11.   A defense request to subpoena a letter from a Moscow scientific institute that Astakhov said authorized him to get the information has also been rejected by the court.

12.   Five preliminary orders have been placed for the new high-tech zeppelins by tourism companies and by scientific institutes that plan to use them for atmospheric research.

13.   German Health Minister Horst Seehofer said two German scientific institutes have been told to study the British report.

14.   Health Minister Horst Seehofer said two German scientific institutes have been told to study the British report.

15.   Health Minister Horst Seehofer said two German scientific institutes have been told to study the British report, and his ministry also asked European Commission to examine it.

16.   The scientific institute which created a cloned sheep, Dolly, said Thursday it has applied to patent the scientific process, including for human cloning.

17.   The region was shaken by a series of volcanic earthquakes late Wednesday and early Thursday, the scientific institute reported.

18.   The United States has repeatedly accused Russian scientific institutes of selling missile technology and training to Iran.

19.   The three Russian scientific institutes sanctioned by the United States this week are barred from purchasing U.S.-made goods or exporting products to the United States.

20.   Then, the Soviet Union lavished money on numerous scientific institutes, much of whose work focused on trying to compete with the West in military technology.