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/ 3 June 2008

Dissection software saves lab animals

It’s not just concern for the squeamish biology students who wince at the feel of cutting into a formaldehyde-soaked animal. Think about the frog. The pig. Or even the rat. That’s what animal rights activists in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle had in mind when they donated interactive software that replicates a frog dissection to a high school.

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/ 13 September 2007

Family members rally around McCann parents

As the pressure grows on the parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, support from their extended family, who have angrily denounced the police probe, has become stronger. The McCanns — named as formal suspects by Portuguese police last week — come from close Roman Catholic working-class families.