Friday morning news...
-At a European Union summit in Brussels yesterday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the European Union will not be able to expand further without ratification of the Lisbon treaty.
-Several African states monitoring Zimbabwe's election campaign have added their voice to growing international pressure over the presidential run-off vote. Meanwhile, the wife of the mayor of Harare was killed on Thursday, beaten so severely with rocks and iron bars that her face was almost unrecognizable.
-Canadian researchers reported Wednesday that gastric bypass surgery - a treatment for obesity that is already known to reduce heart disease and diabetes - decreases the incidence of cancer by 80% over the five years following the procedure.
