” I’m not articulate,” says Bush

WASHINGTON: President George Bush has not read a new book about his handling of the Gulf crisis, but he did sign a copy of it on Friday, reports Reuter.

Bush returning on Friday from a speech making trip lo St Louis Missouri, was given a copy of the commanders by Washington Post editor Bob Woodward to sign for a reporter

He walked behind a tree and wrote this Inscription 'Don t beltefr the quotes attributed to me. Pm not that articulate.'

The author, who gained fame with hls reports on Watergate' that led to the resignation of former President Richard Nixon, alleges 1n the commanders, that some of Bush's, top aides preferred economic sanctions to war against Iraq but that Bush overruled them.

. The narrative technique used by Woodward in the book has been the object of continuous debate because it relies on confidential sources and lack attribution giving the author an omniscient voice to recount events Impresstons and thoughts.

180 pounds ovarian cyst

BALTIMORE: Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital removed a 180- pound (81-kilogram) ovarian cyst from a 40year old West Virginia woman, a hospital spokeswoman said reports AP.

The patient was in guarded but stable condition Friday, said hospital spokeswoman Meg Kabis. Thursday's 10-hour operation was led by Dr John Currie, director of gynecologic ontology at Hopkins.

That to abnormally, abnormally abnormal.' said Dr. Raymond Kauftnan. chairman of the obstetrics gynecotogy department of Baylor College of Medicine in Madison, Texas, That's rartty.”

There are different types of ovarian cysts, but unless the patient to extremely obese, most can be detected with a pelvic exam when they are 3 or 4 centimeters in diameter and "a couple of grams' tn weight, he said

Hopkins officials would not release further information about the patient or her weight because she was recovering and they were unable to get her consent

Experts scramble for Lincoln's hair

WASHINGTON : A panel of experts endorsed on Thursday an effort to clone genetic material from fragments of Abraham Lincoln's hair, blood and skull dating back to hls assassination 126 years ago. reports Reuter.

Scientists want to clone some of Lincoln's cells to determine whether the former President suffered from an inherited disease called Marfan s Syndrome.

But the experiment could set a precedent for molecular studies on historical figures that could determine their sub ceptlblllty to inherited disease and. ultimately, personality traits that may have influenced their decisions

The Lincoln material is appropriate. "Dr Victor Mckualck. the panel's Chairman. told reporters

The fragments of Lincoln’s hair, blood and skull are now stored tn tKe National Museum of Health and Medicine here

The final decision on whether to begin the experiment will be up to the Board of Governors of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, chaired by Dr Enrique Mendes. Assistant Secretary of Defence for Health Affairs

The National Museum to a component of the Institute.