RICIN ARRESTS
Police in Britain this week arrested six more people in connection with a ricin 鈥渇actory鈥� discovered in a flat in north London. Four Algerians have already been charged with terrorism and chemical weapons offences.
Only traces of the potent poison were found, and it is not clear how much was made, where it is now or what the group鈥檚 intention was.
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NEW MOONS
Three new moons have been discovered around Neptune. Another team found a small body in the same orbit round the Sun as Neptune 鈥� the first 鈥淣eptune Trojan鈥�. Two clouds of Trojan asteroids orbit the Sun just ahead of and behind Jupiter.
DVD TEENAGER ACQUITTED
A Norwegian teenager who created software that can copy DVD movies was cleared last week by an Oslo court. The Motion Picture Association of America had accused Jon Johansen of creating tools to help hackers copy movies illegally. Johansen argued that he had a right to watch legally purchased DVDs on his computer.