men could follow suit by using the technique to make eggs from male bone marrow.
U.S. Navy's new "big gun" makes sci-fi sci-fact
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Science fiction once again became science fact after the U.S. Navy on Thursday successfully test fired an incredibly powerful new big gun designed to replace conventional weaponry aboard ships.
The big gun uses electromagnetic energy instead of explosive chemical propellants to fire a projectile farther and faster. The railgun, as it is called, will ultimately fire a projectile more than 230 miles (370 kilometers) with a muzzle velocity seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7) and a velocity of Mach 5 at impact.
The test-firing, captured on video, took place Jan. 31 in Dahlgren, Va., and Navy officials called it the "world's most powerful electromagnetic railgun." The Navy's current MK 45 five-inch gun has a range of less than 23 miles (37 kilometers).
"I never ever want to see a Sailor or Marine in a fair fight. I always want them to have the advantage," said Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead. "We should never lose sight of always looking for the next big thing, always looking to make our capability better, more effective than what anyone else can put on the battlefield."
The railgun has been a featured weapon in many science fiction adventures, such as the new "Battlestar Galactic" series. It has also achieved newfound popularity among the 20-something-and-under generation for its devastating ability to instantaneously shoot a "slug" through walls and through multiple enemies in video games such as the "Quake" series of first person shooters.
The railgun's high-velocity projectile will destroy targets with sheer kinetic energy rather than with conventional explosives.
The railgun's lack of explosives means ships would be safer, said Elizabeth D'Andrea, Electromagnetic Railgun Program Manager.
The Navy's goal is to demonstrate a full-capability prototype by 2018.
(Agencies)
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Science fiction once again became science fact after the U.S. Navy on Thursday successfully test fired an incredibly powerful new big gun designed to replace conventional weaponry aboard ships.
The big gun uses electromagnetic energy instead of explosive chemical propellants to fire a projectile farther and faster. The railgun, as it is called, will ultimately fire a projectile more than 230 miles (370 kilometers) with a muzzle velocity seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7) and a velocity of Mach 5 at impact.
The test-firing, captured on video, took place Jan. 31 in Dahlgren, Va., and Navy officials called it the "world's most powerful electromagnetic railgun." The Navy's current MK 45 five-inch gun has a range of less than 23 miles (37 kilometers).
"I never ever want to see a Sailor or Marine in a fair fight. I always want them to have the advantage," said Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead. "We should never lose sight of always looking for the next big thing, always looking to make our capability better, more effective than what anyone else can put on the battlefield."
The railgun has been a featured weapon in many science fiction adventures, such as the new "Battlestar Galactic" series. It has also achieved newfound popularity among the 20-something-and-under generation for its devastating ability to instantaneously shoot a "slug" through walls and through multiple enemies in video games such as the "Quake" series of first person shooters.
The railgun's high-velocity projectile will destroy targets with sheer kinetic energy rather than with conventional explosives.
The railgun's lack of explosives means ships would be safer, said Elizabeth D'Andrea, Electromagnetic Railgun Program Manager.
The Navy's goal is to demonstrate a full-capability prototype by 2018.
(Agencies)
Friday, February 1, 2008
Internet failure hits two continents
updated 7:14 p.m. EST, Thu January 31, 2008
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- High-technology services across large tracts of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa were crippled Thursday following a widespread Internet failure which brought many businesses to a standstill and left others struggling to cope.
Hi-tech Dubai has been hit hard by an Internet outage apparently caused by a cut undersea cable.
Industry experts are blaming damage to two undersea cables but it is not known what caused the damage.
Reports say that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain Pakistan and India, are all experiencing severe problems.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/31/dubai.outage/index.html
updated 7:14 p.m. EST, Thu January 31, 2008
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- High-technology services across large tracts of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa were crippled Thursday following a widespread Internet failure which brought many businesses to a standstill and left others struggling to cope.
Hi-tech Dubai has been hit hard by an Internet outage apparently caused by a cut undersea cable.
Industry experts are blaming damage to two undersea cables but it is not known what caused the damage.
Reports say that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain Pakistan and India, are all experiencing severe problems.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/31/dubai.outage/index.html
Strong winds wreak havoc in Europe
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:07:09
Strong winds bring chaos to Europe.
Strong winds have swept across parts of northern and central Europe toppling trees, downing power lines and blocking roads.
Wind and rain hit large parts of Poland where a tree fell onto a passing car in the northeastern region of Masuria, killing the driver and injuring a woman and child. Three other people were also injured in separate incidents in the country during the storm.
In Sweden, a Scandlines passenger ferry traveling from Rostock, Germany, hit a pier in the port of Trelleborg as a result of stormy weather in the south of Sweden. The collision left an 18-meter (60-foot) crack in the front of the ferry, the AP reported.
Austria meanwhile was the worst affected with most regions suffering. Wind gusts of 120 Km (75 miles) per hour hit the lower elevations in northeastern, eastern and southeastern parts of the country. At some higher elevations, gusts reached roughly 145 Km (90 miles) per hour.
The winds even forced most ski resorts in Upper Austria to suspend or cut back on their lift operations. Other areas affected were the southern city of Graz, parts of southwestern Austria along with Styria in Lower Austria.
The Czech Republic also suffered with trees falling onto tracks and halting traffic on a major railway route to neighboring Poland and Slovakia in the eastern part of the country.
SM/RE
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:07:09
Strong winds bring chaos to Europe.
Strong winds have swept across parts of northern and central Europe toppling trees, downing power lines and blocking roads.
Wind and rain hit large parts of Poland where a tree fell onto a passing car in the northeastern region of Masuria, killing the driver and injuring a woman and child. Three other people were also injured in separate incidents in the country during the storm.
In Sweden, a Scandlines passenger ferry traveling from Rostock, Germany, hit a pier in the port of Trelleborg as a result of stormy weather in the south of Sweden. The collision left an 18-meter (60-foot) crack in the front of the ferry, the AP reported.
Austria meanwhile was the worst affected with most regions suffering. Wind gusts of 120 Km (75 miles) per hour hit the lower elevations in northeastern, eastern and southeastern parts of the country. At some higher elevations, gusts reached roughly 145 Km (90 miles) per hour.
The winds even forced most ski resorts in Upper Austria to suspend or cut back on their lift operations. Other areas affected were the southern city of Graz, parts of southwestern Austria along with Styria in Lower Austria.
The Czech Republic also suffered with trees falling onto tracks and halting traffic on a major railway route to neighboring Poland and Slovakia in the eastern part of the country.
SM/RE
Bush orders NSA to snoop on US agencies
By Ashlee Vance in Mountain View (ashlee.vance@theregister.co.uk)
Published Sunday 27th January 2008 21:25 GMT
Not content with spying on other countries, the NSA (National Security Agency) will now turn on the US's own government agencies thanks to a fresh directive from president George Bush.
Under the new guidelines, the NSA and other intelligence agencies can bore into the internet networks of all their peers. The Bush administration pulled off this spy expansion by pointing to an increase in the number of cyber attacks directed against the US, possibly from foreign nations. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will spearhead the effort around identifying the source of these attacks, while the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon will concentrate on retaliation.
The Washington Post appears to have broken the news about the new Bush-led joint directive, which remains classified. The paper reported (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/25/AR2008012503261_pf.html) that the directive - National Security Presidential Directive 54/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23 - was signed on Jan. 8. Earlier reports from the Baltimore Sun documented the NSA's plans to add US spying to its international snooping duties.
The new program will - of course - drains billions of dollars out of US coffers and be part of Bush's 2009 budget.
During Bush's presidency, US citizens have come under an unprecedented spying regime. In addition to upping its focus on suspected criminals, the administration permitted a system for wiretapping the phone calls of Average Joes and Janes. The government is also funding specialized computers from companies such as Cray that can search through enormous databases at incredible speed. Ah, if only Stalin could see us now.
The government points to cyber attacks against the State, Commerce, Defense and Homeland Security departments as the impetus for expanding the NSA's powers. "U.S. officials and cyber-security experts have said Chinese Web sites were involved in several of the biggest attacks back to 2005, including some at the country's nuclear-energy labs and large defense contractors," the Post reported.
Critics of the new directive will point to the NSA's ability to operate in total secrecy as cause for concern.
More troubling, however, may be the Pentagon and Homeland Security's aspirations to hit attackers with counter-strikes.
Proving that a nation rather than a rogue set of attackers are behind a cyber attack will likely be very difficult. In addition, the international community has yet to address the rules of cyber war in any meaningful way. ®
By Ashlee Vance in Mountain View (ashlee.vance@theregister.co.uk)
Published Sunday 27th January 2008 21:25 GMT
Not content with spying on other countries, the NSA (National Security Agency) will now turn on the US's own government agencies thanks to a fresh directive from president George Bush.
Under the new guidelines, the NSA and other intelligence agencies can bore into the internet networks of all their peers. The Bush administration pulled off this spy expansion by pointing to an increase in the number of cyber attacks directed against the US, possibly from foreign nations. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will spearhead the effort around identifying the source of these attacks, while the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon will concentrate on retaliation.
The Washington Post appears to have broken the news about the new Bush-led joint directive, which remains classified. The paper reported (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/25/AR2008012503261_pf.html) that the directive - National Security Presidential Directive 54/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23 - was signed on Jan. 8. Earlier reports from the Baltimore Sun documented the NSA's plans to add US spying to its international snooping duties.
The new program will - of course - drains billions of dollars out of US coffers and be part of Bush's 2009 budget.
During Bush's presidency, US citizens have come under an unprecedented spying regime. In addition to upping its focus on suspected criminals, the administration permitted a system for wiretapping the phone calls of Average Joes and Janes. The government is also funding specialized computers from companies such as Cray that can search through enormous databases at incredible speed. Ah, if only Stalin could see us now.
The government points to cyber attacks against the State, Commerce, Defense and Homeland Security departments as the impetus for expanding the NSA's powers. "U.S. officials and cyber-security experts have said Chinese Web sites were involved in several of the biggest attacks back to 2005, including some at the country's nuclear-energy labs and large defense contractors," the Post reported.
Critics of the new directive will point to the NSA's ability to operate in total secrecy as cause for concern.
More troubling, however, may be the Pentagon and Homeland Security's aspirations to hit attackers with counter-strikes.
Proving that a nation rather than a rogue set of attackers are behind a cyber attack will likely be very difficult. In addition, the international community has yet to address the rules of cyber war in any meaningful way. ®
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
FBI wants instant access to British identity data
Americans seek international database to carry iris, palm and finger prints
Owen Bowcott
Tuesday January 15, 2008
The Guardian
Americans seek international database to carry iris, palm and finger prints
Owen Bowcott
Tuesday January 15, 2008
The Guardian
Mysterious $100 'Supernote' Counterfeit Bills Pop Up Worldwide
Monday , January 14, 2008
An underground counterfeiting operation appears to continue with $100 'supernote' bills popping up worldwide, while questions remain about possible North Korean ties to the phony bills.
The 'supernote' appears to be made from the same cotton and linen mix that distinguishes U.S. currency from other currency. It even has watermarks visible from the other side of the bill, colored microfibers woven into the substrate of the banknote and an embedded strip, barely visible, that reads USA 100 and glows red under ultraviolet light.
The secret operation, stumping officials worldwide, could be the "most sophisticated counterfeiting operation in the world," former congressman James Kolbe told McClatchy Newspapers.
Click here to read the report in The Kansas City Star.
Monday , January 14, 2008
An underground counterfeiting operation appears to continue with $100 'supernote' bills popping up worldwide, while questions remain about possible North Korean ties to the phony bills.
The 'supernote' appears to be made from the same cotton and linen mix that distinguishes U.S. currency from other currency. It even has watermarks visible from the other side of the bill, colored microfibers woven into the substrate of the banknote and an embedded strip, barely visible, that reads USA 100 and glows red under ultraviolet light.
The secret operation, stumping officials worldwide, could be the "most sophisticated counterfeiting operation in the world," former congressman James Kolbe told McClatchy Newspapers.
Click here to read the report in The Kansas City Star.
Vomiting bug 'hits three million'
Last Updated: Friday, 11 January 2008, 12:02 GMT
Norovirus causes sudden vomiting and diarrhoeaAlmost three million people have been affected by the norovirus stomach bug so far this winter, figures suggest.
Surveillance from the Health Protection Agency shows cases in England and Wales are double those seen last year.
Doctors advise people to stay at home for 48 hours after symptoms have gone to cut the risk of the bug spreading.
The HPA said the norovirus season began unusually early. For every one of the 1,922 reported cases, it is estimated another 1,500 have been unreported.
Last Updated: Friday, 11 January 2008, 12:02 GMT
Norovirus causes sudden vomiting and diarrhoeaAlmost three million people have been affected by the norovirus stomach bug so far this winter, figures suggest.
Surveillance from the Health Protection Agency shows cases in England and Wales are double those seen last year.
Doctors advise people to stay at home for 48 hours after symptoms have gone to cut the risk of the bug spreading.
The HPA said the norovirus season began unusually early. For every one of the 1,922 reported cases, it is estimated another 1,500 have been unreported.
Organs to be taken without consent
By Patrick Hennessy and Laura Donnelly
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 13/01/2008
Gordon Brown has thrown his weight behind a move to allow hospitals to take organs from dead patients without explicit consent.
Bishop speaks out against Brown's organ donation plan
First bioartificial heart may signal end of organ shortage
Your View: Should organ donation after death be opt-in or opt-out?
By Patrick Hennessy and Laura Donnelly
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 13/01/2008
Gordon Brown has thrown his weight behind a move to allow hospitals to take organs from dead patients without explicit consent.
Bishop speaks out against Brown's organ donation plan
First bioartificial heart may signal end of organ shortage
Your View: Should organ donation after death be opt-in or opt-out?
Hopes of custom-built organs as scientists create beating heart
From The Sunday Times
January 13, 2008
Sarah-Kate Templeton, Health Editor
ALSO:
Researchers create new rat heart in lab
By Lawrence K. Altman
Published: January 13, 2008
From The Sunday Times
January 13, 2008
Sarah-Kate Templeton, Health Editor
ALSO:
Researchers create new rat heart in lab
By Lawrence K. Altman
Published: January 13, 2008
US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search
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Published: Monday January 14, 2008
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