Protestant leaders reject plan on N Ireland talks
In Belfast Protestant unions rejected a compromise allowing IRA supporters into peace talks due to lack of disarmament deadlines. Sinn Fein expected to join talks resuming Sept. 15. leaders Dia Paisley and Trimble demand rapid decommissioning while Mitchell cautions against momentum loss. The 1994 cease-fire collapsed after Protestant demands for disarmament stalled progress.
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Two Die As Danny's Floodwaters Swamp North Carolina
Floodwaters from Hurricane Danny wash out a CSX railroad bridge in Charlotte sending five freight cars into Little Sugar Creek. A 59 year old woman dies trapped in floodwaters, a 27 year old man dies in Georgia, and a missing girl is sought after falling into a creek. Rescue crews evacuate about 500 residents as 6.14 inches of rain drenches Charlotte and up to 10 inches fall elsewhere in the region.
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Kennesaw State University
Endometriosis linked to infertility even in mild cases
Associated Press reports that mild endometriosis can cause infertility even without tubal blockages. A New England Journal of Medicine study shows surgical removal of growths raises pregnancy chances by 73 percent over 81/2 months, prompting doctors to consider laparoscopy and possible surgery first for unexplained infertility.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Rodolphe Maheux
Laval University
Quebec
Robert Barbieri
Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Barbieri
Chinese scientists eye cloning giant pandas to boost numbers
Chinese zoologists facing slow panda reproduction consider cloning as a potential solution. The plan arises after repeated breeding failures, noting female pandas’ rare conception and past success in cloning other animals. Some experts urge caution amid ethical concerns and divergent opinions within the Academy.
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Beijing
Chen Dayuan
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Central Television
Chen
Scotland
Academy
Cornell crafts micrometer guitar from silicon
In Ithaca New York scientists at Cornell carved a guitar from crystalline silicon to show ultra small device fabrication. The instrument measures 10 micrometers long with six strings about 50 nanometers wide, too small to hear yet demonstrates nanoscale mechanical fabrication potential for electronics and other industries.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Cornell
Larry Bernard
Rare coins reenter circulation after elusive collector haul
Ten rare coins worth about 1000 dollars will be returned to the money supply starting Thursday. The coins, four from a New York subway clerk collection, will be spent for ten days by officials including U S Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow and the incoming American Numismatic Association president at New York delis, newsstands, and the post office. Afterward, the coins become property of whoever finds them.
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U.S
Mary Ellen Withrow
American Numismatic Association
Delis
Post Office
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