JERUSALEM -- A rocket fired by Palestinian militants killed a 75-year-old Israeli woman Monday, just as an Egyptian mediator was winding up truce talks in Israel, underlining the urgency of working out a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev denounced the latest attack but did not say it would halt the Gaza truce talks. "The rocket fire into Israel will end. It will end either because calm will be achieved, or Israel will act to protect its people," he said.
'Designer' babies feared
NEW YORK -- News that scientists have for the first time genetically altered a human embryo is drawing fire from some watchdog groups that say it's a step toward creating "designer babies."
But the author of the study says the work was focused on stem cells, noting researchers used an abnormal embryo that could never have developed into a baby anyway.
The idea of designer babies is that someday, scientists may insert particular genes into embryos to produce babies with desired traits.
-- From the news services
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