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Italian officials agree to pay a 150,000 euros finders’ fee for the 5,300-year-old “Iceman” Oetzi after 17 years of wrangling.

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The campaigns of US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain clash over the loss of the bail-out vote in Congress.

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Researchers decode the DNA sequence of the fungus which produces penicillin, ahead of the 80th anniversary of its discovery.

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Black men living in England have a three times higher risk of prostate cancer than white men, figures show.

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Black men living in England have a three times higher risk of prostate cancer than white men, figures show.

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Baby girls of larger than average length and weight at birth are at increased risk of breast cancer, analysis suggests.

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Dominican biologist Daniel Perez-Gelabert of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. has compiled “Zootax, Arthropods of Hispaniola, a checklist and bibliography”, the first comprehensive listing of insects of the DR and Haiti. The inventory is published as a monograph in an international science journal and covers all known terrestrial and aquatic species of crustaceans, arachnids, myriapods and insects from the island through the end of 2007. The list includes 8,237 valid species of arthropods (6,833 living and 1,404 fossils), the number of living species being over 12 times that of the vertebrates.

Of this grand total most are insects (5,676 extant species (83%) and 1,404 fossil species). A total of 2,521 species (36.9% of the total living) are considered unique or endemic to Hispaniola. Despite the important advances, this fauna is still not well known, actually being the least studied in the Greater Antilles. The Hispaniolan arthropods are estimated [...]

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Police Chief Major General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin has rejected claims that the report submitted by the Armed Forces, Police, and General Prosecutor’s Office commission on the killing of seven suspected drug dealers in Bani is incomplete. Senator Wilton Guerrero and Presidential Drug Advisor Marino Vinicio Castillo said the report fails to name the masterminds behind the killing. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez has also described the report as incomplete and called on the Police to name the brains behind the operation.

Guzman said that the commission was made up of three very capable and honest officers, and General Prosecutor Radhames Jimenez Pena. Police spokesman Colonel Nelson Rosario said that they could not put the blame on anyone without proof, as reported in Listin Diario.

Nevertheless, Guzman said that the Police are continuing to search for the masterminds behind the crime and encouraged anyone who might have [...]

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The General Prosecutors Office has identified the bodies of the four men who died on board a small plane that crashed in southwestern Pedernales on 21 September, as reported in Diario Libre. Three of the bodies were severely burned. These are Colombians Rodolfo Sanchez Quintero, 52 years old, who was piloting the nine-passenger capacity Cessna Caravan, Hector Ivan Osorio Valek, 21, co-pilot Jairo Yasin Shaikh, 21, and mechanic Ricardo Lozano Tangarife, 47. Lawyer Fernando Cardoso Gomez from the Colombian capital Bogota came with a power of attorney from the men’s families to claim the bodies. The lawyer provided dental X-rays, birth certificates and photos that helped the National Institute of Forensic Studies and the National Institute of Forensic Pathology to identify the bodies. The authorities estimate that the plane had the capacity to transport 1,000 kilos of cocaine. The Cessna has a market value of US$2 million.

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Speaking at a press conference, Senator Wilton Guerrero said that General Prosecutor Radhames Jimenez Pena was welcome to investigate the origins of his wealth. He said that Jimenez should ask his subordinates at the Department for the Prevention of Corruption (Depreco) to investigate his assets, saying that he has nothing to hide. Jimenez had questioned Guerrero’s record while serving as head of the Dominican Agrarian Institute (IAD). Guerrero recommended that Jimenez request documentation on his actions from the General Controller of the Republic office or the Chamber of Accounts. “If the investigation finds that I did anything illegal, I am willing to put aside my privileges as Senator and stand for trial in ordinary courts”, he said. Earlier last week, Jimenez asked Guerrero to account for the origin of his fortune and to reveal his son’s legal status in the United States. Guerrero said that 16 years ago, his son [...]

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