41.   The Council of Europe on Tuesday approved a controversial draft convention set to become the first framework for international legislation on biological research involving embryos.

42.   The Asahi newspaper said police had found a blueprint of a biological research laboratory in a car belonging to an Aum follower in Hikone, western Japan.

43.   The draft convention, effectively the first framework for international legislation on biological research involving embryos, was approved by the Council of Europe last November.