Australia lifts ban on therapeutic cloning
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_he_me/australia_stem_cell"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061206/2006_12_06t045924_450x225_us_australia_stemcells.jpg?x=130&y=65&sig=GVV3eW9b8qEVw83Uod._UA--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="The Australian Parliament in Canberra, March 27, 2006. Australia will allow embryonic stem cells to be cloned for research after lawmakers on Wednesday defied conservative Prime Minister John Howard in an emotive parliamentary debate. (Rob Griffith/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Australia legalized the cloning of human embryos for stem cell research with a vote by the House of Representatives Wednesday that lifted a four-year-old ban on the procedure.</p><br clear="all"/>