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Journalism of Courage
Pipe, slippers and the Full MontypPrince Charles launched his 50th birthday celebrations with a familiar royal mixture: a pensioner8217;s kiss on a struggling estate, a glitzy Palace party and a political spat on the BBC. Having spent the day in Sheffield, the prince later flew to London for his mother8217;s formal celebration 850 guests at Buckingham Palace 8212; and the repercussions of claims that his staff are at war8217; with those of the Queen.
Prince Charles8217;s companion, Camilla Parker Bowles, was not among guests at the party, but joined a more intimate gathering for friends at the prince8217;s Gloucestershire home, Highgrove. Buckingham Palace played host to politicians, business leaders and beneficiaries of the Prince8217;s Trust, including juggler Greg Wells, aged 31, from Lewes, who performed his party trick of balancing a chair and table on his nose. Wells, whose successful small business stems from a trust grant six years ago, set the tone for the part of the day the Prince himself most enjoyed. TouringSheffield8217;s Manor estate, he said that seeing successful projects to employ young people and wean others off drugs were 8220;the best birthday present I can have8221;. He was followed by modest crowds singing Happy Birthday and earned loud cheers when 78-year-old local widow Elaine Glaza gave him cufflinks and a carnation and asked: 8220;Can I kiss you?8221; He replied: 8220;Absolutely8221;.
WW II bomb
BANGKOK: Subway construction workers unearthed an American-made227 kg World War II bomb in a Bangkok suburb this week, the Bangkok Post reported on Saturday. Workers found the bomb on Thursday about seven metres deep near the Bang Sue railway station which was a strategic transport centre during the war, air vice marshal Prasas Jiamchawee said. He said the bomb was still active and air force personnel transported it to an air base about 200 km north of Bangkok where they destroyed it.
Primordial cell
NEW YORK: Scientists at a Massachusetts company say they have made a human cell revert to the primordial state from which all other cells develop by fusing it with a cow egg, the New York Times has reported. Although the research announced yesterday by advanced cell technology has yet to be published or confirmed, the company said the method eventually could be used to grow replacement body tissues. The company acknowledged the difficult ethical questions involved in creating a cell that is part human and part cow.
Drug therapy
AUGUSTA: a person withglaucoma would have to smoke a marijuana cigarette every two hours about 4,000 a year to experience any medical benefits from the drug, according to new research. In a new study scientist Keith Green, a medical college of Georgia researcher, attacks the fallacy that marijuana is of any value at all in the treatment of glaucoma. Voters in Alaska, Arizona, Oregon and Washington last week approved measures allowing use of marijuana for medical reasons.
