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September 20 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"The amazing fossil of 'Lucy's little sister'" - New Scientist (UK)
"Red floor unearthed in Persepolis treasury" - Mehr News (Iran)
"Roman remains found in garden" - Horncastle Today (England)
"Ancient fortress construction found" - UPI (USA)
"How artists view Sapa’s ancient rock carvings" - VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)
"Major excavation planned to find original Raleigh sites" - Outer Banks Sentinel (USA)
"Solar-B – a new solar mission to study the dynamic Sun" - ESA Space Science News (France)
"3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Need of Urgent Repairs" - NaharNet (Lebanon)
"China 'guest star' of 185 AD was supernova" - China Post (Taiwan)
"Myths of British ancestry" - Prospect Magazine (UK)
"Steve Irwin's memorial service" - ABC Brisbane (Australia)
"Lectures on the Dead Sea Scrolls" - Seattle P-I (USA)
"Ancient Hittite dam inaugurated after 32 centuries" - Turkish Daily News (Turkey)
"Preston artifacts help archaeologists see into past" - Norwich Bulletin (England)
"Imaging technology restores 700-year-old sacred Hindu text" - PhysOrg (USA)
"Taiwanese gifts giant coconut-shell vase to history museum" - Thanh Nien Daily (Viet Nam)
"Treasury of Georgian hymns & folk songs safeguarded for future" - The Messenger (Georgia)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 19 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"Rock figures date back more than 1,600 years" - Daily Herald (USA)
"Lebanon's ancient ruins suffer from Israeli bombing" - Middle East Times (Egypt)
"Ice Foiled Ancient Settlement of Britain Seven Times" - National Geographic News (USA)
"Amber: an ancient treasure that grew on trees" - IOL (South Africa)
"Earthquake shakes Banda Aceh" - Antara (Indonesia)
"Is Angkor Wat too touristy now?" - The Times (UK)
"Mogao Grottoes site will be only a click away in 2011" - XinhuaNet (China)
"New finds in Thesprotia via three-way site collaboration" - Kathimerini (Greece)
"Karun-2 Dam continues tragedy at Iran's 'Izeh'" - IranMania (Iran)
"Rare lunar meteorite discovered in Antarctica" - Cosmos (Australia)
"UNCA students dig up ancient Tuscan ruins" - Ashville Citizen-Times (USA)
"Ancient roots of Mideast conflict" - Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica)
"Crater Lake, Oregon - latest satellite images" - Earth Observatory (Earth Orbit)
"Gallipoli study to reveal hidden secrets" - ABC News Online (Australia)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 18 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"First woman space tourist on her way to the ISS" - ESA News (France)
"Ice Foiled Ancient Settlement of Britain Seven Times" - National Geographic News (USA)
"Replica of Argo launched on trial journey" - IOL (South Africa)
"600-year-old dog puzzles experts" - BBC News Online (UK)
"Lebanon ancient sites damaged during war" - Malaysia Sun (Malaysia)
"Ancient scriptures found in GadagAdd to Clippings" - The Times of India (India)
"Vandals pour paint on Elamite bas-reliefs in southern Iran" - The Tehran Times (Iran)
"Receding reservoir exposes archaeological sites" - Shreveport Times (USA)
"Pagans not hiding anymore" - The Hamilton Spectator (Canada)
"New evidence links stellar remains to oldest recorded supernova" - ESA News (France)
"'Baltic gold' - The ancient treasure that did grow on trees" - The Raw Story (USA)
"El Valle's mysterious petroglyphs" - The Panama News (Panama)
"Lost ship holds key to colony mystery" - The Western Star (USA)
"The Persian Bowed Musical Instrument" - Persian Mirror (Iran)
"New recruit joins Terracotta Army" - BBC News Online (UK)
"Cambodia bans dogs at Angkor" - The Bangkok Post (Thailand)
"Antique found" - Kuensel Online (Bhutan)
"Stone Of The Ages" - Outlook India (India)
"WA rock art still under threat" - Arts Hub Australia (Australia)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 17 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"Bombs shatter Lebanon's Roman legacy" - The Observer (UK)
"Neanderthals: Not so far removed" - Taipei Times (Taiwan)
"The lunar effect" - News.com (Australia)
"Excavation vacation" - Pioneer Press (USA)
"Money runs out for excavating oldest church" - Globes (Israel)
"Advances in biology pulling math in a new direction" - Bradenton Herald (USA)
"The Fall of Troy: Dirty diggers on the trail of Helen's gold" - The Independent (UK)
"How trees can save us from global warming" - The Chronicle (USA)
"The Spooky Side of Britain" - The Vancouver Sun (Canada)
"Archaeologist gagged by power firm" - Scotland on Sunday (Scotland)
"Magnitude 6.2 Quake - San Juan, Argentina - 09:34 UTC" - USGS Report (USA)
"China Needs More Research on Korea" - The Korea Times (South Korea)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 16 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"Scripted Stone: Ancient block may bear Americas' oldest writing" - Science News (USA)
"Neanderthals' burnt evidence: Fire remains younger than thought" - The Ottawa Sun (Canada)
"200 years of troubled waters for Atlantic salmon" - Bangor Daily News (USA)
"Ancient Zeugma to be featured in 3D in cyberspace" - Turkish Daily News (Turkey)
"Eagle Mountain: Ancient rock art found at building site" - Salt Lake Tribune (USA)
"Cloud drinking trees discovered" - iNSnet (Netherlands)
"Back to the source" - The Bangkok Post (Thailand)
"Another Temple Desecrated" - FijiVillage (Fiji)
"Ancient Phoenicia under threat" - Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)
"Aboriginal ashes back home" - The Border Mail (Australia)
"Walk and debate on Pictish battle" - BBC News Online (UK)
"Magnitude 6.3 Quake - Seram, Indonesia - 09:45 UTC" - USGS Report (USA)
"Angkor burdened with influx of visitors, job-seekers" - People's Daily (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 15 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"A Unique ‘Two-Faced’ Roman Mosaic from Pomezia, Italy" - Minerva (UK)
"Perfume museum in ancient pharmacy" - ANSA (Italy)
"Moon rock found in Antarctic" - The Baltimore Sun (USA)
"Moscow May Be Older Than We Think" - Russia InfoCentre (Russia)
"Computer hunt for rock carvings" - Innovations-Report (Germany)
"Shandong revives ancient football" - CCTV News (China)
"Eureka! Quarry near oilsands full of ancient artifacts" - The Hamilton Spectator (Canada)
"Fears for ancient treasures with Shia radical in charge" - The Times (UK)
"Ancient money discovered in Quang Tri" - VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)
"Rock art vandalism condemned" - ABC Message Stick (Australia)
"Looted gold headdress returned to Peru" - Seattle P-I (USA)
"Megalomania lives on in tomb exhibition" - Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
"Archaeolgists find carvings made by pre-Aztec civilisation" - The Independent (UK)
"Roman relics found near Elephanta" - DNA India (India)
"Indestructible Romansh survives centuries" - SwissInfo (Switzerland)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 25" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 14 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"'Oldest' New World writing found" - BBC Science News (UK)
"Drake Passage Hides A Fragment Of The Ancient Continent" - Russia InfoCentre (Russia)
"Ancient Yemeni gold treasures at the National Museum" - Yemen Times (Yemen)
"The pharaoh's daughter who was the mother of all Scots" - The Scotsman (Scotland)
"Palhae Independent of China’s Tang Dynasty" - The Korea Times (South Korea)
"Casa Grandes pottery in spotlight" - Deseret News (USA)
"Ancient Pagoda says no high-heels" - Shanghai Daily (China)
"Evidence found of woolly mammoth" - Toronto Star (Canada)
"Aboriginal rock art under threat, report" - ABC News in Science (Australia)
"Ancient ashes alter timeline of hominids" - Kansas City Star (USA)
"Restoration completed at historic Assynt sites" - The Northern Times (Scotland)
"Archaeologist backs dig at Bosnia site" - The Ottawa Recorder (Canada)
"Five Australian journalists deported from Papua" - The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
"Stone slab found in Mexico bears earliest known writing in Americas" - IHT/AP (France)
"Ancient man's last stand in a refuge on the Rock" - The Times (UK)
"One-third believe angry God caused tsunami" - The Courier Mail (Australia)
"Romanian archaeologists discover Roman stronghold" - People's Daily (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 38" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 13 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"Neanderthals and humans lived side by side" - New Scientist (UK)
"Shipwreck Artefacts For Sale At Aquaria" - Bernama (Malaysia)
"Ancient church reveals rare art" - Watton & Swaffham Times (England)
"Scientists dispel frozen gas theory" - Oak Bay News (Canada)
"Theatre workshops in heritage sites" - di-ve.com (Malta)
"Neanderthals' 'last rock refuge'" - BBC Science News (UK)
"Germany funds project to restore ancient tower" - VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)
"Study acquits sun of climate change, blames humans" - Reuters (UK)
"Chance to view ceramics salvaged from ancient Chinese shipwrecks" - NS Times (Malaysia)
"Kar Sewa or Destruction of Sikh Heritage?" - Sikh Sangat News (Canada)
"Dead Sea Scrolls Coming to Idaho Falls" - NBC NewsChannel 6 (USA)
"New Thracian Discovery Thrills Bulgarians" - Sofia News Agency (Bulgaria)
"At home with the Romans and Britons" - Hunts Post (England)
"Earth's ecliptic path is the reason for seasons" - Tri-Valley Central (USA)
"Parthenon piece returned to Greece" - ABC News in Science (Australia)
"Dig set to uncover Iron Age past" - BBC News Online (UK)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 41" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 12 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"Foraging is more than just a middle-class leisure pursuit" - The Guardian (UK)
"Archaeologists find traces of Viking centre" - Telugu Portal (India)
"Ancient bronze drum unearthed in northern province" - Nhân Dân (Viet Nam)
"Hancock Museum mummy begins to reveal its X-ray secrets" - 24-Hour Museum (UK)
"Meteorite most likely cause of boom, observatory says" - New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
"History right on your doorstep" - Glasgow Daily Record (Scotland)
"China Stirs History Furor" - The Korea Times (South Korea)
"Skeletons of bloodiest day" - The York Press (England)
"Dong Son drum found by chance" - VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)
"Magnitude 6.0 Quake - La Rioja, Argentina - 13:30 UTC" - USGS Report (USA)
"Decoded: the genius of Leonardo da Vinci" - The Independent (UK)
"Ancient Inca language joins information age" - Australian IT (Australia)
"Stone Age cave in central Vietnam has neighbor" - Thanh Nien News (Viet Nam)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 42" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

September 11 2006 - News Headlines ...............................................................
"Presentation to focus on ship's excavation" - San Antonio Express (USA)
"Splendor of Persian Empire on display in Germany" - Mehr News (Iran)
"Plan for homes on ancient marsh is halted" - Lancashire Evening Post (England)
"Stone Age female statue unearthed" - ANSA (Italy)
"DNA linking various peoples" - UPI (USA)
"Lung Leng artefacts on display in City" - VNS (Viet Nam)
"Dig unearths evidence of Neolithic partying" - Salisbury Journal (England)
"Spending the Night in the Lost City of the Incas - Machu Picchu" - Gringoes.com (Brazil)
"Archaeologists find traces of legendary Viking centre By Thoralf Plath" - DPA (Germany)
"Seoul, Paris Seek Solution for Old Texts" - The Korea Times (South Korea)
"Japan to return S.Korea's ancient records" - New Kerala (India)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 50" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"Weather eye on Europe - latest satellite images" - ESA Weather Today (France)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

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