British scientists announce birth of designer sheep
The creators of Dolly, the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, have devised a revolutionary method of gene splicing that could lead to tailor-made animals, the British science weekly Nature reports.



Elian in Cuba after months of drama in US
Cuba's most famous boy, Elian Gonzalez, was restarting life on Thursday in his Communist-run Caribbean homeland after his return from the United States at the end of a seven-month custody dispute with Cold War overtones.



Indonesian parliament votes in favor of questioning President
Indonesia's parliament, the People's Representative Council (DPR), on Thursday voted in favor of questioning President Abdurrahman Wahid over the recent sacking of two ministers.



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