May 22
2013

Cruel friends killed sheep with hammer then butchered it in field so they could have a free roast dinner | Mail Online

Matthew Davidson, 28, and Kevin Sherratt, 33, admit mutilating the animal

They were caught after sending pictures of the killing to a friend

Sherratt boasted to the friend that the incident had been ‘well funny’

via Cruel friends killed sheep with hammer then butchered it in field so they could have a free roast dinner | Mail Online.

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May 20
2013

Police take DNA of 27 primary children a week | Mail Online

Children said to be treated like hardened criminals by having DNA taken for records

30% child samples taken by police come from girls

Police can keep DNA profile of anyone they arrest for non-trivial matters indefinitely

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May 16
2013

New spectre of cloned babies: Scientists create embryos in lab that ‘could grow to full term’ | Mail Online

The prospect of cloned babies has moved a step closer after scientists extracted stem cells from human embryos created in a laboratory.

The breakthrough could lead to customised cells to help treat and even cure a range of diseases, from Alzheimer’s to multiple sclerosis.

However, it also raises the spectre of babies being cloned in laboratories. This could allow couples who lose a child to pay for the creation of a ‘duplicate’.

via New spectre of cloned babies: Scientists create embryos in lab that ‘could grow to full term’ | Mail Online.

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May 08
2013

China boils baby chickens alive as country is engulfed by panic over continuing outbreak of new strain of bird flu | Mail Online

Up to 30,000 chickens are being boiled alive every day at ONE FARM alone

Chinese authorities reveal four more people have died from the new strain

Total death toll from the H7N9 virus has now reached 31

via China boils baby chickens alive as country is engulfed by panic over continuing outbreak of new strain of bird flu | Mail Online.

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May 08
2013

Hunt master and friend caught digging up a badger sett as they tried to free a lost terrier are fined £300 | Mail Online

Stuart Radborne, 28, and Ben Pethers, 29, admitted interfering with sett

Caused ‘most severe damage’ RSPCA officer had ever seen

Members of hunt had been trying to find lost terrier called Jimmy

Judge fined pair £300 and ordered them to pay £250 in costs

Former hunt master branded court case a ‘complete outrage’

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May 07
2013

Fars News Agency :: Russia Not to Tolerate Further Israeli Attacks on Damascus

TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, while in Shanghai, was given a sharp dressing-down by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a warning that Russia would not tolerate further Israeli attacks on Damascus and would respond.

Putin did not say how, but he did announce he had ordered the acceleration of highly advanced Russian weapons supplies to Syria.

Israeli Debkafile’s military sources disclosed that the Russian leader was referring to S-300 anti-air systems and the nuclear-capable 9K720 Iskander (NATO named SS-26 Stone) surface missiles, which are precise enough to hit a target within a 5-7 meter radius at a distance of 280 kilometers.

In his phone call to Netanyahu, the Russian leader advised the prime minister to make sure to keep this in mind.

Since Syrian air defense teams have already trained in Russia on the handling of the S-300 interceptor batteries, they can go into service as soon as they are landed by one of Russia’s daily airlifts to Syria. Russian air defense officials will supervise their deployment and prepare them for operation.

Moscow is retaliating not just for Israel’s air operations against Syria but in anticipation of the Obama administration’s impending decision to send the first US arms shipments to the Syrian rebels.

Intelligence agencies in Moscow and the Middle-East take it for granted that by the time Washington goes public on this decision, some of the Syrian rebel factions will already be armed with American weapons.

That the measure was in the works was signified by the introduction Monday by chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez of legislation allowing the US to provide arms and military training to the Syrian rebels.

US military instructors have been working with Syrian rebels at training camps in Jordan and Turkey for some months. So putting the arms in their hands only awaited a decision in Washington, the Israeli website alleged.

Putin’s message to Netanyahu was intended to reach a wider audience than Jerusalem, such as Barack Obama in Washington and President Xi Jinping in Beijing ahead of Netanyahu’s talks there Tuesday.

via Fars News Agency :: Russia Not to Tolerate Further Israeli Attacks on Damascus.

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