Human cloning breakthrough raises hopes in treatment of Parkinson’s and heart disease

Scientists have finally made a long-awaited breakthrough in human cloning by turning skin cells into early-stage embryos that were then used to create specialised tissue cells for transplant operations,
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GOP’s Rand Paul Raises Presidential Profile, Says He Is ‘Considering’ 2016 Run

The Kentucky Republican is unabashedly clearing a path to seek the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, with a series of early voting state visits, a beefed-up political operation and a deliberate plan to appeal to mainstream voters and raise his national profile.
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Abe’s ‘stealth’ constitution plan raises civil rights fears

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes no secret of wanting to revise Japan’s constitution, which was drafted by the United States after World War II, to formalise the country’s right to have a military – but critics say his plans go deeper and could return Japan to its socially conservative, authoritarian past.
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OpenCoin raises funding from Bitcoin Opportunity Fund and others to launch Ripple virtual currency

The involvement of Bitcoin might sound a little odd, given its recent spike and trememendous nosedive in the markets yesterday, but OpenCoin plans to use the investment to fund the Ripple protocol, its own virtual currency and payments system
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