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December 31 –

“Quake rattles lower North Island” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

December 31 –

“Rosetta comet mission delayed” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 30 –

“Giant sea fossil unearthed” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 30 –

“China conducts DNA Studies on Corpse from Ancient Tomb” –

People’s Daily (China)

December 29 –

“Rosetta Countdown” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

December 29 –

“Fire destroys ancient Japanese relics” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 28 –

“Archaeologists find 4,000-year-old tombs” –

Ananova (UK)

December 28 –

“World might end not with bang, but a whirr” –

Sunday Independent/IOL (South Africa)

December 28 –

“Ancient loos under threat” –

Ananova (UK)

December 27 –

“Bulgarian Archeologists a Step Away from Grand Discovery” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

December 27 –

“Ancient Ethiopian Elephant-Hunting” –

The Addis Tribune (Ethiopia)

December 27 –

“Countdown for voyage to comet” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 27 –

“World’s oldest irrigation project goes hi-tech” –

Times of India (India)

December 26 –

“Humans on Mars ‘by 2025′” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 25 –

“Europe’s ascent on Mars” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 24 –

“Neolithic gold on Myconos” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

December 23 –

“Another Close Approach by a Small Asteroid” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

December 22 –

“Water Diversion Project to Make Way for Cultural Relics” –

People’s Daily (China)

December 20 –

“British lander gears up for Mars” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 20 –

“Bulgarian Archeologists “Found Thracian Sacred Valley”” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

December 20 –

“No Signal from CONTOUR” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

December 20 –

“The History of Elephants in Ethiopia” –

The Addis Tribune (Ethiopia)

December 20 –

“Moon’s ‘youngest’ crater discovered” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 19 –

“Archaeologists hit on treasure in Kythnos sanctum” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

December 19 –

“Rare royal coin on display” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 19 –

“Ancient artifacts unearthed at site of navy’s new auditorium” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

December 19 –

“Surprise Comet Streaks Into Solar System” –

National Geographic News (USA)

December 18 –

“Catastrophic disruption in the Solar System” –

CCNet Post #7 (UK)

December 18 –

“Little Ice Age: Solar Influence?” –

CO2 Science Magazine (USA)

December 18 –

“Ancient treasure trove uncovered” –

Pravda (Russia)

December 18 –

“Concern for cultural heritage in Iraq” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

December 18 –

“Khuda Bakhsh library to digitise all manuscripts” –

Times of India (India)

December 18 –

“Twelve Thousand Years of ENSO Activity” –

CO2 Science Magazine (USA)

December 17 –

“Hydrocarbon bubbles discovered in meteorite” –

New Scientist (UK)

December 17 –

“Etna lava flow causes explosion, 15 injured” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

December 17 –

“Microbes Rain Down from Space? More Support for Controversial Theory” –

Space.com (USA)

December 17 –

“Cataclysmic bombardment throughout the inner solar system” –

CCNet Post #9 (UK)

December 17 –

“Unearthed Ancient Tombs Confirm Historical Records” –

People’s Daily (China)

December 17 –

“Ancient frozen microbes may aid search for Martian life” –

Ananova (UK)

December 17 –

“Newly Spotted Comet Visible in Small Telescopes” –

Space.com (USA)

December 17 –

“Panspermia Verified?: Microbes from edge of space revived” –

New Scientist (UK)

December 17 –

“First Emperor’s Tomb: Numerous Treasures Still Untouched” –

People’s Daily (China)

December 17 –

“Dinosaur watering hole found” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 16 –

“Exploding Stars: Threat to Earth Lower But Still Real” –

Space.com (USA)

December 16 –

“Tsunami generated by asteroid impacts” –

CCNet Post #5 (UK)

December 16 –

“Technologies on the road to Mars” –

ESA (France)

December 16 –

“Meteor tracking impact is large” –

Albuquerque Tribune (USA)

December 14 –

“Stonehenge-like circle for NZ astronomy site” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

December 14 –

“Lunar Crash of 1953: Impact Crater Identified” –

Space.com (USA)

December 13 –

“Earth’s volcanism linked to meteorite impacts” –

New Scientist (UK)

December 13 –

“First Letters in New World Found in Mexico” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

December 13 –

“Asteroid moons pulled in by gravity” –

UPI (USA)

December 13 –

“China to Remote Sense Mysterious Tomb of First Emperor” –

People’s Daily (China)

December 12 –

“Atlantis Under Antarctica?” –

Pravda (Russia)

December 12 –

“Terracotta Warriors: Scientists solve ancient Chinese riddle” –

Ananova (UK)

December 11 –

“Geminid meteor shower peaks this Friday” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

December 11 –

“The Ancient Tradition of Falconry” –

Pravda (Russia)

December 11 –

“Future assured for ancient rock art” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 10 –

“Ancient fort lies buried in Kasba Peth” –

Times of India (India)

December 10 –

“Bolivian glaciers shrinking fast” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 10 –

“Archaeologists: Bulgaria is the Cradle of Europe’s Civilisation” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

December 10 –

“Young impact crater field discovered in Italy (4th-5th Century AD)” –

CCNet Post #1 (UK)

December 10 –

“Jurassic Dinosaur Fossils Found on China’s Southern Coast” –

People’s Daily (China)

December 09 –

“Meteors from the Twilight Zone” –

Science@NASA (USA)

December 09 –

“Karachi: Factory waste ruins ancient graveyard” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

December 09 –

“Museums thwart artefact claims” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 09 –

“NASA Tree-ring Study Reveals Long History of El Niño” –

NASA/ARC (USA)

December 06 –

“Oldest American writing found in dump” –

Nature (UK)

December 06 –

“Martian water gone in a flash” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 06 –

“Q: Is there really life on Mars? A: No” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

December 06 –

“Asteroids and Comets may have caused early Martian Rain” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

December 06 –

“Was Maya Pyramid Designed to Chirp Like a Bird?” –

NatGeo News (USA)

December 06 –

“Scientists say ancient asteroids, comets may have caused Mars rain” –

CCNet Post #2 (UK)

December 06 –

“Enthusiasts uncover Bronze Age treasure” –

BBC News Wales (Cymru)

December 06 –

“America’s earliest written language uncovered” –

Ananova (UK)

December 05 –

“‘Earliest American writing’ unearthed” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 05 –

“India’s plans to document and protect Traditional Knowledge” –

SciDev.Net (UK)

December 05 –

“Archaeologists Revise Age of China’s Civilization” –

People’s Daily (China)

December 05 –

“Archaeologists advise on nuclear waste disposal” –

Nature (UK)

December 05 –

“‘Nearly half of Earth surface is wilderness'” –

Ananova (UK)

December 04 –

“Archeological Finds in Bulgaria Create a Stir” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

December 04 –

“Roman coins declared treasure trove” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 04 –

“China, US Seek Origin of Pacific, Asian Island Languages” –

People’s Daily (China)

December 04 –

“New theory for origin of life” –

Nature (UK)

December 02 –

“Fifteenth-century ostrich egg found” –

Nature (UK)

December 02 –

“Atlantis Under Antarctica?” –

Pravda (Russia)

December 02 –

“Video footage helps in search for meteorite” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

December 02 –

“Quake strikes North Island, no damage reported” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

December 02 –

“Fossil hints at India’s mythical river Saraswati” –

BBC News Online (UK)

December 01 –

“New submarine discoveries spark interest in submerged cities” –

The Taipei Times (Taiwan)

Winter 2002 –

“Scatness dates push back history of brochs” –

Internet Archaeology (UK)

December 2002 –

“Roman Britons after 410” –

British Archaeology (UK)

December 2002 –

“Scatness dates push back history of brochs” –

British Archaeology (UK)