Lebanese doctor gets life for abortion RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Lebanese physician convicted of performing abortions in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to life in prison, the daily al-Eqtissadiyah reported Monday. The unidentified doctor has been in custody since his arrest 12 years ago, and has been interrogated throughout his time in jail, according to the Arabic-language newspaper. Investigators learned he had carried out an unspecified number of abortions on single women who were pregnant, al-Eqtissadiyah said. The newspaper did not say when the sentence was passed. Abortion is banned in the conservative Islamic kingdom except under extraordinary circumstances, including when the mother's life is at risk. ### Animal group claims lab damage MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An animal rights group claimed responsibility for ransacking 12 University of Minnesota labs, taking dozens of research animals and causing an estimated $1 million in damage. A spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front said the group smashed computers, tipped over lab equipment and wrecked microscopes early Monday to protest the use of animals in scientific research. The group said in a communique that 27 pigeons, 48 mice, 36 rats and five salamanders were taken out of the labs. The university initially estimated that about 75 animals were taken. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559062815-267> Court: Tribes can harvest shellfish OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Private property owners and commercial shellfish growers were stunned by a U.S. Supreme Court action allowing Washington tribes to harvest shellfish on private beaches. State officials, shellfish growers and private property owners contended the American Indians' 19th century treaties give them no legal claim to shellfish on private property. But the high court on Monday rejected without comment an appeal of a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the tribes' shellfish rights. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559063255-668>
