There is no threat from El Nino, an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters which disrupted even distribution of last year's monsoon rainfall, the official told The Wall Street Journal.

WSJ: India Set For Normal Monsoon

Weather officials said they are hopeful for normal rains as there is no threat of El Nino, an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters that disrupted even distribution of last year's monsoon rainfall.

WSJ: India to Get Normal Monsoon Rains

Officials from the Chinese Olympic Committee have confirmed to the state-run news agency Xinhua that all of the Chinese athletes in the games are currently "clean" and that so far there has been no notice from the IOC about athlete doping test results that are positive or abnormal.

CNN: IOC confirm six athletes test positive

No matter how tightly they clung to the surrogate mothers, however, the monkeys remained psychologically abnormal.

NEWYORKER: Hellhole

In a subgroup of families who had identical chromosome markers, those with no mutations in the gene developed symptoms at an average age of about 61, those with a single abnormal copy of parkin at around age 50, and those who inherited two mutated copies had onset at around age 36.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Gene 'predicts' Parkinson's onset