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December 20 2006

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“Museums’ role to popularize ecological awareness among population” –

UzReport (Uzbekistan)

“It’s Another New Year, What’s to Celebrate?” –

Al-Jazeera (Qatar)

“Moths drink the tears of sleeping birds” –

New Scientist (UK)

“The dawn of time – after 13 billion years in the darkroom” –

The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“New Weekly Radio Show Explores Richness of Feng Shui, Architecture” –

PR Web (USA)

“Philippines’ lost alphabet on display at museum” –

Philippine News (The Philippines)

“December 2006 Aurora Photo Gallery – updated daily” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Rally backs Burrup rock art protection” –

The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa” –

ArtXWorld (Italy)

“As humans procreate and consume, the wild disappears” –

Pioneer Press (USA)

“Rugged bacteria may be sign of Martian life – on Earth” –

Ottawa Citizen (Canada)

“Two headed ‘dragon’ discovered” –

Ananova (UK)

“Ancient streets disappearing” –

CCTV News (China)

“Yule celebrates winter solstice” –

Outer Banks Sentinel (USA)

“Italians to Provide DNA Map of Burnt City’s Grape Seeds” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 19 2006

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“Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai” –

ArtXWorld (Italy)

“Earliest starlight detection disputed” –

New Scientist (UK)

“History-hunting geneticists can still follow familiar trail” –

Biology News Net (Canada)

“Construction Threatens Ancient Xi’an Tunnels” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Nero’s palace in Rome to reopen after safety scare” –

Reuters (UK)

“Important New Zealand Fossil Find Reported” –

Playfuls (Romania)

“The last unexplored wildnerness: domain of the giant squid” –

ABC Queensland (Australia)

“Shrouded 5000-year-old child unearthed in southeastern Iran” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Scientists explore land bridge, petrified trees in Lake Huron” –

Paddling Instructor News (Canada)

“An ancient computer: It’s Greek to me” –

Belleville News-Democrat (USA)

“Alarms protect Shaanxi artefacts” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Fire from heaven” –

The Economist (UK)

“New Documentary Features Satellite Imagery” –

hetq Online (Armenia)

“Winter solstice: beyond bare branches lies a world waiting to bloom” –

Fortwayne.com (USA)

“Underwater Archeology Center to be Established in the Persian Gulf” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Harebrained hypotheses prove invaluable to scientific debate” –

Columbus Dispatch (USA)

“Unique Petroglyphs Discovered In The Caucasus” –

Russia InfoCentre (Russia)

“Scientists Study Michigan Land Bridge” –

PhysOrg (USA)

“Lhasa: old myth and new reality” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Jinn: Born of fire” –

The Economist (UK)

“Welsh peat bog’s key role in climate studies” –

The Western Mail (Cymru)

“Author Breaks the ‘Antichrist Code’ in New Book” –

eNews Channels (USA)

“Peru’s ancient history brought to life” –

The Vancouver Sun (Canada)

“Smuggled Indian artefacts returned” –

UKTV History (UK)

“Ancient secrets out of the vault” –

News.com (Australia)

“52 Historic Sites Identified in Tchogha Zanbil” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 18 2006

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“Archaeologists preserve and record stone mines beneath Bath” –

24-Hour Museum (UK)

“Large prehistoric site discovered in Bam region” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Moore the merrier as The Sky at Night heads for its half-century” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Egyptian archeologists unearth carving for god Amoun’s high priest” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Study: Humans’ sense of smell stronger than previously thought” –

Bradenton Herald (USA)

“Equatorial Glaciers Are Quickly Melting Away” –

The Moscow Times (Russia)

“Charm of Angkor Wat” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“Mammals once inhabited New Zealand” –

Cosmos (Australia)

“Illicit artefacts sold as eBay turns blind eye” –

The Times (UK)

“Wedding ceremony dates back to 3,000 years ago” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Lost Achaemenid City Rising from Bam Historic Site” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“How a manuscript found in an Irish peat bog was saved” –

The Art Newspaper (UK)

“Afghan artifacts that survived occupation, war and Islamic fundamentalists” –

Newsweek (USA)

“Museum in Roskilde has reconstructed a Viking age long ship” –

Copenhagen Post (Denmark)

“Archaeologists find cradle of china in north China” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Tas-Silg: its past, present and future” –

The Malta Independent (Malta)

“Precious finds” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“The Getty’s answer man” –

Los Angeles Times (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 17 2006

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“Second-grader discovers bones of ancient horse” –

Auburn Journal (USA)

“Retiree goes to great lengths to search for ancient script” –

VNS (Viet Nam)

“Ancient pottery tells an Adam and Eve tale?” –

Chicago Sun-Times (USA)

“Dig Uncovers City’s Antiquity” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“20 Million Years and a Farewell” –

The New York Times (USA)

“Museum traces Cheng Ho’s voyages” –

The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

“Fossil find suggests mammal could fly” –

Myrtle Beach Online (USA)

“Great Britain: Hadrian’s Wall” –

Reading Eagle (England)

“Old human bones are discovered by accident” –

The Philadelphia Inquirer (USA)

“Torah: Temple Secrets” –

Arutz Sheva (Israel)

“The Many Layers of Mars” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“And the truthiness shall set you free” –

Toronto Star (Canada)

“Two Central Mysteries In Genome Inheritance Solved” –

Science Daily (USA)

“Afghan artifact capture foreign market” –

Online News (Pakistan)

“Rapa Nui (Easter Island) yields more questions than answers” –

Post-Gazette (USA)

“2500-Year-Old Boat Coffin to Reveal Mysterious Chinese Kingdom” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Recent human evolution seen in adult ability to digest milk” –

Houston Chronicle (USA)

“Ancient art: the ancient Indian medical system of Ayurveda” –

News.com (Australia)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 20” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 16 2006

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“Discovery backs theory of beginning of life in ocean deeps” –

Seattle P-I (USA)

“Indonesian authorities say volcano on Sulawesi island may erupt in 2 weeks” –

IHT/AP (France)

“Vietnamese archaeologists co-operate with French museum” –

VNS (Viet Nam)

“Climate Change Melts Kilimanjaro’s Snows” –

PhysOrg/AP (USA)

“500-yr-old Krishna idol seized” –

Delhi NewsLine (India)

“From Pomegranate to Dearborn: The loss of Iraqi art” –

UrukNet (Italy)

“How we met: Richard Leigh & Michael Baigent” –

The Independent (UK)

“1700-Year-Old Palmyrene Rock Graves Discovered in Khark Island” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Depth-finders, sonar used to locate submerged artifacts” –

The Chronicle Herald (USA)

“Earth’s cleanest water creates thorny issue” –

The Globe & Mail (Canada)

“Valles Caldera lies at the heart of New Mexico’s volcanic origins” –

My San Antonio (USA)

“Smuggled artefacts given back to India” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

“Intelligent design: The God Lab” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Religion and Violence” –

American Chronicle (USA)

“Al-Khidr excavation enters new phase” –

Kuwait Times (Kuwait)

“Experts to Determine Extent of Damage to Sassanid Fort” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Fossil of ancient creature shows mammals became airborne earlier” –

Canoe News (Canada)

“Scientists travel back through time by drilling into Antarctic icesheet” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“China makes new waiting list for application for World Heritage” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Exhibit Shows Egypt’s Sunken Treasures” –

Caspar Star-Tribune (USA)

“Two ancient graves excavated” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“Slovenia River Excavation” –

National Geographic News (USA)

“Ancient group of humans out of Africa, back again” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Keeping mine heritage alive” –

Halifax Evening Courier (England)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 19” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 15 2006

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“Workers keep on digging at new site” –

Cambs News (England)

“Terengganu Scripted Stone Exhibited In Jakarta” –

Bernama (Malaysia)

“Quantifying the Functional Utility of Handaxe Symmetry” –

ADS (UK)

“Tiny bones rewrite history textbooks: first New Zealand land mammal fossil” –

UNSW (Australia)

“For 1,500 years, Deir Al-Surian has had a working library” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“Comets hold life chemistry clues” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Pope asked to return Greek artifact” –

IOL/Reuters (South Africa)

“Proposed land train to Stones too ‘intrusive'” –

Salisbury Journal (England)

“French archaeologist says Ur royal tomb artifacts came from Burnt City” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Honey has been used in wound care since the ancient Egyptians” –

PR Web (USA)

“Ancient cemetery was dug out in Chernihiv” –

ForUm (Ukraine)

“The Geminid Meteor Shower 2006 Photo Gallery” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Nativity scene investigators” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Gather round for the solstice … “ –

The Cumberland News (England)

“Yellowstone domes rising at ‘really pronounced’ pace” –

Billings Gazette (USA)

“Grave robbery keeps Chinese archaeologists bustling around” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Probe by Italian Police Uncovers International Art-Trafficking Ring” –

The New York Sun/AP (USA)

“Artifacts of Mesopotamia’s Avar Cemetery Originate in Burnt City” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Mars rover nears ‘bathtub ring of blueberries'” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Comet theory fizzles out” –

Toronto Sun/AP (Canada)

“South Pole’s ancient winds mapped” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Smuggled Indian idlos to be returned from the UK” –

Daily News & Analysis (India)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 14 2006

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“High commissioner attends ‘Cult in Context’ conference” –

The Malta Independent (Malta)

“13th century finds uncovered in Berwick dig” –

Berwick Today (Scotland)

“Architect Cengiz Bektas, to design Çatalhöyük museum” –

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Greek Police Arrest Academic For Illicit Trading In Antiquities” –

Playfuls (Romania)

“Old human bones unearthed in Point State Park renovation” –

Post-Gazette (USA)

“Chinese scientists: Squirrel-like mammal could fly before birds” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Photos offer evidence of flowing water on Mars” –

Gulf Weekly (Bahrain)

“Academic had second home for antiquities” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“NASA’s Moon Plan Worries Mars Scientists” –

Caspar Star-Tribune (USA)

“Discovered Stone Slab Proved to be Gate of Cambyses’ Tomb” –

Payvand (Iran)

“Ancient Craters Lie Buried Beneath Mars’ Northern Hemisphere” –

Playfuls (Romania)

“2,500-year-old boat coffin to reveal mysterious Chinese kingdom” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Germs found trapped in amber lived with first dinosaurs” –

KazInform (Kazakhstan)

“Scientists split on return to the moon” –

Leading The Charge (Australia)

“Mysteries of myrrh” –

Sunderland Today (England)

“‘Ancient flying beast’ took wing in Inner Mongolia” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Vietnamese archaeologists co-operate with French museum” –

Nâhn Dân (Viet Nam)

“Bushmen return to their ancient homeland” –

The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Ancient fossils found in Tasmania” –

The Age (Australia)

“Builders find ancient bones” –

Chard & Ilminster News (England)

“Stone’s destiny is to sit in castle” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Scientists to put mud volcano claim to the test” –

Bankok Post (Thailand)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 21” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 13 2006

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“How Etna’s Neolithic hiccup set off a tsunami” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Ancient public bath discovered in southeastern Turkey” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Mars Express scientists find a different Mars underneath” –

ESA News (France)

“Life-size sketch of giant dome uncovered” –

The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Aboriginal language had ice age origins” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

“Scientific survey to reveal the secrets of Tenerife’s depths” –

Tenerife News (Canary Islands)

“Museum scientists solve riddle of mysterious faces on South Pacific artifacts” –

EurekAlert (USA)

“Greek police seize 11,000 ancient artifacts, arrest 2 suspected smugglers” –

IHT (France)

“Majidzadeh tells archaeologists to use Proto-Iranian instead of Proto-Elamite” –

Payvand (Iran)

“Macedonia, Greece to explore archeological landscapes” –

MakFax (Macedonia)

“Masterpieces treasured more than life itself” –

The Herald (Scotland)

“Palaeolithic Age stone tools found in China” –

India eNews (India)

“Sun worship” –

The Guardian (UK)

“The plains of Mars are as old as the hills” –

Antara (Indonesia)

“Archaeology booms with oil and gas” –

Monterey County Herald (USA)

“Mountain range spotted on Titan” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“5000-Y-Old Inscribed Tablets Discovered in Jiroft” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“4,000-year-old Seahenge to rise again – but not until 2008” –

Kings Lynn Today (England)

“Ice-age jaguar among fossil finds” –

The Oregonian (USA)

“A bygone era comes alive at orientalist art exhibition” –

Gulf Times (Qatar)

“Ancient Ape Ruled Out Of Man’s Ancestral Line” –

Medical News Today (UK)

“Botswana court set to rule on Bushmen case” –

IOL/AFP (South Afrcia)

“The 2006 Geminid Meteor Shower” –

Science@NASA (USA)

“There’s something about cinnamon” –

Toronto Sun (Canada)

“Getty returns disputed works to Greece” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Race against time to record coastal history” –

Yorkshire Post (England)

“She really dug her time in Jordan” –

The Times-Tribune (USA)

“Gansu looks after ailing Great Wall” –

China Daily (China)

“Earliest flying mammal discovered” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“2nd cuneiform inscription of Rabat Tepe 2 found” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Mars rocks could provide vital clue to how life began on Earth” –

PhysOrg (USA)

“Ming tombs fail to excite archaeologists” –

Shanghai Daily (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 27” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 12 2006

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“Cows, pigs and sheep: Environment’s greatest threats?” –

New Scientist (UK)

“The 2006 Geminid Meteor Shower” –

Science@NASA (USA)

“New scan of ‘Neanderthal’ jawbone” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Kurdistan, Where Credit is Due” –

Kurdish Regional Government (Kurdistan)

“Scientists look for answers in 2,100-year-old computer” –

Houston Chronicle (USA)

“National Geographic causes dispute between archaeologists in Bulgaria” –

Sofia Echo (Bulgaria)

“Afghan gold guarded by secret group which defied Taliban” –

Hamilton Spectator (Canada)

“Magnitude 6.3 Quake – Celebes Sea – 15:48 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Rodrigues: a people without history” –

L’express (Mauritius)

“Ancient glass zither up for sale” –

CCTV News (China)

“Archaea, the Bug Next Door?” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Four mud volcanoes found off Phuket” –

The Nation (Thailand)

“Arctic sea ice ‘faces rapid melt'” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Afghan treasures saved by group of ‘key holders'” –

The Vancouver Sun (Canada)

“Following Antigone: Forensic archaeology and human rights … “ –

Archaeology Channel (USA)

“Paphos authorities lock horns with Antiquities dept. over lighthouse … “ –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

“Christmas trees date back to ancient nature lovers” –

The Seattle Times (USA)

“Getty Museum to return another two artifacts” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“‘Looted’ treasures are returned by museum” –

The Times (UK)

“Ancient Kiwi ‘mouse’ fills fossil gap” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

“Korea’s rich cultural heritage” –

The Tehran Times (Iran)

“Mystic mistletoe” –

Times Daily (USA)

“Pagan volcano now back to normal” –

Saipan Tribune (Micronesia)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 28” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 11 2006

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“Ancient Swimming Dinosaur Kin Found in Antarctic” –

ABC News (USA)

“Vatican may open St Paul’s tomb” –

The Scotsman/Reuters (Scotland)

“Lactose Tolerance in East Africa Points to Recent Evolution” –

The New York Times (USA)

“Mystery of Afghan cultural heritage solved: Bactrian gold goes on show” –

Canoe News (Canada)

“Pacific academic’s research comes to life in Vaka Moana” –

Massey News (New Zealand)

“Ancient cultural relics return home” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Historic landmark!” –

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

“Italy versus the Illicit Trade” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

“Fold testament: The shape of the universe” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Europe Seeks Its Origins In Catalhoyuk” –

The Anatolian Times (Turkey)

“Ancient bee fossil found embedded in amber” –

M & C News (Scotland)

“Fraud probe on rebuilt monument” –

The Peninsula (Qatar)

“Getty set to return two Greek works” –

Los Angeles Times (USA)

“Iranian Burnt City’s grain storehouse found” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Climate experts search for answers in the oceans” –

ESA News (France)

“Scientists find proof that carbon dioxide is leading to global warming” –

EarthTimes (UK)

“Numismatic Exhibition Brings out Rare Collection of Currencies” –

DaijiWorld (India)

“Second Iron Age Cuneiform Inscription Discovered in Rabat Tepe” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Apocalypto leaves expert shaken, disgusted” –

The Gazette (Canada)

“Professor: Europe’s roots lie in Konya” –

Turkish Daily Press (Turkey)

“Fossil sheds new light on species” –

The Spokesman Review (USA)

“Stars and Spirals Exhibition” –

di-ve.com (Malta)

“‘Darwin’s Dilemma’ solved: researchers” –

Cosmos (Australia)

“Everything in the universe is alive” –

CyberNoon (India)

“Ancient apelike fossil not human ancestor, study finds” –

KazInform (Kazakhstan)

“Getty Museum Is Expected to Return Gold Wreath to Greece” –

The New York Times (USA)

“70 ancient tombs of noble families unearthed in SW China” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

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“Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended
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“Lost World of the Kimberley: Extraordinary New Glimpses of Australia’s Ice Age Ancestors”

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EU English Edition

“Deep Ancestry: Inside the Gengoraphic Project”

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Spencer Wells

EU English Edition

“Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres”

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William T. Vollmann

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“Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code”

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Stephen Skinner

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“Lost World of the Kimberley: Extraordinary
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“Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500-1776”

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Discovering the Sacred Geometry of the Ancients”

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Robin Heath

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