Poland to discuss missile defense

WARSAW, Poland – Poland will be ready to resume dialogue with the United States on the missile defense issue after consultations with NATO and neighboring states, the prime minister said on Friday.

“We are aware of the political and military weight of the (U.S.) missile defense initiative,” Donald Tusk said in a policy speech to parliament. “We will be ready to conduct further negotiations on the issue after a series of consultations with NATO and some of our neighbors.”

The premier, addressing the legislature for the first time since his Civic Platform party’s election victory, was not specific about which neighbors Poland wants to consult with, but Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Thursday he was in favor of further consultations with Russia.

Hungry monkeys raid village for food

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A village in Indonesia’s East Java province, is under siege from hundreds of monkeys after their home was destroyed to make way for commercial houses, the Antara news agency said on Friday.

The village’s problems began around three months ago when hundreds of macaque monkeys from a nearby park, partially cleared for the construction of cottages and commercial buildings, began raiding the village in search of food.

Turkey completes first cloning project

ANKARA, Turkey – Scientists at Istanbul University announced they had successfully completed Turkey’s first cloning project, local media said on Thursday.

Turkey’s experiments with cloning began in 2005 and 69 cloned embryos were transplanted to eight ewes, two of which got pregnant. The sheep, named Oyali, was delivered by caesarean section in the university’s veterinary teaching hospital.

“The newborn is in good condition,” the project’s chief, Sema Bilker, said.

The world’s first cloned mammal was Dolly, a sheep born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1996. In 2003 she was put to sleep because of a progressive lung disease.

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