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Israel, Egypt try to stem damage from embassy riot (AP)

RETRANSMISSION OF CAI134 FOR ALTERNATE CROP - An elderly man runs past flaming vehicles outside the building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. A group of about 30 protesters broke into the embassy Friday and dumped hundreds of documents out of the windows after a day of demonstrations outside the building in which crowds swinging sledge hammers and using their bare hands tore apart the embassy's security wall. (AP Photo)AP – Israel and Egypt’s leadership tried Saturday to limit the damage in ties after protesters stormed Israel’s embassy in Cairo, trashing offices and prompting the evacuation of nearly the entire staff from Egypt in the worst crisis between the countries since their 1979 peace treaty.


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Obama hits Northeast, Midwest to stem GOP tide (AP)

In the closing days before the crucial midterm election, President Barack Obama makes a final get-out-the-vote push for Democratic candidates as they battle to keep their majorities in Congress, at Midway Plaisance Park in Chicago, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – On his final campaign swing through four states in the Northeast and Midwest before Tuesday’s midterm elections, President Barack Obama is asking Democratic voters to go to the polls and help stem an expected Republican tide.


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Bush talks 9/11, stem cells in ‘Decision Points’: report

Details from former President George W. Bush’s book reveal a man who relied heavily on his faith as commander in chief, according to details revealed by the Drudge Report on Wednesday.

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Embryonic stem cell breakthrough may be potential cure for paralysis

Medical history was made Monday when U.S. doctors announced they had for the first time injected a potential cure for paralysis – made from embryonic stem cells – into a patient’s broken back.

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Appeals court allows stem cell funding for now (AP)

Post-doctoral fellow Huajung Choi differentiates the stem cells of mice at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at the University of California San Francisco in San Francisco March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithAP – A federal appeals court on Thursday permitted federal funding of embryonic stem cell research to proceed for now, while it considers a judge’s ruling that had temporarily shut off the funds.


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Judge puts ban on federally funded embryonic stem cell research

A judge put a stop to federally funded embryonic stem cell research Monday, delivering a blow to the Obama administration and scientists working to discover breakthrough treatments.

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Obama stem cell regulations temporarily blocked (AP)

A researcher manipulates drops of stem cells in a laboratory. A US court on Monday issued a temporary halt to federal funding of embryonic stem cell research which President Barack Obama had authorized, saying it involved the destruction of human embryos.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AP – A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Obama administration regulations expanding stem cell research.


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