News Snippets
• Steve Kurtz, an art professor at the University at Buffalo, USA, has been absolved of bio-terrorism and instead charged with "petty larceny,' says his lawyer. US government officials detained Kurtz on May 11, 2004 after finding bacteria and lab equipment in his house. The bacteria and equipment were later found harmless. The head of the genetics department at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health has also been booked on the same charge. Kurtz's friends say the charge is minor, but can be financially and psychologically draining.
• Scientists have voted to boycott a reputed international journal,