Global potato blight resistance and regional crises
Researchers report potato varieties highly resistant to late blight. the fungus devastates crops and costs billions annually. In Bangkok six teens die and 27 injured as a bus veers off a slope. In Kabul religious police intensify campaigns enforcing strict Islamic laws with mass lashes and public reprimands. Cairo marks the restoration of the Sphinx after a decade and 2.5 million dollars, with Mubarak attending.
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Explosion at Danville church injures 33 during service
An explosion at First Assembly of God Church in Danville injures about 33 people, many teenagers, as lights failed and smoke filled the building. Investigators from ATF joined local authorities to determine origin while several victims remain in hospital in serious or stable condition.
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Urbana
America
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NBC
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Genes linked to babies' alertness and curiosity
Israeli study of 81 newborns found those with the DRD4 gene more likely to follow a red ball track faces and notice sounds at two weeks. Lead researcher Richard Ebstein says early responsiveness mirrors adult novelty seeking, with findings published in Molecular Psychiatry.
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Richard Ebstein
Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital
Jerusalem
Ebstein
Pakistani army ends hijack with arrests in Hyderabad
Pakistani defense officials say three hijackers seized a Pakistan International Airlines Fokker in a bid to reach India. All 29 aboard escaped unharmed though a major was wounded in the gunfight. Hijackers, Baluchistan Students Federation members, were protesting nuclear testing.
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Foreign leader fears privacy with U S Secret Service protection
The Secret Service warns a head of government may alter interactions with agents after a judge allowed agents to testify in Starrs Clinton investigation. Annette Heintze refused to name the leader, but Newsweek cites Canada prime minister Jean Chretien as the figure.
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