1.   Mrs Maybury was now holding out the baby to her, and it was stroking her face.

2.   Lutes has seen ultrasound images of one fetus appearing upset and the twin sister offering her thumb to suck, or stroking his face or holding his foot.

3.   Then he moved along the line, repeating his message of relaxation and lightly stroking their faces.

4.   Only minutes before, he had gently stroked her face as they waited through a recess in the three-hour hearing.

5.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, campaigning for re-election, handed out sweets in a Jerusalem pediatric ward, stroked young faces and chatted with mothers cuddling newborns.