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16/05/2013

It has taken them 15 years, but a group of American scientists say they have at last managed to create a cloned human embryo, using the same technique as used in Dolly the Sheep.

A group of American scientists say they've created a cloned human embryo, after 15 years of trying. The aim, they say, is not to produce a baby, but to harvest stem cells, which many believe could revolutionise medicine. What are the ethical risks?

The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police condemns Twitter users in the country, saying they'll lose out both here on earth and in the afterlife.

70 years after the Dambusters raid, why has it become such a legendary mission?

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