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GERMAN BISHOPS TELL FAITHFUL TO REMEMBER LIFE AND FAMILY ISSUES WHEN VOTING
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=24786

GENETIC STRUCTURE OF HEALTHY SPERM MAPPED
A team of experts has mapped out a 3,000-part genetic sequence from a single sperm from an apparently healthy, fertile man. The researchers hope the sequence will offer treatments for infertility.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2241490.stm

EUROPEAN STEM CELL BANK 'WITHIN A YEAR'
Europe's first stem cell bank, to be based in the U.K., could be up and running within a year. The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) has been awarded a £2.6m contract to set up the bank by Britain's Medical Research Council (MRC).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2245863.stm

STUDY SHOWING ABORTION LINK TO HIGHER MATERNAL DEATHS IN BMJ
The August issue of the British Medical Journal, published this week, reports that women who have abortions are more likely to die in the years following the procedure than women who give birth.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/default-20029824332.htm
(on LifeSite Aug 28)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FORMULA FOR JUDGES APPROVED
Procedures have been approved by the International Criminal Court's Assembly of States Parties for electing the court's 18 judges. They give six of the positions to women, at least three to Africa, Latin America and Western Europe and two to Asia and Eastern Europe. (Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 6).

WHATCOTT RECEIVES ONE-MONTH SENTENCE FOR CROSSING BORDER
Bill Whatcott was sentenced in Minot, N.D., to one month in jail, with credit for time already served. Police said he was on his way to a religious meeting in Wisconsin. "He wanted really badly to attend this tent revival [prayer meeting] or whatever it was," a friend explained. To read a column by Bill Whatcott see:
http://report.ca/archive/report/20010924/p06i010924f.html

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