A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Study finds 100 new cancer genes
WASHINGTON -A painstaking scan of the DNA of tumour cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are involved in cancer, researchers said yesterday in a finding that offers new ways to fight the disease. They found more than 1,000 different mutations in just one family of genes taken from 200 samples of breast, stomach, colorectal and other common tumours. - (Reuters)
Union to tackle racism in army
LONDON -A Belize-born soldier will set up an independent union for 6,000 black Commonwealth servicemen in the British army to help them deal with what he said was widespread racism. Marlon Clancy said he had complained without success about racism for the seven years of his service. - (Reuters)
Protester guilty of inciting murder
LONDON- A radical Muslim demonstrator was found guilty yesterday of two counts of inciting murder at protests in London last year against cartoons in a Danish newspaper which offended many Muslims.
Abdul Muhid was the fourth Islamist convicted at separate trials in London since last year over the protests, at which demonstrators chanted "bomb, bomb Denmark" and "bomb, bomb USA". - (Reuters)
Immigration to Sweden soars
STOCKHOLM- Swedish immigration set a record in 2006, boosted by arrivals from Iraq and Poland, the statistics office said yesterday.
A total of 96,000 people moved to Sweden in 2006, the highest in a single year, according to the statistics office, beating the 83,000 immigrants who arrived in 1994 during the wars in the Balkans. - (Reuters)
Nasa astronaut fired over kidnap
HOUSTON- Astronaut Lisa Nowak was fired by Nasa yesterday, little more than a month after she was arrested on charges that she tried to kidnap a woman she regarded as romantic rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot. - (Reuters)
Communism must 'die with Castro'
WASHINGTON- The US president George Bush says that when Fidel Castro dies, his communist Cuban government should as well.
"How long he stays on earth, that's a decision that will be made by the Almighty," Mr Bush said in Washington ahead of a week-long trip to Latin America. "I don't know how long he's going to live. But nevertheless, I do believe the system of government that he's imposed upon the people ought not live if that's what the people decide." - (PA)