Monday, July 31, 2006

Irish bog bodies help unlock secrets of Iron Age

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Life in the Iron Age may have been nasty, brutish and short but people still found time to style their hair and polish their fingernails -- and that was just the men. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The AIDS virus hides out inside people's intestines, researchers said on Saturday in a report that offers new understanding of the incurable infection. LONDON (Reuters) - An English fishing town has banned the sport of conger cuddling after an animal activist complained. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Britain is seeking to promote links between stem cell researchers in Britain and California, two leaders in the field, during a visit to the state this week by British Prime Minister Tony Blair,