2015-02-25 Namibia Health

The Guardian   

UK is the first country to legalise triple-DNA babies   
Irish Examiner
The UK has become the first country in the world to legalise the creation of IVF babies using DNA from three people. The first baby conceived after mitochondrial donation techniques may be born as early as next year after peers in the House of Lords voted ...

2015-02-25 Namibia Science

New York Times   

Don't malign rats for the Black Death - the gerbils were to blame   
New Zealand Herald
Who, me? Researchers say gerbils, not rats, may have been to blame for the Black Death in Europe. Photo / Thinkstock. The Black Death has always been bad publicity for rats, with the rodent widely blamed for killing millions of people across Europe by ...

2015-02-25 Namibia Sports

Times LIVE   

Barcelona defend Messi´s penalty miss   
Sport LIVE
Both Luis Enrique and Luis Suarez defended Lionel Messi after the Barcelona striker missed a penalty against Manchester City. Barcelona coach Luis Enrique and striker Luis Suarez brushed off Lionel Messi's penalty miss on Tuesday, claiming the Catalan ...

2015-02-25 Namibia Entertainment

Fox News   

Will Johnston: Fifty Shades of Tauranga   
New Zealand Herald
I saw Fifty Shades of Grey over the weekend. This is not a review. This is what went through my head while I sat there, romantically inserting popcorn... in to my... unshaven... desperate for more... face. Romance writing, check. Haha! I found myself trying to ...

2015-02-25 Namibia Technology

IBNLive   

Pebble Time smartwatch raises more than $1 million in less than an hour of ...   
IBNLive
New Delhi: Pebble Time, the latest smartwatch by Pebble Technology, garnered more than a million dollars on project-funding website Kickstarter within an hour of getting listed. The company announced its latest smartwatch on February 24 and through a ...

2015-02-25 Namibia Business

Kansas City Star   

Asia: Stocks mostly higher on Fed comments, Greek reforms   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
[TOKYO] Asian stocks broadly rose Wednesday after US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen damped speculation of a rate hike before summer, and as eurozone finance ministers backed Greek reforms critical to avoiding a disastrous default. The regional ...

2015-02-25 Namibia World

Reuters   

Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 150 Christians   
Reuters Canada
AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 150 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria they had raided, Christian Syrian activists said on Tuesday. A Syrian Christian group representing several NGOs inside and ...

2015-02-25 Namibia Africa

Ghana News Agency   

Alhaji Dawood Mohammed   
Ghana News Agency
Accra, Feb 24, GNA – The State on Tuesday filed a nolle prosequi on notice at an Accra Circuit Court presided over by Mr Francis Obiri to drop the charges against Alhaji Dawood Mohammed, a businessman. It was upon the notice to the court that the judge ...

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