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Strawberry now ‘bigger than a chicken egg'
BEUING: China has developed a new strain of strawberry 'trigger than a chicken egg” and Is now promoting it nationwide, the official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday, reports Reuter.
The "number two Shlmei" strawberry is both bigger and sweeter than those now imported from Japan, the news agency said, adding that one planted hectare could produce twice,as many berries as the Japanese strain.
"Development of the new strain of strawberries took experts , nine years." Xinhua quoted officials at the Shljlazhung fruit growing research institute as saying.
Blante it on genes
PHILIADELPHIA: People who habitually get into arguments and fights or throw temper tantrums can blame some of It on their genes, a study of twins suggests, reports AP.
Genes may account for 27 per cent to 40 per cent of a person s tendency toward irritability and several kinds of aggressiveness, according to the study. The rest comes from childhood and current experiences, researcher Dr Emil Coccaro said.
The genes believed responsible have not been identified yet. but they may act by reducing the brain s supply of serotonin, which acts as a brake on aggressive responses, he
If so, drugs that help the brain keep up its serotonin supply might help, in treating people with aggressive tendencies, he said. Some preliminary evidence already suggests such drugs might work, he said.
Coccaro Is director of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit at the Medical College of Pensylvanla In Philadelphia. He presented the work Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.
He and colleagues surveyed 182 identical twins and'119 fraternal twins, drawn from a registry of male twins who had served In the military. Their average age was 44. and nearly all were white.
Researchers often study twins to ferret out genetic Influences. The reason is that identical twins share all their genes. &hlle fraternal twins share only about half their genes on average. So when Identical twins are more alike than fraternal twins in a certain characteristic, it can be taken as a sign of genetic Influence. Researchers can use results to estimate the strength of the genetic Influences.
Clinton calls her ‘darlin’ but never calls her love*
NEW YORK: The woman who says she used to be Bill Clinton’s paramour held a news conference Tuesday to convince Americans to spend 19.95 dollars to hear 57 minutes of taped phone talk with the man who would be
president, reports AP.
The conference was about as tacky as the tapes, in which ' Clinton calls her "darlin" and "babe," but never calls her his love.
In one of the gatherings lower moments, shock radio humourist "Stuttering John" Melendez shouted out: "What are the distinguishing features of Bill Clinton’s penis? Will your sister be sleeping with Roger Clinton?"
Flowers also got pushed into a corner when a fight broke out among television crews trying to follow her.
Flowers is releasing "Set-
ting the Record ‘Straight," two cassette tapes and transcript of conversations with Clinton in 1990-91. She says she secretly recorded the calls to protect herself after reporters began asking about her alleged affair with Clinton, which she says began in the late 70‘s and ended in 1989.
Ip the two years since the publication of her story In a supermarket tabloid. Flowers said. "I have been vilified by the mainstream media." and "felt the burning frustration" of what she calls an attempt by Clinton supporters to cover up her story.
Americans, she said, “want to know exactly what end happen and whether their president is a liar.... The people of this nation have a right o expect the truth."
Still.'she did have some kind words for the president.
Asked about Paula Jones’ claim that Clinton, as governor of Arkansas, sexually harassed her. Flowers said. " the Bill Clinton I know is not someone who would sexually harass a woman."
But she added that, given permission, the Clinton she knows would "eagerly participate" in an encounter with a woman. _
Gay group seeks royal pardon for Oscar Wilde
LONDON: A gay rights group is seeking a posthumous royal pardon for 19th century playwright Oscar Wilde, who was jailed as a result of a homosexual relaUonship 99 years ago.
' reports AP
Outrage said Tuesday that it had written to Queen Elizabeth II asking her to pardon Wilde, who wrote the novel " The picture of Dorian Gray." and plays including “ The Importance of being Earnest" and "Lady Windermere’s Fan."
Wilde was the vicUm of unjust laws." said Outrage spokesman Peter Tatchell. " His imprisonment is a stain on the judicial system.”
Tatchell said the cruel condlUons of Victorian prisons led to Wilde’s premature death at the age of 46. three years after he was released.
Wilde’s experience of prison prompted his poem. " The Ballad of Reading Gaol, and " De Profundis” was written In prison.
Wilde’s InfatuaUon with the young Lord Alfred Douglas led ’ to his Imprisonment. Douglas's father, the 8th Marquess of Queensbury, accused Wilde of sodomy and goaded him Into suing for libel Wilde lost the case and was tried and convicted in 1895 of committing Indecent acts with men. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at hard labour.
Homosexuality was a crime in Britain until 1967.