Daily Archives: February 13, 2005
American Nun Killed for Defending Indians
American nun Dorothy Stang was killed yesterday, shot three times in the back and once in the head, in the Northern Brazilian Amazon basin. Stang was 74. She is the latest casualty in the 500-year Indian wars, for control of … Continue reading
US denies patent for part-human hybrid
WASHINGTON — A New York scientist’s seven-year effort to win a patent on a laboratory-conceived creature that is part human and part animal ended in failure Friday, closing a historic and somewhat ghoulish chapter in US intellectual property law. The … Continue reading
Bob Marley Widow Should Be Stoned (Duh)
NINE MILE, Jamaica – Mingling with the pungent wafts of ganja smoke and the bobbing pulse of Jamaica’s surrogate national anthem, "One Love," a jarring note of discord is messing with the mellow vibe of this remote village. Rita Marley, … Continue reading