Scott Girard: World News

Report of possible clone pregnancy has scientists buzzing. Miami Herald Apr 6 2002 5:26PM ET [Moreover - moreover...]

Iraq fears Allied bombs caused cancer. Iraqi doctors say the use of weapons containing depleted uranium by British and US forces during the Gulf War is causing a "cancer epidemic". [BBC Health]

Asteroid could hit Earth in 2880. A space rock one kilometre wide has a one in 300 chance of colliding with our planet, say astronomers. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Life on Mars hopes raised. Tentative evidence of chlorophyll, which some Earth lifeforms use to absorb sunlight, is found in the Red Planet's soil. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Agatha Christie. "If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody." [Quotes of the Day]

'Hot pursuit' plan for Pakistan. U.S. pushes for agreement to let troops cross border in pursuit of al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects. World [USA Today : Front Page]

Is the Head Dead Yet?

Copyright Reuters 2002

"I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something, something I can use
They love dirty laundry"

"Can we film the operation
Is the head dead yet
Y' know the boys in the newsroom
Got a running bet
Get the widow on the set
We need dirty laundry"

Don Henley, Dirty Laundry

Macs Macs Macs Macs Macs. Mac enthusiasts who haven't been to Japan's famed Akihabara district haven't achieved true bliss. Leander Kahney reports from Tokyo. [Wired News]

Peru's new Machu Picchu. A team of explorers discovers an ancient city which may have been the last bastion of Inca resistance against invading conquistadors. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Antarctic ice shelf breaks apart. The Larsen B shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula fragments in just a few months into small icebergs. [BBC News: sci/tech]

School attacked over evolution teaching. Scientists claim a leading school in England is teaching children a purely biblical version of evolution. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Afghan Battle 'Over"

Afghan battle 'over'. US-led forces have finally driven Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters out of their cave bases near Gardez, according to Afghan commanders. [BBC News: world]

Longitude clock comes alive. John Harrison's H4, the famous timekeeper that solved the longitude problem, is running again this week for the first time in over a decade. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Al Qaida Disputes U.S. Account "About the casualties that the Pentagon has admitted, it's really much more than they ever confessed to."

Daschle Supports War Effort

Gov. Jeb Bush on Alec Baldwin: "He had promised he would leave the country if my brother got elected." Alec Baldwin on George W. Bush: "Bush wasn't elected, he was selected."

Report: Evidence existed to charge Clinton

Huge satellite goes into orbit. Envisat, the largest and most expensive satellite ever built in Europe, heads into space from French Guiana. [BBC News: sci/tech]

OK. I keep seeing search requests for this in my logs. In the name of fixing broken links, here it is again: Woman breastfeeds abandoned baby monkey

Lotus blossoms after 500 years. American scientists grow seedlings from 500-year-old lotus seeds preserved at the bottom of a Chinese lake. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Hubble set for major upgrade. The Hubble Space Telescope is about to receive another big in-orbit service that will be a major test of skill - and nerve. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Welcome to Earth. Scientists use data from many satellites to create the most detailed composite image of the Earth. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Volcanoes threaten to divide Africa. A great plume of hot volcanic mantle rock is rising beneath Africa, trying to split the continent apart. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Israeli warplanes strike against Gaza. Israeli F-16 jets attack a Palestinian security compound, killing one man and wounding as many as 20 other people. [BBC News: world]

US 'has support for Iraq attack'. The US vice president says "aggressive action" against Iraq would be backed by its allies, and talks of his "disappointment" with Iran. [BBC News: world]