Chimpanzees should hardly ever be used for medical research, a prestigious scientific group told the US government on Thursday – advice that means days in the laboratory may be numbered for humans’ closest relatives. The Institute of Medicine stopped short of recommending the outright ban that animal rights activists had pushed for. Instead, it urged [...]
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December 16, 2011
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November 30, 2011
Tijuana drug tunnel impresses US
30 November 2011 Last updated at 14:23 GMT Mexican security forces surrounded the Tijuana entrance of the tunnel US police have found one of the most sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnels to date on the border with Mexico. The tunnel was discovered on Tuesday and links warehouses in Tijuana, Mexico, with San Diego. “It is clearly the [...]
November 29, 2011
MPs warn Royal Navy’s carriers will be costly, late, and of limited use
The aircraft carriers being built for the Royal Navy will be less useful, take longer to finish, and likely cost more than claimed, a parliamentary watchdog warns. The first, HMS Queen Elizabeth, will be mothballed immediately it is launched in 2016, according to the existing plan. However, the second, HMS Prince of Wales, is not [...]
November 26, 2011
Britain unites with smaller countries to block US bid to legalise cluster bombs
A coalition of countries including Britain on Friday defeated an attempt by the US, Russia, China and Israel to get an international agreement approving the continued use of cluster bombs. The weapons, which have been used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon scatter “bomblets” over a wide area, maiming and killing civilians, notably children, long after [...]
November 25, 2011
Cruel new punishment for hackers: Twitter, Facebook bans
November 25, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Cruel new punishment for hackers: Twitter, Facebook bans –UK’s cyber-sentencing proposals revealed –Plans in report include focus on giving IT training to police 25 Nov 2011 Fraudsters and hackers could soon get slapped with social media bans as the government plans to encourage judges to dish out online punishments [...]
November 23, 2011
UC Davis chancellor: ‘I did not want use of force’
The University of California, Davis, chancellor has defended herself over criticism surrounding the campus police force’s pepper spraying of peaceful demonstrators as information emerged about the officer at the heart of the incident. Video footage of police Lieutenant John Pike and another officer clad in riot gear casually spraying an orange cloud at the heads [...]
November 22, 2011
US pushing UN to lift ban on cluster bombs, say campaigners
The use of cluster bombs will be given backing under plans being drawn up at an international treaty conference, according to opponents of the weapons which maim and kill civilians, notably children, long after they have been dropped. The bombs are banned under the 2008 convention on cluster munitions, which was adopted by the UK [...]
November 21, 2011
US Occupy: officers in pepper spray incident placed on leave
Credit: YouTube/terrydatiger Two University of California, Davis police officers involved in pepper spraying seated protesters are being placed on administrative leave as the chancellor of the school accelerates the investigation into the incident. Chancellor Linda Katehi said she has been inundated with reaction over the incident, in which an officer dispassionately fired pepper spray on [...]
November 21, 2011
UC Davis police placed on leave after pepper spray video outrage
The beleaguered chancellor of University of California, Davis, is preparing to explain her position to students after campus police deployed pepper-spray at close range on protesting students who apparently posed little threat. Linda Katehi has agreed to speak to the protesters’ General Assembly on Monday. It was announced on Sunday that two campus police officers [...]
November 20, 2011
US campus pepper spray outcry
20 November 2011 Last updated at 11:47 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. An officer appeared to spray the protesters at close range A US university says it is launching an investigation into the use of pepper spray by riot police trying to clear a demonstration. Video of the incident at [...]
November 19, 2011
US brands cancer drug ineffective
18 November 2011 Last updated at 22:03 GMT The drug-maker says it will undertake further study to establish which patients will benefit from the drug US drug regulators have rescinded approval of a breast cancer drug, saying it is not effective enough to justify the risks of taking it. The drug, Avastin, was approved for [...]
November 17, 2011
Apple looks to polish China image
17 November 2011 Last updated at 05:59 GMT Apple has identified China as one of the key markets for its future expansion and growth plans Apple has met with environmental groups in China in a bid to quell concerns about pollution caused by its Chinese manufacturers. The move comes after a report in August alleged [...]
November 14, 2011
Letters: Pragmatic approaches to nuclear proliferation
I feel it necessary to respond to the naive letter from Tony Benn et al (Letters, 10 November). Nuclear weapons are the greatest threat to human survival ever invented. Benn is old enough, as am I, to remember that some 150,000 human beings were evaporated in August 1945. What is not generally realised is that [...]