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...rocks. In Baucau seven buildings were torched and in Viqueque seven more were destroyed. At Quelecai, south-east of Baucau, fighting was continuing between pro-Fretilin youths and supporters of other political parties when TIME visited on Wednesday. Fretilin supporters blocked the road and refused access to the area to view the damage. One village leader said six people had been injured with darts and rocks...
...worst. In 2001, the last time the U.K. was hit by this highly contagious illness affecting cloven-hoofed animals, it led to the slaughter and incineration of over 6.5 million animals and cost the country $17 billion. This time, the containment zones that were set up around the affected area right after the first case was reported (a move that took days last time) and a ban on the movement of livestock across Britain appeared to be working. So far, only three farms are known to have been hit, and a few hundred animals have been culled...
...reason this might be an important area for research,” Scadden said, “is that if you wanted to create a tissue for transplant, then you avoid the problem of rejection...
Scadden said that this area of study would be limited, however, both because it would only allow for stem cell lines from women and because it doesn’t allow scientists to create “disease-specific” stem cell lines...
...Terrorism hasn't disappeared from Indonesia - the International Crisis Group worries, based on its own extensive reporting, that militants may be preparing to strike in Poso, on the island of Sulawesi, potentially sparking again the communal violence that once ravaged the area. But Yudhoyono and other top officials remain confident they have turned the corner in fighting terror. That's good news for Indonesia - as well as the world...