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Tue 09 Sep 2010Minister withdraws from launch of anti-evolution book

MINISTER FOR Science Conor Lenihan will not now launch a book in Dublin which describes evolution as a fantasy and a hoax, after the author asked him to withdraw in the wake of controversy on the web.

The Minister was to launch The Origin of Specious Nonsenseby John May at Buswells hotel tomorrow, with actors playing the parts of Charles Darwin and King Kong.