Globetrotting — Headless frogs

LONDON: British scientists have created a frog embryo without a head, a technique that may lead to the production of headless human clones ...

LONDON: British scientists have created a frog embryo without a head, a technique that may lead to the production of headless human clones to grow organs and tissue for transplant, the Sunday Times reported. None of the embryos grown by scientists at Bath University were allowed to live longer than a week. Many scientists believe human cloning is inevitable following the birth of the sheep Dolly, the world’s first cloned mammal.

Pushkin kin dies

MOSCOW: The last direct descendant of Alexander Pushkin, Russia’s greatest poet, died at a hospital here, the Ministry of Culture announced yesterday. Grigory Pushkin, the poet’s great-grandson, died late Friday after a long illness. He was a highly decorated veteran of World War II, became a police officer after the war.

Kansi case

WASHINGTON: US lawyers for Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani facing charges of killing two CIA officers four years ago, have urged a judge to suppress `self-incriminating statements’ their client allegedly made to an FBI agent in Fairfax jail. The motion alleges that Kansi’s constitutional rights were violated because he was in custody and was not warned of his right to remain silent.