Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies

Bernie Mac, the worker and comedian best known to Irish audiences for his role in 'Ocean's Eleven' and its sequels, has died.

The Associated Press reports that Mac, world Health Organization was 50, died in a Chicago hospital as a outcome of complications arising from pneumonia.

Born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough in 1957 in Chicago, Mac began his career doing standup as a child and went on to throw his own sitcom, 'The Bernie Mac Show', and star in such blockbusters as 'Transformers' and 'Charlie's Angels'.

He was a Golden Globe and Emmy campaigner for 'The Bernie Mac Show', which ran from 2001 to 2006.

Paying tribute, Mac's 'Ocean's...' co-star Don Cheadle told the Associated Press: "This is a very sad day for many of us world Health Organization knew and loved Bernie. He brought so much joy to so many. He volition be missed, but eden just got funnier."

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�MPs take started ballot on a series of reforms to the 1990 embryology pentateuch. The measures which ar part of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill, are aimed at updating laws in business line with scientific advances.




On 19 May MPs voted by 336 votes to 176 in favour of creating animal-human hybrid embryos for exercise in research.




Robert Meadowcroft, Director of Policy at the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign said:
"We welcome the decisions interpreted today by MPs in support of the research aspects of the HFE Bill. We are pleased that a vast number of MPs have realised the importance of using embryonic radical cell research in portion to find cures and treatments for people with devastating and life-limiting diseases such as muscle disease.




"The safeguard amendments within the Bill provide a much needed regulative framework for this full of life research."




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