Bush vetoes fetal tissue research bill in Congress
President Bush vetoed a bill to lift the administration ban on fetal tissue research, signaling the veto unlikely to be overridden as the House lacked a two thirds majority. Bush called the measure unacceptable on ethical, fiscal, administrative, philosophical and legal grounds while proponents argued it could spur treatments for Alzheimer’s Parkinson’s diabetes and spinal cord injuries. The administrationmaintains lifting the ban would drive more abortions.
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Study finds high repeat Skin cancer risk after treatment
Chicago AP reports a JAMA study of 1,805 patients with basal or squamous cell skin cancer from 1980 to 1986 shows a 35 percent risk of new skin cancers by year three and a 50 percent risk by year five, excluding malignant melanoma.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Doctors move teen's hand in 14 hour transplant
In Houston a 16 year old boy underwent a 14 hour operation to transfer his left hand to his right arm. Surgeons placed the thumb where the pinky should be, preserving the patient in good condition at Hermann Hospital. The teen was born without a functional right hand and his left arm suffered severe injuries in a May 20 car crash that also killed his mother. Dr Emmanuel Melissinos led the team after earlier operations failed to restore function.
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Stephen ‘‘Pee Wee” O’connor
Hermann Hospital
O’connor
Emmanuel Melissinos
Prices soar at communism's death in Kurgan Russia
In Kurgan Russia, Lidija Khoroshayeva and family face rising costs and scarcity as free enterprise reshapes life. She spends about 100 rubles daily on food with a 3000 ruble monthly income, noting shifts from planned shops to markets. Energy and meat prices fluctuate, lines form for dairy, and flexibility becomes essential as stockpiling fades and availability varies. The piece uses personal detail to illustrate broader economic change after the second revolution era.
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Coup attempt in Georgia crushed as TV center seized
In Tbilisi, backers of ousted President Gamsakhurdia seized state TV and radio in a seven hour bid to overturn Eduard Shevardnadze's government. Troops loyal to Shevardnadze retook facilities. reports on fatalities varied from four to forty, with about 100 wounded. Shurgaya led 300 armed men, and Gamsakhurdia supporters broadcast appeals claiming the government restored. Gamsakhurdia's whereabouts uncertain, ITAR TASS noting possible presence in Chechnya.
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Nadze
Walter Shurgaya
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State Council
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Red Junta Is Nearing Its End.” Commonwealth TV Said Gamsakhurdia
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Fate of 133 POWs in Vietnam probed
Senate POW/MIA Committee chair Sen. John Kerry said at least 133 U.S. POWs may have been alive in April 1973 after Operation Homecoming, contradicting official statements that no Americans remained. He noted 111 of 244 listed as not returned by 1973 later died in captivity, leaving 133 unaccounted for and possibly alive.
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