Cloning ban deferred
As expected, proposals for a UN treaty to ban human cloning have yet again been put on hold. On 6 November member states voted 80 to 79, with 15 nations abstaining, to postpone a decision for two years.
Five go whaling
Five Japanese whaling ships set sail on 7 November to catch up to 410 minke whales in the Antarctic. Japan’s Fisheries Agency says the expedition is purely for research, and that data on whale populations will be sent to the International Whaling Commission. Opponents of commercial whaling, which was banned in 1986, point out that most…
