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submitted by elvis 13 weeks 3 days 17 hours 18 minutes ago
Mexican archeologists have discovered a maze of stone temples in underground caves, some submerged in water and containing human bones, which ancient Mayans believed was a portal where dead souls entered the underworld.
Clad in scuba gear and edging through narrow tunnels, researchers discovered the stone ruins...(more)
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submitted by elvis 10 weeks 1 day 17 hours 8 minutes ago
In his first critical remarks about the government response to the financial market crisis, Barack Obama said Sunday that the Bush administration has “offered a concept with a staggering price tag, not a plan.”
“We must work quickly in a bipartisan fashion to resolve this crisis to...(more)
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submitted by elvis 58 weeks 4 days 20 hours 47 minutes ago
Whoa, this is scary -- robotic military cannons malfunctioning... From the story: "Media reports say the shooting exercise, using live ammunition, took place at the SA Army's Combat Training Centre, at Lohatlha, in the Northern Cape, as part of an annual force preparation endeavour.
Mangope told The...(more)
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submitted by elvis 28 weeks 1 day 6 hours 48 minutes ago
A state news agency says more than 200 relief workers have been buried by a mudslide in Sichuan province.
The Xinhua News Agency on Monday did not immediately have any other details of the accident.
The Chinese government has estimated that the May 12 earthquake killed as many...(more)
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submitted by elvis 61 weeks 6 days 7 hours 20 minutes ago
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar security forces sealed off Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda on Wednesday, fired tear gas and arrested up to 80 monks trying to get into the shrine, cracking down on the biggest anti-junta protests in nearly 20 years.
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submitted by elvis 58 weeks 5 days 15 hours 4 minutes ago
This is a simulation from ICAR and the National Center For Atmospheric Research. Shipping lanes across the arctic will be clear for most of the year... Sad...
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submitted by elvis 60 weeks 3 days 19 hours 49 minutes ago
A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the dense Amazon rain forest was found after 11 days, dehydrated and scratched but apparently unharmed, police said Friday.
Neilson Oliveira Lima disappeared from his home in the rural community Pupuai on Sept 16, said Amazonas state police officer Ailson...(more)
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AP - Police in riot gear fired warning shots to disperse more than 100 Buddhist monks who defied the military government's ban on public assembly Wednesday by trying to penetrate a barricade blocking Yangon's famed Shwedagon Pagoda.
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submitted by elvis 10 weeks 1 day 17 hours 9 minutes ago
Many blame the Greenspan Fed for this mess. They are right, but not for the reason often cited. It is unfair to say low interest rates are to blame. In the past decade, there is no evidence the US suffered from excessive growth leading to inflation....(more)
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submitted by elvis 21 weeks 4 days 16 hours 17 minutes ago
The fire along the Big Sur coast grew overnight by more than 8,000 acres, officials said today as they announced plans for further evacuations.
The blaze dubbed the Basin Complex Fire in Los Padres National Forest is only 3 percent contained and has destroyed 17 structures since...(more)
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submitted by elvis 58 weeks 3 days 20 hours 21 minutes ago
If you're curious about what the world looks like from the perspective of AAJ, take a look at this one -- with footage I haven't seen elsewhere of the blasts.
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submitted by elvis 62 weeks 1 day 20 hours 13 minutes ago
A Van Gogh masterpiece believed to be the artist's final piece of work is to be put on the public market for the first time, where it is expected to become one of the most highly-valued paintings ever auctioned.
The Fields (Wheat Fields) was completed on 10...(more)
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