BAROUK - LEBANON'S majestic cedar trees have withstood the test of time for centuries but climate change is threatening the country's most treasured symbol.

Used by various civilisations throughout history for their strong and durable wood, Lebanon's cedars are now on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's 'Red List' as a 'heavily threatened' species.

WASHINGTON - NASA has delayed the next space shuttle launch again.

Now the space shuttle Discovery won't lift off before Feb 22.

HARTFORD (Connecticut) - XIANGZHONG 'Jerry' Yang, a Chinese-born stem cell scientist who successfully cloned the first farm animal in the United States, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 49.

Dr Yang, director of the Centre for Regenerative Biology at the University of Connecticut, died Thursday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, school spokesman David Bauman said on Friday.