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March 31 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Ostrich beads indicate early symbolic thought" - New Scientist (UK)
"Ancient Chinese kiln ruins to compete to enter World Heritage list" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Can Intelligent Life Thrive in Close Quarters?" - Astrobiology Magazine (USA)
"20-million-year-old fish fossil found" - New Kerala (India)
"4.1 quake shakes central Bosnia" - Reuters (UK)
"Claritas Fossae tectonic region on Mars" - ESA News (France)
"Asteroid plummets toward Britney Spears concert" - The Spoof (USA)
"Mysterious 'fairy circles' defy explanations" - New Scientist (UK)
"Ancient axe seized by police after raid" - The Herald (Scotland)
"Methane on Mars may signal volcanoes" - ABC Science News (Australia)
"'Hidden treasure' uncovered" - The Berlin Citizen (USA)
"Huge waves on Titan move slowly" - BBC News Online (UK)
"2.9 earthquake hits near McCall" - Idaho Statesman (USA)
"China to name asteroid after astronaut Yang Liwei" - XinhuaNet (China)
"World Climate Report: Greenland’s Secret" - GreeningEarth Society (USA)
"The cosmic timebomb" - The Independent (UK)
"Wake-up call - the quake that changed the face of geology forever" - The Oregonian (USA)
"Landslide caused by earthquake threatens 36 homes in Tajik village" - ITR-TASS (Russia) "Archaeologist digs at site of first Charleston market" - Sarasota Herald Tribune (USA)
"Historians Protest Plan to Move Wall" - China.org (China)
"Enigma of Namibia's 'fairy circles'" - BBC News Online (UK)
"New, safer fish hook points to wisdom of ancient ways" - Honolulu Advertiser (Hawaii)
"Chance find sparks rethink on country's earliest settlers" - The Scotsman (Scotland)
"Confucius' hometown restores ancient city wall" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 121" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 30 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Archaeological discoveries in Aknat of Amran" - SABA (Yemen)
"Granite Axe Yields Clues to Ancient Civilization" - China.org (China)
"Valley County residents feel ground quake" - KBCI2 News (USA)
"Romans faced head-to-head battle" - BBC News Online (UK)
"Cultural relics to be rescued" - Eastday (China)
"Move afoot for Graves Museum" - Sun-Sentinel (USA)
"Quake hits Izeh in southwestern Iran" - Payvand's Iran News (Iran)
"Five-billion-year-old rock quarrymen didn't expect" - The Scotsman (Scotland)
"Ultraviolet astronomy in danger" - BBC News Online (UK)
"Pride riding on Great Wall view from space" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Sensitive to a fault: 'Bulge' quakes spur headaches" - Bend.com (USA)
"Egypt bails jailed French archaeologist" - Expatica (Netherlands)
"Mars Express confirms methane in the Martian atmosphere" - ESA News (France)
"Archaeologist Can’t Comment On The Find Without Seeing It First" - Focus News (Bulgaria)
"K/T Boundary Twin Crater: a Double Impact in the Yucatan Peninsula?" - AGU 2004 (USA)
"Ancient medicine expert claims acupuncture as India's discovery" - WebIndia123 (India)
"'The Bones Tell the Story': Revealing History's Darker Days" - New York Times (USA)
"Rosetta Lander Philae: Landing on powder or ice?" - ESA News (France)
"Methane found on Mars" - Nature (UK)
"4.6 quake rocks Ormoc, Lapu-Lapu cities" - ABS-CBN News (Philippines)
"Jordan Ready to Return Stolen Antiquities to Iraq" - ABC News (USA)
"20-million-year-old fish fossil discovered" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Ancient flints found on Cairngorms" - BBC News Online (UK)
"Quake hits Golestan province in northeastern Iran" - Payvand's Iran News (Iran)
"Ancient Landmark Sets Officials at Odds" - Novinite (Bulgaria)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 169" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 29 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Jomon fishing site discovered" - Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
"The Politics of Armageddon" - National Review (USA)
"Ancient woods to shape future" - EDP24 (UK)
"Footprints of the past ... " - Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
"No compensation from Neanderthal tooth fairy" - IOL (South Africa)
"Women-Only Language Reemerges" - Discovery Channel News (USA)
"Rare tombs of Tang Dynasty unearthed in Sichuan" - XinhuaNet (China)
"World's largest postcard? 3700-Km long strip of Martian landscape" - ESA News (France)
"Strong aftershocks rock Tibet following 6.3 earthquake" - Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates )
"Stakes high in row over Bannockburn relics" - The Scotsman (Scotland)
"Anger over ancient barn" - Somerset County Gazette (England)
"PM probably encountered asteroid, expert says" - Globe & Mail (Canada)
"Cliff inscription tells how ancient road was built" - People's Daily (China)
"Alaskan quake caused freakish tides in Beaumont" - The Beaumont Enterprise (USA)
"King Samuil Landmark Found in Bulgaria" - Novinite (Bulgaria)
"Fossil fish opens young eyes to ancient past" - The Australian (Australia)
"Ancient apple orchards face bonfire" - The Guardian (UK)
"Xinzhai Ruins Confirmed as Xia Dynasty City" - China.org (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 125" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 28 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Egypt Artifacts Make a Rare Apperance in Milwaukee" - CBS 58 News (USA)
"Ancient Secrets Huddled up in the Balkans' Heart" - Novinite (Bulgaria)
"Annexing Mars: Should We Move In?" - Astrobiology Magazine (USA)
"World getting 'literally greener'" - BBC Science News (UK)
"Strong Earthquake Hits Tibet" - The Day (USA)
"Paleoindians hunted for food, clothing and tools" - The Post-Standard (USA)
"New quake shakes eastern Turkey" - ChannelNewsAsia (Malaysia)
"Pecos Ruins Span Centuries" - Albuquerque Journal (USA)
"Science on verge of new `Creation'" - Sun-Sentinel (USA)
"SOS Interpol, museums told" - The Times of India (India)
"Venus farthest from sun in 8-year cycle" - Houston Chronicle (USA)
"Experts: Big earthquake not likely for awhile" - The News-Miner (USA)
"Now Nasa looks to change Mars into a garden of Earthly delights" - The Observer (UK)
"Ancient treasures unveiled" - Journal-Sentinel (USA)
"Hunting for Muziris" - The Hindu (India)
"Waxing moon makes for great meteor watching" - Redding.com (USA)
"Quakes felt in Blenheim, Ohakune" - New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 129" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 27 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"The ‘Nazca Lines’, Gold Mines, Refuse Heaps and ..." - MISNA News (Italy)
"Bhutanese history on display - exhibiting 26 rare artifacts" - Kuensel Online (Bhutan)
"Archaeologist examines site of Bolivar County Indian village" - Picayune Item (USA)
"Another Night of Quakes in Turkey" - Novinite (Bulgaria)
"Site reveals 6,000-year-old relics" - Cambridge News (England)
"Pic worth 1000 miles not traveled to measure fossil of ancient sea creature" - EurekAlert (USA)
"Districts split Saxon cross to settle 150-year feud" - The Independent (UK)
"Two moderate quakes hit north Iran, material damage reported?" - KUNA News (Kuwait)
"Sino-Russian Cooperation on Ancient Document Protection" - China.org (China)
"Moderate quake shakes northern Greece" - Saudi Press Agency (Saudi Arabia)
"Crews discover entire Indian village" - The Clarion-Ledger (USA)
"Nelson's great love found at the bottom of the ocean" - The Scotsman (Scotland)
"Earthquake measuring 2 on Richter Scale shakes southern Kuriles" - RIA Novosti (Russia)
"Cosmic Alignment Viewing — the five naked-eye planets" - The Tampa Tribune (USA)
"Iraqis must see museum's treasures first — minister" - The Jordan Times (Jordan)
"Panel releases quake maps - for several decades to come?" - Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
"Hundreds of historic shipwrecks threatened" - Daily Telegraph (UK)
"5.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Tibet" - ABC News (USA)
"Thai roads to ancient Khmer" - The Star (Malaysia)
"Ancient statue found on Chios" - Kathimerini (Greece)
"Quakes Jolt Northeastern Iran" - Mehr News Agency (Iran)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 100" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 26 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Ancient compound buildings in Guangdong" - XinhuaNet (China)
"College students to search for lost city" - Yahoo News/Daily Herald (USA)
"Only existing First Temple relic may be forged" - Ha'aretz (Israel)
"100 injured in N.China quake" - The Hindu (India)
"Scientists find imprint of dinosaur posterior in Utah rock" - North County Times (USA)
"Treasure hunter hits the jackpot" - Lincolnshire Echo (England)
"Ancient Coin Bears the Likeness of Little Known Roman Emperor" - The MediaDrome (USA)
"Ape gene mutation gives clue to origin of humans" - New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
"7,400-year-old jar gives clue to phoenix-worshipping history" - People's Daily (China)
"Quake, aftershocks, wreak havoc on North Coast springs" - San Luis Obispo (USA)
"Land acquired for excavation work - evidence of Indo-Roman contacts" - Times of India (India)
"International conference tackles Goguryeo 'kingdom' dispute" - Korea Herald (South Korea)
"Quake cluster hits Three Sisters" - Statesman-Journal (USA)
"Successful testing of Jules Verne videometer" - ESA News (France)
"Erosion of SC earthen forts used in study of ancient cultures" - WISTV 10 News (USA)
"Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in SW China" - China.org (China)
"Thailand, Cambodia to jointly develop ancient temple" - Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)
"Scientists Find Dinosaur Tracks in Utah" - Houma Today (USA)
"Your travel guide to the Solar System - interactive" - BBCi Space (UK)
"China to cooperate with Russia in ancient document protection" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Ancient sands key to cleaning up industrial pollution" - Innovations Report (Germany)
"New space telescope aims at ancient stars" - The Hindu (India)
"Carbon dating tells tale of Lima Lake" - Quincy Herald-Whig (USA)
"Another battle over Zeugma’s heritage" - NTV MSNBC (Turkey)
"Casualties in Turkey earthquake" - Aljazeera (Qatar)
"Ancient kiln discovered in Nan" - MCOT.com (Thailand)
"Quake-hit north China area suffers constant aftershocks" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 128" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 25 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Prehistoric DNA to Help Solve Human-Evolution Mysteries?" - National Geographic News (USA)
"7 Killed As Quake Shakes Eastern Turkey" - The Guardian (UK)
"Bulgaria's Archaeological Sites Enwrapped in a Collection" - Novinite (Bulgaria)
"Thousand-year-old treasures on display" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Life on Mars - but 'we sent it'" - New Scientist (UK)
"Site of Rite for Silla's Founding King Discovered" - The Korea Times (South Korea)
"Re-writing ancient history of the Upper Tweed Valley" - Peebleshire News (Scotland)
"Big mouths linked to small brains: research" - ABC News Online (Australia)
"Archeological sites fade: Lansing blamed for not pushing preservation" - Detroit News (USA)
"Radio search for ET draws a blank" - BBC Science News (UK)
"Dinosaur fossil discovered in SW China" - People's Daily (China)
"Salty sea on Red planet" - Herald Sun (Australia)
"Change of seasons celebrated for eons" - Marshall Democrat-News (USA)
"News from Ancient Thebes" - Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)
"Oracle bone unearthed in NW China" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Jaw-dropping theory of human evolution" - Nature (UK)
"Archaeologists plan to unearth Battery history" - Aberdeen Independent (Scotland)
"Evidence of massive Missoula Flood 15,000 years ago lies underfoot" - The Oregonian (USA)
"Life on Mars Could Have Come from Earth - Study" - The Sun Network (India)
"Retrograde spins of near-Earth asteroids from the Yarkovsky effect" - Nature (UK)
"Red Wine Found in King Tut's Tomb" - Discovery Channel News (USA)
"Olympic flame lit in Ancient Olympia" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 109" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 24 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Earth's 'quasi-moon' is wayward asteroid" - New Scientist (UK)
"Antonine Wall World Heritage Site" - Scottish Executive (Scotland)
"Earthquake risk is real for SLO" - San Luis Obispo (USA)
"Da Yu Harnessing the Floods: Fact or Fiction?" - China.org (China)
"There Be Dragons: New Deep-sea Predator Species Discovered" - Science Daily (USA)
"Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 FH: Liverpool Telescope Images" - JMU World (UK)
"Clay pot discovery aids migration estimate" - The Japan Times (Japan)
"Meteor races across Itasca County skies" - Herald-Review (USA)
"Opportunity sits on Martian shore: NASA" - ABC News Online (Australia)
"Early humans swapped bite for brain" - New Scientist (UK)
"Quake hits northeast Iran" - Deepika Global (India)
"Gene Mutation Said Linked to Evolution" - Kansas City Star (USA)
"Troy: The truth about an epic tale of love, war and greed" - Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Earthquake in Inner Mongolia ruins 40% houses" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Move to demolish St Helier historic landmarks - Jersey Evening Post (Jersey)
"SMART-1 mission update" - ESA News (France)
"Small earthquakes shake central Oregon" - KATU.com (USA)
"Move to restore city's 'lost castle'" - BBC News Online (UK)
"'Vampire' fish found in Australian waters" - IOL/Cape Times (South Africa)
"Peabody installs new exhibit on human origins" - New Haven Register (USA)
"Apollo to do his bit tomorrow" - Kathimerini (Greece)
"Newly unearthed finds will enhance research" - China Daily (China)
"Earthquake rattles north China" - Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)
"One of Homo Sapiens' Earliest Fossil Ancestors Reconstructed" - AScribe (USA)
"Hubble, bubble as the telescope causes toil and trouble" - The Age (Australia)
"New municipality to incorporate mediaeval findings" - Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 110" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 23 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Expert confirms meteor in Sunday's sky" - Winnipeg Sun (Canada)
"Dinosaurs: Study finds more than one asteroid caused extinction" - The Daily Princetonian (USA)
"Tutankhamen's tomb was awash with red wine" - ABC News in Science (Australia)
"Nasa considers impact alert plan" - BBC Science News (UK)
"5.0 quake jolts northern areas" - Hi Pakistan (Pakistan)
"History and archaeology of Peterculter" - Aberdeen City (Scotland)
"A star is born - Gemini Observatory News Release" - SpaceFlight Now (USA)
"Planetary parade for sky watchers" - Nature (UK)
"Man donates artefacts to local museum" - VOV News (Viet Nam)
"Archeological find reveals centuries-old trade in N. China" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Mars Rover Parked at Edge of Ancient Seashore" - Reuters (UK)
"Moderate earthquakes shake northeast Taiwan" - The Sun Network (India)
"Plans to add ancient garrison villages to World Cultural Heritage list" - People's Daily (China)
"New life for old Elgin Marbles?" - BBC Science News (UK)
"ESA's orbiting hurricane hunter back in action" - ESA News (France)
"Ancient Garrison Villages to Bid for World Cultural Heritage List" - China.org (China)
"Unearthing historic treasure" - SouthBend Tribune (USA)
"Experts get to the bottom of ancient 'Bog Butter' mystery" - 24-Hour Museum (UK)
"Mars rover peers at edge of ancient seashore" - SwissInfo (Switzerland)
"Archaeological discovery arouses international interest - Jersey Evening Post (Jersey)
"Rover finds evidence of ancient sea on Mars" - SpaceFlight Now (USA)
"Cultural relics spanning 5,000 years discovered in Three Gorges region" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Spain recovers 5,000 looted artefacts" - ABC News Online (Australia)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 87" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 22 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Earthquake Hits South Jersey" - CBS2 News (USA)
"Bones hint at first use of fire" - BBC Science News (UK)
"Egyptian Pharaoh Sarcophagus Restored to Original Beauty" - Novinite (Bulgaria)
"Asteroid Scare Prompts NASA to Formalize Response" - Space.com (USA)
"Byelorussian chicken laid the world's largest egg" - Pravda (Russia)
"1,300-year-old male gingko confirmed in NE.China" - People's Daily (China)
"Iron Blueberries" - Astrobiology Magazine (USA)
"Egypt calls for return of pharaoh's mask" - IOL/Reuters (South Africa)
"Ancient script brings hope for diabetics: Tulsi" - Express India (India)
"Envisat fishes up facts behind Chilean giant squid invasion" - ESA News (France)
"Researchers identify skull as ancient bison" - News-Leader (USA)
"Archaeologists unearth ancient bamboo relic" - ABC News Online (Australia)
"Delving into past of Roman village sites" - Northampton Today (England)
"2.9 Magnitude Quake Shakes West L.A." - NBC4 News (USA)
"First pottery with human-body design unearthed in Gansu" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Asteroid Scare Prompts NASA to Formalize Response" - Yahoo News/Space.com (USA)
"India helps Cambodia restore ancient temple" - GoAsiaPacific (Australia)
"Quake reported near the Aleutian Islands" - Alaska SuperStation (USA)
"4,000 year-old city excavated in Central China" - People's Daily (China)
"Archaeologists dating Caddo Houses at state park" - Jacksonville Daily Progress (USA)
"Researchers say Tiberias basilica may have housed Sanhedrin" - Ha'aretz (Israel)
"Colourful meteor startles Prairie watchers" - CBC News (Canada)
"China's oldest bamboo article unearthed in central China" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Exploring earthworks" - The Advocate (USA)
"Ascraeus Mons in 3D" - ESA News (France)
"Aztec temple is reborn with belief in the sun's power" - The Independent (UK)
"Egyptians preferred red wine, so says science" - AZ Central (USA)
"Detailed picture of comet's heart" - BBC Science News (UK)
"In Hot Pursuit of Comet to Learn Its Secrets" - Washington Post (USA)
"Oracle Tortoise Shell Discovered in W. China" - China.org (China)
"Mixed ashes of man and animal give insight into Bronze Age" - The Herald (Scotland)
"Database on ancient China's academy culture established in central China" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 65" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

March 21 2004 - news headlines .....................................................................
"Restored Tomb of Ancient Pharaoh Unveiled" - The Scotsman (Scotland)
"Egypt unveils restored sarcophagus of pharaoh Ramses VI" - CBS2 News (USA)
"Closing the book on culture" - The Nation (Thailand)
"Saviour-gods mutilated throughout antiquity" - Toronto Star (Canada)
"Mexicans Trek to Pyramids to Mark Equinox" - ABC News (USA)
"Egypt Official Wants Treasure from British Museum" - Reuters (UK)
"Small quake shakes Imperial County near Mexico border" - Herald Tribune (USA)
"Discoveries reveal a flourishing Dunhuang 1,000 years ago" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Tremors spark concern over Montserrat volcano" - Scotland on Sunday (Scotland)
"Pharaohs were escorted to the afterlife" - L.A. Daily News (USA)
"Ancient knowledge gets a modern makeover" - The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
"Survival of species in danger on Darwin's exotic islands" - The Observer (UK)
"Minor Quake Hits Central Alabama" - ABC33 News (USA)
"Teenagers face trial on ancient charge after tomb raided" - The Scotsman (Scotland)
"Five ancient Buddha idols seized; 10 arrested" - NewindPress (India)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours - 82" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

"The Man Who Never Was" & "Operation Heartbreak"
Ewen Montagu
& Duff Cooper

EU English Edition

"In the early hours of 30 April 1943, a corpse, wearing the uniform of an officer in the Royal Marines, was slipped into the waters off the south-west coast of Spain.

With it was a briefcase, in which were papers detailing an imminent Allied invasion of Greece.

As the British had anticipated, the supposedly neutral government of Fascist Spain turned the papers over to the Nazi High Command, who swallowed the story whole.

It was perhaps the most decisive bluff of all time, for the Allies had no such plan: the purpose of 'Operation Mincemeat' was to blind the German High Command to their true objective - an attack on Southern Europe through Sicily.

Though officially shrouded in secrecy, the operation soon became legendary
(in part owing to Churchill's post-war habit of telling the story at dinner)."

Identity of
The Man Who Never Was
Revealed

"The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850"
Brian M. Fagan

EU English Edition

"The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how this altered climate affected historical events, and what it means for today's global warming."