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Egypt's opposition attacks Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main opposition bloc said on Saturday that a Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill to regulate human rights groups and other private organizations was an attempt to stifle their work. Full story

Human Cloning? Stem Cell Advance Reignites Ethics Debate

A new stem cell discovery has reawakened controversy about human cloning — though technical challenges mean scientists are far from being able to create human babies as in Michael Bay's 2005 sci-fi flick "The Island." Full story

Richard Engel offers insights on humanity after his kidnapping

   In this week’s Office Politics Alex Witt speaks with NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel. The seasoned world traveler reveals where he calls home and the importance of maintaining contact with his family. Engel talks about his December kidnapping while he was covering the war in Syria. H

'Wild, Wild Web', Part 6

   Chris Hansen enters the world of 'real life' vampires. 

Texas tornado leaves Habitat for Humanity neighborhood in ruins

DALLAS (Reuters) - Veronica Orellana, her husband and three sons were used to living in cramped spaces until six years ago, when they moved into their three-bedroom house in Granbury, Texas, built by a nonprofit that constructs homes for low-income families. Full story

Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at 87

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87. Full story

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  On human rights, some Cold War habits die hard

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"Autumn," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden

"Autumn," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx, New York, May 16, 2013. Haas was inspired by the "Four Seasons" portraits of 16th century Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo t

"Winter," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden
"Winter," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden

"Winter," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx, New York, May 16, 2013. Haas was inspired by the "Four Seasons" portraits of 16th century Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo t

"Summer," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden
"Summer," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden

"Summer," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx, New York, May 16, 2013. Haas was inspired by the "Four Seasons" portraits of 16th century Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo t

"Spring," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden
"Spring," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden

"Spring," one of four 15-foot-high fiberglass busts of human heads by artist Philip Haas, is currently on display at the New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx, New York, May 16, 2013. Haas was inspired by the "Four Seasons" portraits of 16th century Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo t