U.N. launches 2015 Syria appeal, focuses on helping refugees’ host nations

Syrian refugees play at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of MafraqBy Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations called on Thursday for more than $8.4 billion to help nearly 18 million people in need in Syria, wrecked by civil war, and across the region in 2015. As well as calling for cash for essential humanitarian aid for millions of Syrians inside and outside their homeland, the annual appeal included for the first time development plans to help neighboring countries hosting Syrian refugees. Launched at a donor meeting in Berlin, the 2015 appeal includes $2. …

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EU’s top court opens door to some stem cell patents

Piece of three-dimensional bone structure obtained from the own adipose stem cells of a patient is seen at Brussels' St Luc HospitalBy Robert-Jan Bartunek and Ben Hirschler BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – Europe's top court has opened the door to certain stem cell patents in the European Union by ruling that an organism incapable of developing into a human being is not a human embryo and may be patented. Thursday's judgment by the European Court of Justice was made following a case brought in Britain by U.S. company International Stem Cell Corporation over whether it could patent processes covering the use of human egg cells. …

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