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Holy cow! Cloning provides fodder for pharmaceuticals
The field of cloning may have made remarkable progress since the first clone, Dolly the sheep, was made a year ago. But the latest innovation in the field takes the cake. Scientists in Boston announced on Tuesday that they had successfully created two identical, genetically engineered calves which can produce medicines for humans in their milk.
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Congress' new signature tune: Sonia balle balle
Since music is the food of campaigns, the Congress has decided to play on. The Congress has now got itself a brand new signature tune -- "Sonia Gandhi balle balle". The Congress has also appointed composer Jawahar Wattal to compose the music for an audio cassette comprising parodies of popular Hindi songs. The cassettes will be sent across the country, played in street corners, villages and campaign meetings.
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Oprah Winfrey show on mad cow leaves a bad taste in the mouth of Texas rangers
The madcow trial pitting US talk show star Oprah Winfrey against Texas ranchers has put the spotlight on America's `food disparagement' or `veggie libel' laws. Jury selection in the high-profile trial began on Tuesday in the North Texas town of Amarillo, following a $12 million-lawsuit by local cattlemen against Winfrey.
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Short skirts, main attraction at Auto Expo
The entire city of Delhi seems to be headed for Auto Expo-98. Or so it would seem on seeing chaos prevalent at the exhibition. However, the show seems to be turning into a "girlie" expo, rather than a show meant to display automobiles, thanks to the policy followed by most of the companies to spruce up their stalls with female models in skimpy clothes as a means of luring customers to their stalls.
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