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SYDNEY, Australia – A multinational group met Monday in Sydney (search) to discuss how to stop terrorists from getting their hands on chemical and biological weapons. Terrorists are intent on developing such weapons and “proliferators are using increasingly sophisticated means to source the ingredients,” Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer (search) …

VATICAN CITY – The last time the College of Cardinals (search) gathered to select a pope, the Cold War (search) dominated the globe, non-European voices in the church were weak and unfocused and dialogue with other faiths was left to second-tier envoys. None of that is true today. When the …

Faulty genetics may play a role in whether or not a pregnant woman develops preeclampsia and could explain why the condition runs in families, according to a report in Nature Genetics. Preeclampsia is a potentially life-threatening condition marked by three specific symptoms: water retention (with swelling particularly in the feet, …