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‘Germ warfare’ fear over African monkeys taken to Iran Daniel Foggo Hundreds of endangered monkeys are being taken from the African bush and sent to a “secretive” laboratory in Iran for scientific experiments. An undercover inquiry by The Sunday Times has revealed that wild monkeys, which are banned from experiments in Britain, are being freely supplied in large numbers to laboratories in other parts of the world. All will undergo invasive and maybe painful experiments leading ultimately to their death. One Tanzanian dealer, Nazir Manji, who runs African Primates, an animal-supplying company based in Dar es Salaam, said that in...

Bo (woof) In Commentary: If you dropped off your owner at spring break, would you have difficulty picking him out when he returned? Of course not. So how can an owner not know his own canine when he returns from a week of fried seafood and fried skin? I don’t know but here’s the story. (LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. - Ken Griggs likes his new dog, but he preferred the old one. Then again, it might be the same dog. In a possible case of mistaken identity, Griggs said the black Labrador named Callie that he left at a Dundee kennel...

Terror threat sparks scientist check By Richard Alleyne Last Updated: 2:03am BST 31/03/2008 Police and secret service officers are carrying out background checks on thousands of scientists without their knowledge, amid fears terrorists are targeting British laboratories to obtain deadly viruses. The vetting, which includes checks on family backgrounds, political views and associates, is part of a review of some 800 laboratories in hospitals, universities and private firms where staff have access to incurable viruses such as ebola. Whitehall sources confirmed the operation by MI5 and the National Counter Terrorism Security Office. A series of spot checks and detailed inspections...

Is she or isn't she? Mummy lab working to ID pharaoh queen CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Months after Egypt boldly announced that archaeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3,500-year-old corpse to try to back up the claim aired on TV. DNA testing continues on these mummified remains thought to be Queen Hatshepsut. So far, results indicate the linen-wrapped mummy is most likely, but not conclusively, the female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled for 20 years in the 15th century B.C. Running...

DETROIT -- The largest steroid enforcement action in U.S. history resulted in the arrest of 124 people, two from Michigan, and the discovery of the largest steroid laboratory ever recorded in Michigan’s history, according to a Drug Enforcement agency officials. In total, 11.4 million steroid dosage units and 242 kilograms of raw steroid powder from Chinese origin were seized and $6.5 million, as well as 25 vehicles, three boats, 27 pill presses and 71 weapons were seized in Operation Raw Deal, said DEA officials.

Did you even wonder how the Mexican super labs make meth. Since the USA has restricted sales of ephedra by placing cold tablets behind the counter and making people sign for them, Drug labs in the USA have died out from what they once were. The current problem is that in Mexico "drug companies" are selling ephedra in pure brick form to mexican drug lords so the need for refining the cold tablets for ephedra has past and the end product is much purer.

Lab chief: Nifong said don't report all DNA data Testimony reveals that lab testing that could have been favorable to defendants in the Duke lacrosse case was omitted from a report and was not disclosed to the defense... ...Meehan struggled to say why he didn't include the evidence in a report dated May 12, almost a month after Seligmann and Finnerty had been indicted. Under pointed questioning by defense lawyer Bradley Bannon, Meehan cited concerns about the privacy of the lacrosse players, the fact that he didn't know whose DNA it was, and his discussions with Nifong at meetings in...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- A city ordinance in Sioux City, Iowa, says all pets must be on a leash -- but it doesn't say who has to be carrying the leash. One Iowa dog, Jack, has been walking himself since he was a puppy. The 11-year-old Labrador retriever holds his own leash in his mouth as he walks with his owner, Brad Ralph. "So far, we haven't been cited," Ralph said. "I don't know how that would hold up in court, but he is technically on a leash." Jack and Brad walk about three miles each day. "I don't really...

6/14/2006 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- A new aircraft with the potential to get up to 30 percent better fuel mileage because of its unique flying-wing shape is being tested by the Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partners. The prototype blended wing body, or BWB, aircraft is a modified, triangular-shaped aircraft configuration with 20 control surfaces along its trailing edge. Researchers believe it will have greater fuel efficiency because more of the plane produces lift. More lift is gained because the wing centerbody, which on a BWB replaces the fuselage of a conventional airplane where the...

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (June 2, 2006) -- Marines fighting the ongoing war on terrorism face enemies that are adaptive, decentralized and elusive. According to Headquarters Marine Corps, the enemy will continue to develop new tactics designed to exploit perceived seams in Marine Corps capabilities, having recognized the overwhelming conventional superiority of U.S. forces. In order to maintain dominance on the battlefield, it is essential to the Corps that the methods of war-fighting change continuously, and Marines continue to adapt to new methods while remaining a flexible, combined-arms force. The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in...

A toddler will be scarred for life after being attacked by a neighbour's kelpie cross, prompting her plastic surgeon to warn about the unpredictability of dogs, even family pets. "The family and the child were familiar with the dog and the reason that it's scary is that dogs can behave unpredictably, even a supposedly friendly dog," said Dr Hassall, a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons. "The scars left by these injuries are permanent. There's a life-long reminder now that this child's been attacked by a dog. The toddler's mother was distracted with another one of her children...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A particle accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories has heated a swarm of charged particles to a record 2 billion degrees Kelvin, a temperature beyond that of a star's interior. Scientists working with Sandia's Z machine said the feat also revealed a new phenomenon that could eventually make future nuclear fusion power plants smaller and cheaper to operate than if the plants relied on previously known physics. "At first, we were disbelieving," said Chris Deeney, head of the project. "We repeated the experiment many times to make sure we had a true result and not an 'Oops'!" Sandia's...

3/1/2006 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- The Air Force Theater Hospital here can do amazing things every day and is able to save lives through the hard work and dedication of the entire staff. But many of the life-saving procedures they perform would not be possible without the information and blood products the laboratory provides. “We can usually hear the helicopters coming in with someone injured,” said Capt. Donna Fox, officer in charge of the lab. “As soon as they arrive we take three samples of their blood and perform a different test on each.” The first test...

CAMP BULLIS, Texas (Army News Service, Feb. 8, 2006) – A world-renowned cardiologist and top-ranked university vice president, Dr. Ward Casscells joined the Army at age 53 and led the service’s research on avian flu before graduating Feb. 3 from his officer basic course. Casscells is a teacher, doctor and champion of humanitarian relief, with countless hours spent tending to victims of hurricanes, tsunamis and terrorist acts. His studies have led to breakthroughs in cardiology, and his years of research on avian flu are now deemed cutting edge as a potential pandemic begins to loom. With more than 30 years...

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lowell Larson (left), a special projects officer for the Combined Joint Task Force 76 surgeon cell, talks about microscopy methods with Mohammad Ayub, a lab technician at the Sharan, Afghanistan hospital, Sept. 22, 2005. Larson is training Afghan lab technicians how to use the "Lab-in-a-Suitcase" kit that was donated to the hospital. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Laura E. Griffin 'Lab in a Suitcase' Improves Afghan Hospital U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lowell Larson, a lab technician in his civilian job, trains the Afghan technicians in how to use the equipment. By U.S. Army Spc. Laura...

MARIPI, Colombia - Colombian troops raided a sprawling clandestine drug laboratory run by a paramilitary group that was capable of producing 10 tons of cocaine a month, officials said Tuesday. "This is the biggest cocaine processing factory we've found this year, it contained a large quantity of chemicals used to process the drugs," Gen. Gustavo Matamoros, commander of the army's 5th Division, told The Associated Press. In a separate operation, the military announced Tuesday that it had seized six tons of marijuana allegedly belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, the country's main leftist rebel group. The...

Three lab mice that were exposed to the plague are missing from the Public Health research Institute in Newark. The animals could have been stolen or eaten by other animals in their cages. Officials say the risk to public safety is minimal because the infected mice would die quickly. The incident occurred more than two weeks ago. The research lab is located on the campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. U-M-D-N-J has responsibility for security. The F-B-I and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating. State Health Commissioner Fred Jacobs tells The Star-Ledger...

The clinic serves as a battalion aid station and also provides lab, dental, x-ray and trauma services. TAJI, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2005 — "You never know what is going to roll up to the door," said U.S. Army Capt. Jacqueline L. Graul, brigade nurse for 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. Graul is part of the staff at "Cobra" Clinic, run by C Company, 125th Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, which provides for the medical needs of soldiers at Camp Taji. "You don't get a second chance with a real casualty. All your training is on the line."...

Yushchenko poisoners' lab is found By Robin Gedye in Kiev (Filed: 01/07/2005) Ukraine's authorities know who was behind the attempt to poison President Viktor Yushchenko and have traced the substance used in the plot to a laboratory for banned chemical weapons, it emerged yesterday. The former Soviet state's security services had also deployed the same poison to kill others, Mr Yushchenko said in an interview. A number of people suspected of involvement in the assassination attempt last September are on the run, he went on, adding that he was "certain that everybody will be caught" eventually. The disclosure that the...

WASHINGTON - Whether it's smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected, methamphetamine is more addictive and more damaging to the brain than cocaine, heroin and most other illegal drugs. It's also unusually efficient at ruining lives, ensnaring entire families and turning parents and children into addicts fixated only on their next euphoric high. "If the adults use it, the kids are going to be around it and get roped in," said Dr. William Haning, director of the Addiction Psychiatry Residency Program for the University of Hawaii's medical school. "As crazy as this sounds, the parent won't necessarily see this as a bad...

LONDON - It was one of those heartwarming Lassie moments -- with a twist. A golden Labrador survived a 100-foot fall down a cliff after another dog -- a black Labrador -- ran to get help from the first dog's owner, coast guard officials said. The golden Labrador named Lacey became trapped after slipping down a rocky slope Monday near South Stack, in Holyhead, north Wales. The black Labrador, named Sheena, spotted her lying in a pool of water at the bottom of a gully and raced to fetch Lacey's owner, barking to gain attention and directing her to the...

Sen. Clinton: Lab has proved its worth, but we can't take anything for granted By STEVE JONES Staff writer Declaring that "no place is safe" in the upcoming round of military base closures and mission consolidations, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed to "do everything that we can do to make sure the merits" of Rome Lab "are seen." New York's junior senator spoke before about 300 community leaders Friday afternoon at the Radisson Hotel in Utica. Clinton put retention of the Air Force Research Laboratory at the top of her list of concerns during a speech to the Mohawk Valley...

Scientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team hope the work will lead to new ways of repairing heart damage. They grew the tissue from a few rat heart cells which were placed on an artificial scaffold, and then stimulated with an electric current. Researchers told Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: "Think of it as a patch for a broken heart." Myocardium, or heart muscle cells, cannot regenerate after injury, limiting the effectiveness of standard therapies. And heart cells are difficult to culture...

Ancient fungus 'revived' in lab The fungi (blue streak) were isolated from deep sea sediments Fungus from a deep-sea sediment core that is hundreds of thousands of years old can grow when placed in culture, scientists have discovered. Indian researchers say the fungi come from sediments that are between 180,000 and 430,000 years old. The finding adds to growing evidence for the impressive survival capabilities of many microorganisms. They are the oldest known fungi that will grow on a nutrient medium, the scientists say in Deep Sea Research I. The core was drilled from a depth of 5,904m in the...

A scientist at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension lab in Bemidji has been charged with assaulting a co-worker during an argument. Steven Fischer, 32, is accused of striking a female lab technician in the face during an argument last Monday. The complaint said he began to scream at Sarah Pfeiffer, 27, after accusing her of making malicious and insulting remarks about him. He was arrested later at his home. Pfeiffer was treated for a broken bone in her face.

The police crime laboratory in Houston, already reeling from a scandal that has led to retesting of evidence in 360 cases, now faces a much larger crisis that could involve many thousands of cases over 25 years. Six independent forensic scientists, in a joint written report to be filed in a Houston state court today, said that a crime laboratory official -- because he either lacked basic knowledge of blood typing or gave false testimony -- helped convict an innocent man of rape in 1987. The panel's report concluded that crime laboratory officials might have offered "similarly false and scientifically...

Two Chinese diplomats, away from their Los Angeles consulate improperly, recently sped their vehicle past a Los Alamos National Lab guard post near classified facilities in what United States officials think was ian intelligence mission, the Washington Times has learned.The diplomats, identified as Hua Yu and Bo Lai, were on an intelligence mission that is raising new worries of Chinese nuclear spying against the United States, according to US officials familiar with the incident.Pajarito Road is the site of two sensitive facilities. One is the Critical Assembly Facility known as Technical Area 18, the other is the Plutonium Reasearch facility,...

WINFIELD, W.Va. (AP) -- A Putnam County sheriff's deputy's house has become a crime scene. But the deputy's not to blame. Authorities are looking for a man they say constructed a methamphetamine lab at the deputy's West Virginia house while the officer was on vacation. The declined to identify the deputy. Chief Deputy John Dailey said Wednesday that officers learned that the deputy's relative staying in the house was producing the drug. The deputy, vacationing out of state, allowed authorities to search the house. "I guess the relative thought `What better place than this to have a meth lab?'" Dailey...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - The mission: to build a telescope mirror capable of detecting the first light of the universe that burst forth about 11 billion years ago, but is invisible to human eyes. And, while you're at it, make the mirror capable of soaring more than a million kilometres from the Earth, but sturdy enough that it bends less than the width of a human hair. Sound like science fiction? In a tucked-away workspace at Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA technicians are testing two prototypes for a mirror designed to do just that. The $824.8-million James E. Webb Space...

Proposed site not in danger for at least one year WASHINGTON - Plans to build an underground laboratory in the Homestake mine would not be dashed if the mine's owner, Barrick Gold Corp., decides to shut down the pumps that now are keeping the mine dry, Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., says. ''I think that too much has been made of whether there is pumping or not,'' Daschle said Thursday. Daschle said he would prefer if Barrick Gold did not shut down the pumps next week, as company officials have said they would. But flooding ''is a very slow process,'' Daschle...

<p>The conviction of an inmate who spent 10 years in prison has been overturned because an FBI scientific expert gave inaccurate testimony and withheld evidence &#8212; one of the first reversals arising from an investigation of the FBI lab.</p> <p>The FBI agent, Michael Malone, was transferred from the lab after the problems were discovered but continued to work for the bureau until his retirement in December 1999.</p>

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces in northern Iraq have found a suspected mobile biological weapons production laboratory that a top commander described on Tuesday as almost identical to another found nearby last month. Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the Army's 101st Airborne Division, also raised the possibility that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's toppled government long ago destroyed its stocks of chemical and biological weapons. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon via a satellite link from Mosul, Petraeus was asked why U.S. forces had not yet located any of the Iraqi chemical or biological weapons that President Bush cited as...

Second Possible Iraqi Mobile Lab Found By MATT KELLEY .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. forces found another trailer in northern Iraq that appeared to be a mobile biological weapons laboratory, Pentagon officials said Monday. The trailer was similar to one seized last month that U.S. officials believe may have been a germ weapons workshop for the Iraqis, two officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. American troops found the second trailer around the northern city of Mosul Friday night or Saturday morning, one official said. U.S. experts are examining it in Mosul before sending it to the...

MOSUL, Iraq, May 9 — An American military unit found an abandoned trailer outside a missile testing site in northern Iraq today that they suspect was a mobile biological weapons laboratory. It was the second such find in recent weeks, and could potentially bolster the United States' claim that Saddam Hussein's government was producing biological and chemical weapons. Not long after the division arrived in Mosul in April, Major Handelman said, an engineer from the plant handed over what the major called "a treasure map" of clues to what was buried inside the complex. Mounds of earth, some that looked...

WorldNetDaily: Chem-weapons lab believed discovered This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32459 Wednesday, May 7, 2003 BIOLOGICAL WAR-FEARChem-weapons lab believed discoveredPentagon: Investigators haven't found 'another plausible use' for Iraqi trailer Posted: May 7, 20039:31 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com While officials are not yet calling it "the smoking gun," a mobile laboratory found in northern Iraq is believed to have produced biological agents, according to the Pentagon. "The experts have been through it," said Stephen Cambone, undersecretary for intelligence. "And they have not found another plausible use for it, based on...

<p>The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that a tractor-trailer found in northern Iraq is a mobile biological laboratory that could be used to make deadly germ weapons.</p> <p>The laboratory had been scrubbed clean, but U.S. officials believe it is the first concrete evidence that Iraq had a program to develop biological agents.</p>

A suspected mobile biological weapons lab has been recovered in northern Iraq, a development that senior U.S. officials said yesterday would lend support to Bush administration allegations of a banned weapons program by the government of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. A senior administration official said the Pentagon will announce today the results of a two-week investigation into a tractor-trailer truck that was stolen from a government depot in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul and later handed over to U.S. forces. He said equipment found on the truck included a fermenter bolted to the floor that could be used...

Troops Find Terror Training Camp in Iraq DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent4-16-2003 American troops raided the home of the mastermind of Saddam Hussein 's biological weapons lab on Wednesday and discovered a sprawling, recently abandoned terrorist training camp south of Baghdad as they dug for secrets from a dead regime. With major combat over, the Bush administration lowered the terrorist threat at home to yellow, down a notch from its wartime level of orange. "Terrorists and tyrants have now been put on notice, they can no longer feel safe hiding behind innocent lives," said President Bush . Inside Iraq ,...

Possible evidence of Iraqi deception has been uncovered with the discovery of 11 mobile laboratories capable of biological and chemical uses buried south of Baghdad, a U.S. general said, according to CNN. "Initial reports indicate that this is clearly a case of denial and deception on the part of the Iraqi government," Brig. Gen. Benjamin Freakley of the Army's 101st Airborne Division told CNN. "These chemical labs are present, and now we just have to determine what in fact they were really being used for." Brig. Gen. Benjamin Freakley The troops found no chemical or biological weapons with the containerized...

Buried lab tools found at chemical plant April 11, 2003 BY MATTHEW COX AND ROB CURTIS KARBALA, Iraq--Troops with the 101st Airborne Division unearthed 11 steel shipping containers filled with sophisticated lab equipment buried on the grounds of a chemical plant in Karbala. The equipment, discovered Wednesday at the Karbala Chemical plant by troops from the 326th Engineering Battalion, included computers and a spectrometer, a machine used to analyze chemical compounds. Also found was a 750-pound centrifugal pump that was made in Finland and originally shipped to a company in Jordan that makes plastic drinking cups. On Thursday, a team...

KARBALA, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. troops have found 11 mobile laboratories buried south of Baghdad that are capable of biological and chemical uses, a U.S. general said Monday. There were no chemical or biological weapons with the containerized labs, which measure 20 feet square. But soldiers recovered "about 1,000 pounds" of documents from inside the labs, and the United States will examine those papers further, said Brig. Gen. Benjamin Freakly of the Army's 101st Airborne Division. "Initial reports indicate that this is clearly a case of denial and deception on the part of the Iraqi government," Freakly told CNN's Ryan...

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Monica Crowley was a guest on Fox and Friends today. She was claiming that her sources were telling her that they believed Saddam was dead. They also believed that Russia was directing the anti-US war, and that they had helped Saddam build the A-bomb lab that was recently found. If so, this is a very serious offense.

KARBALA, IRAQ - Troops with the 101st Airborne Division have unearthed 11 shipping containers, filled with sophisticated lab equipment, that were found buried in the grounds of a chemical plant here. The value of the equipment, the fact that it had been hidden and the evidence that some of it appeared to have been smuggled into Iraq raised the possibility that the facility had been used to manufacture chemical weapons. One item that raises questions is a 750-pound centrifugal pump that was made in Finland and shipped to a company in Jordan that makes plastic drinking cups. It then somehow...

U.S. Marines near the Iraqi capital believe they might have discovered a mobile biological- or chemical-weapons lab, according to Fox News. Investigators said the vehicle, which looks like a refrigerated truck from the outside, has an internal system that apparently has been used to mix, cool and heat hazardous materials without direct human contact. Fox News said hazardous materials might have been found inside the truck, which includes guided-missile support equipment and a false internal wall that concealed a remote-controlled electronic pulley-and-winch system and several open bins and containers. Fox News Channel's Rick Leventhal is embedded with the U.S. Marines...

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Iraq's Government yesterday gave UNMOVIC photographs and videos showing the mobile laboratories that are in use in Iraq. Der Spiegel (link has translation) and the UN News Centre both have reports. You know, the weapons the anti-liberation crowd and Scott Ritter keep saying don't exist. It's too little, too late. "Cheat and Retreat" is about to change to "Retreat and Surrender," and this revelation is exactly why that's necessary. All it does is confirm the utter lunacy of relying on U.N. inspectors to address the threat of Saddam and his weapons in any meaningful way. As a related aside, todays...

Dating skeletal material with DNA may not be as acurate as thought  Ancient DNA in skeletons has a tendency to show damage in a particular region, resulting in misleading genetic data and mistaken conclusions about the origin of the skeleton, British scientists said. A group of researchers at the Henry Wellcome Ancient Biomolecules Centre of the University of Oxford, in Britain, made the finding while studying Viking specimens. They found that about half of the specimens had DNA that suggested they were of Middle Eastern origin. But more detailed analysis revealed that many of the genetic sequences in the...

<p>LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - As federal agents were looking into reported fraud and theft at Los Alamos National Laboratory last summer, the facility's chief lawyer warned in-house investigators to ``look out for the lab and its image first, not the FBI investigation,'' according the lab's top investigator at the time.</p>