South Korea’s pioneering stem cell scientist has cloned a dog, smashing another biological barrier and reigniting a fierce ethical debate — while producing a perky, lovable puppy. |inline

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s sporting goods maker Adidas-Salomon (ADSG.DE) has agreed to buy U.S. rival Reebok (NYSE:RBK – news) for $3.8 billion in a move to close the gap on Nike and promise a profit increase by expanding in the United States and entering new markets. |inline

  A number of Tube stations have been evacuated and lines closed after three blasts in what Met Police chief Sir Ian Blair says is a "serious incident". Sir Ian appealed to Londoners to stay where they were and said the transport system was effectively shut down. The minor explosions used detonators only, a BBC reporter said. In addition, a Number 26 bus in Hackney Road in Bethnal Green had its windows blown out by a blast. There were no injuries. BBC News

50 dead and 1000 injured after explosions on the Underground network and a double-decker bus in London. A police spokesman said there were "quite a large number of casualties" at Aldgate Tube Station. And Scotland Yard confirmed one of several reports of explosions on buses in the city – in Tavistock Place – but said the cause was not yet known. One caller to BBC Five said his friend had seen "the bus ripped open like a can of sardines and bodies everywhere". Update 15.50:- Police say 40 have been killed and apparently Al-Qaeda has claimed the attacks (they...

  Well I am happy to say that London has won the bid to host the Olympics in the year 2012! This will be the first time the Olympics have been held in this country since 1948!  London won the two way fight with Paris by a remarkable 54 votes to 50 at the International Olympic Committee meeting in Singapore after bids from Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated. The IOC President Jacques Rogge made the dramatic announcement at 1249 BST.  You can find out more about how the process was made on BBC News!

Maybe I should make a category for Google? SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Web search leader Google Inc.(GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is developing an online payment system but not a direct rival to eBay Inc.’s PayPal, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday. Schmidt spoke after several days of heated speculation over reports that Google was working on a potential rival to PayPal, eBay’s popular online payment system. Reuters  Well what is this in my opinion? Just another development from Google’s fast growing ‘e-conomy’ (thought of that...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has secured an agreement from Israel and the Palestinians for settler homes to be razed after the Gaza Strip pullout. Rice said on Sunday that both sides agreed that the homes occupied by about 8000 illegal Jewish settlers would do little to address the housing needs of the 1.3 million Palestinians living in the occupied territory. "The view is that there are better land uses for the Palestinians to better address their housing needs," she told a news conference before heading to Jordan on the next leg of her Middle East tour. "The important...

By: Greg Palast  Reporting for BBC Newsnight  03/17/05 – "BBC" – The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq’s oil before the 9/11 attacks sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC’s Newsnight has revealed. Watch the video here Click read more to read the transcript.  Continue reading “Secret U.S. Plans For Iraq’s Oil” »