Researchers have found a set of genes that may play a key role in prostate cancer — a discovery that doctors are hailing as a major breakthrough that changes the way they think about the genetic roots of the disease.
USA Today.
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Vice presidential adviser I. Lewis “Scooter’ Libby Jr. resigned Friday after being charged with obstruction of justice, making a false statement and perjury in the CIA leak investigation, a politically charged case that could throw a spotlight on President Bush’s push to war.
Karl Rove, Bush’s closest adviser, escaped indictment Friday but remained under investigation, […]

At least one administration official will be held accountable for the White House’s web of lies:

I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury investigating the public unmasking of an undercover CIA operative.
Charges included making false statements, obstruction of justice, and perjury, court documents show. […]

On Tuesday, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, a military spokesman in Iraq, wrote in an e-mail to reporters, “The 2,000 service members killed in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom is not a milestone. It is an artificial mark on the wall set by individuals or groups with specific agendas and ulterior motives.”
But on Wednesday, […]

As one of the founders of the Serb student-resistance group Otpor (”resistance”), Marovic helped remove former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic from power. Since then, he has worked with the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, or ICNC, helping human rights activists to organize pro-democracy movements.
This year, Marovic and ICNC will add another training tool to […]

The obviously under qualified crony withdraws.
BBC.
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German researchers say they`ve found a highly active compound, called methylpyridinium, in coffee that may prevent colon cancer. In studies with animals, this potent antioxidant compound appears to boost the activity of phase II enzymes, which are believed to protect against colon cancer.
PakTribune.
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A simple test which measures the level of the enzyme telomerase in urine could be used effectively to detect bladder cancer, a study suggests.
The Italian researchers say their test proved to be around 90% accurate.
BBC.
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The report said Vice President Dick Cheney, with CIA Director Porter Goss present, handed the proposal to Sen. John McCain last Thursday.
McCain rejected the proposed exemption at the meeting with Cheney, the newspaper said, citing a government source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Wired News.
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Diane Feinstein has withdrawn a bill designed to gut the Alien Tort Claims Act:

The legislation calls for refinement in light of concerns raised by human rights advocates, and thus a hearing or other action by the Committee on this bill would be premature.
House of Labor.
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