Michael J. Fox commends Obama for lifting stem cell ban

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists are calling for more tests to ensure that artificial sperm created by some British researchers are identical to their natural counterpart, saying that further proof may make them a valuable tool to understand male infertility. Karim Nayernia and his colleagues at the University of Newcastle recently treated male embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with a range of substances, which converted them first into germline stem cells, and finally into spermatogonial stem cells.

June 24th, 2009 Obama to visit pope during G-8 visitWASHINGTON — A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI will talk about their shared belief in the dignity of all people at their meeting next month. The White House on Wednesday said the two leaders would meet while Obama visits Italy for the G-8 summit.

June 8th, 2009 Obama promises more than 600,000 stimulus jobsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States remains in a deep recession that will take considerable time to escape. Obama met at the White House with his top administration officials on Monday to hear an update on his $787 billion spending plan.

May 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The White House Friday moved to stem escalating cyber crime as threats to Internet security and wireless technology grow at an alarming pace. US President Barack Obama announced the creation of a White House office that will coordinate protection of government security, financial systems, air traffic control programmes and other systems.

May 9th, 2009 Notre Dame to pay some police bill for Obama visitSOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame has agreed to pay some of the costs local police departments will face for helping provide security during next weekend's visit by President Barack Obama.

May 8th, 2009 Archbishop says Obama advancing anti-life agendaWASHINGTON — A powerful Catholic leader on Friday accused President Barack Obama of pushing an anti-life, anti-family agenda and called Notre Dame's invitation for him to speak scandalous. Archbishop Raymond Burke, the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court, said Catholic universities should not give a platform, let alone honor, "those who teach and act publicly against the moral law." Notre Dame has asked Obama to deliver the commencement address on May 17, an invitation that has drawn criticism from a number of Catholics.

April 23rd, 2009 Honor for Brazile prompts archbishop's boycottNEW ORLEANS — The leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans will boycott commencement ceremonies at Xavier University because the institution is honoring Democratic Party strategist Donna Brazile, who supports abortion rights. Brazile is to speak and receive an honorary degree at the May 9 ceremony at the predominantly black, Catholic university.

April 23rd, 2009 Method for AP-GfK poll on Obama, politics, economyThe Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Barack Obama, politics and the economy was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from April 16-20. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,000 adults.

April 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A senior White House adviser has claimed that the first 100 days of the Obama administration have been the most productive since the first 100 days of Roosevelt administration (1932-1945). The senior official, a long-time adviser to Obama, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "You would be hard-pressed to find another administration that's done so much in such a short period of time.

April 11th, 2009 LONDON - Caroline Kennedy's potential appointment as US Ambassador to the Vatican has been blocked by the Vatican. atican sources told Il Giornale that her support for abortion disqualified Kennedy and other Roman Catholics; President Barack Obama had been seeking to appoint.

April 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Stem cells from human corneas restored transparency when injected into eyes that were scarred and hazy, without triggering rejection, according to experiments on mice. These findings suggest that cell-based therapies might be effective in treating corneal blindness and vision impairment due to the scarring that occurs after infection, trauma and other common eye problems, said senior investigator James L.

March 16th, 2009 ROME - The Vatican and Washington are in the process of organising a meeting of Pope Benedict XVI with US President Barack Obama, according to media reports Sunday. It is possible that the two leaders would meet during Obama's first visit to Europe on the occasion of the G20 summit in London in April, US Vatican representative Thomas J.

February 12th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher has spoofed Micheal Jackson's infamous incident of dangling his son Prince Michael II from the fourth floor of a hotel room in Germany in 2002. Kutcher, who was in Germany for the premiere of his wife Demi Moore's film, 'Happy Tears' was in the same fourth floor room of the hotel where in 2002 Jackson brandished his son, reports dailymail.co.uk.

January 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama Friday called for urgent action to stem the country's economic decline, lending his backing to a $825-billion stimulus package introduced by lawmakers a day earlier. But Obama warned that even with a massive injection of public cash into the world's largest economy 'things could get worse before they get better.' 'I want everybody to be realistic about this,' Obama said in a speech at a factory in Ohio.

January 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama Thursday unveiled details of his economic stimulus plan aimed at lifting the US economy out of a deepening recession, and urged the Congress to approve the plan as soon as possible.