11.   Cardinal Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, a former archbishop of Turin who allowed research on the mysterious Shroud of Turin, died Sunday in a rest home in Liguria.

12.   Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder last year condemned British moves to allow more research on embryos, creating the possibility of human cloning.

13.   Due to announce a decision this month, the Bush administration is searching for a compromise that would allow the research but satisfy such concerns.

14.   He also said allowing the research at all was a compromise.

15.   He gave that information to the president in pressing him to allow the research.

16.   In Sweden, embryo research is allowed, and researchers may also create embryos for research if the project is approved by an ethics commission.

17.   Japan hunts whales under an exemption to the ban that allows scientific research.

18.   Last week, the British government said it would propose allowing similar research.

19.   Meanwhile, the experiment station is undergoing additional security measures that will allow advanced research related to West Nile and similar viruses.

20.   Schroeder, like Rau a Social Democrat, last year condemned British moves to allow more research on embryos, creating the possibility of human cloning.