Scientists create heart cells from skin cells By ISRAEL21c Staff November 25, 2009 Research undertaken by Israeli professor Lior Gepstein could one day be used to repair damaged or diseased tissues. Israeli scientists have developed a way to create beating heart cells with skin cells reprogrammed to become stem cells, making it possible to one […]
In Marseille, unease over mosque project Plans stoke debate about identity and assimilation in French city with growing number of Muslim immigrants By Edward Cody Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, November 26, 2009 MARSEILLE, FRANCE — Notre Dame de la Garde, an elegant Roman Catholic basilica, has stood for 150 years on a promontory just […]
THE PROBLEM IS ALSO THE DEFINITION OF THE MISSION….ARE OUR TROOPS THERE TO WIN THE “HEARTS AND MINDS” OF THE LOCAL POPULATION OR TO DEFEAT TERRORISTS AND DESTROY THEM AND THEIR LAIRS EVEN WHEN THAT INVOLVES KILLING CIVILIANS….RSK http://spectator.org/archives/2009/11/25/obamas-afghanistan/print Obama’s Afghanistan By Daniel Mandel After ten months, people are rightly asking questions about the war […]
http://yoramettinger.newsnet.co.il Freeze of Jewish Construction in Judea and Samaria: Peace or Appeasement Enhancer? 1. A Freeze will not soften – but will intensify – President Obama’s criticism of “settlements” in particular and Israeli policy in general. For instance, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s June 14, 2009 Two-State-Solution-speech triggered exacerbated pressure by Obama. Moreover, Netanyahu’s willingness to exchange […]
