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Science can bridge national divides

David Kerr
Posted: June 22, 2009.

Print: the Guardian Science Blog

David Kerr, professor of cancer therapeutics at Oxford university, sees renewed scientific leadership as a way for the Obama administration to make diplomatic inroads in areas where America is not popular, such as the Middle East. He points out that a recent forum on particle accelerators had representatives from Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Iran, Jordan, Pakistan, the Palestinian Authority and Turkey all sitting around one table.

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Forgive me for asking this but how were their limbs actually amputated? I’m assuming it wasn’t by surgery under general anesthetic…

For all the faults in the West, I sure know which part of the world I would rather live in.

posted on June 28, 2009
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Oops, my comment above relates to a different story. I will repost on the correct page. (For any moderators reading this, please feel free to delete my comments above, and also these comments).

posted on June 28, 2009
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