Embryos challenge fails in Lords
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An attempt to stop scientific research into human-animal "hybrid" embryos fails in the House of Lords.
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An attempt to halt a libel action against Arnold Schwarzenegger and two of his aides fails.
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Mostly Republican lawmakers defeated  a Democratic bid on Wednesday to outlaw cloning of human  babies, concurring with the White House that the effort was  flawed and would still permit destruction of life because it  would allow embryos to be created for stem-cell research.
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University of California regents yesterday resoundingly rejected a proposal that sought to add a &quot;multiracial&quot; category to UC&#39;s admissions application.
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House Republicans united Wednesday to reject a Democratic-backed bill to ban human reproductive cloning, a prelude to the larger battle this week over the federal funding of stem cell research.
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A last minute offer by the province of New Brunswick to avoid a strike by hospital workers in the province has failed. Premier Bernard Lord presented the employeeâs union with a plan to increase wages over the next four years.
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Life & style: Â£42m scheme has failed to improve health of children.
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European Union environment ministers rejected an appeal Monday to force Austria to lift a ban on two biotech crop products, which the European Commission says violates international trade rules.
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A judge rejected a challenge to a transfer of property by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, saying the plaintiffs lacked standing to claim that the diocese was trying to protect its assets from alleged sex-abuse victims.
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U.S. efforts to secure a global  treaty banning the cloning of human embryos, including for stem  cell research, were dealt a major setback on Thursday when U.N.  diplomats agreed to work for a political declaration on the  issue instead.
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Claims Gordon Brown pushed through an honour nomination for a friend are denied.
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The Taiwan High Court yesterday rejected an appeal filed by opposition pan-blue presidential candidate Lien Chan (é£æ°) and his running mate James Soong (å®æ¥ç) to try to have the March 20 presidential election result nullified.
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The office of Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, rejected claims that his civil marriage with longtime love Camilla Parker Bowles would not be legal.
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Britain&#39;s fertility regulator decided in principle Wednesday to allow scientists to create human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes, as experts downplayed ethical concerns.
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U.S. efforts to secure a global treaty banning the cloning of human embryos, including for stem cell research, were dealt a major setback on Thursday when U.N. diplomats agreed to work for a political declaration on the issue instead.
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Why didn&#39;t Bush outright prohibit the research, if he truly believed destroying embryos is killing? BY RAMESH PONNURU. Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior editor at the National Review.
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A woman convicted for sending pictures of aborted foetuses to chemists loses her human rights appeal.