Woman gets windpipe transplant
November 19th, 2008Scientists have carried out the world’s first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant made with a patient’s own stem cells.
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Begich claims victory over Stevens in Alaska
November 19th, 2008Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the Republican lawmaker convicted on felony corruption charges in October, was defeated in his bid for re-election by Democrat Mark Begich, according to a release from Begich’s campaign and unofficial results from state officials.
‘I was wrong’
November 19th, 2008Ex-Khmer Rouge admirer says sorry, 30 years on
Democrats line up first black attorney general
November 19th, 2008Barack Obama’s administration began to take shape yesterday after it was reported that he had chosen a former Clinton official as his attorney general.
Eric Holder, 57, a member of Obama’s vice-presidential search committee, was reported to be Obama’s top choice to head the justice department by Newsweek and other news organisations yesterday.
The New York native has a solid legal resumé: prosecutor, judge, and deputy attorney general in Bill Clinton’s administration. He spent six years working for a high-powered Washington law firm before signing up to the Obama campaign.
He would be the first African-American attorney general, taking on a justice department demoralised after nine federal prosecutors were sacked for failing to demonstrate enough loyalty to George Bush. The justice department is also accused of tailoring its legal advice on torture and wiretapping without court oversight to suit the Bush administration. However, Holder also carries political baggage from his role in the flurry of controversial pardons granted by Bill Clinton during his last days in the White House.
Officials did not confirm the reports that Obama had settled on Holder, and it is thought the president-elect will move first to announce a treasury secretary and secretary of state. But as with the increasing anticipation that Obama had chosen Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state, neither the president-elect nor his aides did anything to counter the reports.
Holder would be taking over a department still in disarray after it emerged that the former attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, had sacked nine district attorneys for purely ideological reasons.
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What a way to go! British toilet habits revealed.
November 19th, 2008Reading, chatting and texting are among the favourite activities of Britons on the toilet, a survey suggests.
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Lung disease diagnosis confusion
November 19th, 2008Most GPs have difficulty differentiating chronic severe lung disease from asthma, a survey finds.
Rare penguin took over from rival
November 19th, 2008Human arrival in New Zealand led to the extinction of one penguin species to the advantage of another, scientists suggest.
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Holyrood to vote against ID cards
November 19th, 2008The Scottish Parliament is expected to vote decisively against the introduction of ID cards.
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Plane to monitor Brazilian tribes
November 19th, 2008Brazil is to use a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to monitor uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon.
Training mission
November 19th, 2008How Sandhurst was brought to the DR Congo
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