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February 28 2005

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“Thefts of Chinese cultural relics jump by 80 percent” –

Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)

“‘Atomic Paring Knife’ Will Help Probe Ancient Civilizations” –

NewsWise (USA)

“New dinosaur raptor found; First in Southern Hemisphere” –

Innovations-Report (Germany)

“Ethnic minorities look to the mother gourd” –

VNS (Viet Nam)

“Meteor shower seen in South West (England)” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient giant etchings found scraped into Peru desert hills” –

The Seattle Times (USA)

“Old mill and its ancient water turbine brought back to life” –

The Yorkshire Post (England)

“A year after landing, Mars robots still expanding human horizons” –

The Plain Dealer (USA)

“Archaeologists investigate historic tunnel network” –

Edinburgh Evening News (Scotland)

“China First With Rice, Diamonds?” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

“Aladdin’s cave” –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

“Sounding Out Mars” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Fossils found of small meat-eating dinosaur” –

CTV News (Canada)

“Japan to assist Pak to explore and preserve cultural heritage” –

PakTribune (Pakistan)

“Magnitude 5.1 Quake – southern East Pacific Rise – 09:39 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Tsunami, earthquake reshapes, tilts Andaman islands” –

Reuters India (India)

“Discovery of ‘Egyptian stuff’ stokes excitement” –

Times-Leader (USA)

“Diggers find oven at Roman hotspot” –

Manchester Online (England)

“Dinosaur fossils sold on eBay” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

“Flores hominid bones returned” –

The Scientist (UK)

“Magnitude 5.9 Quake – southern East Pacific Rise – 01:24 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“World’s Greatest Inventors Were Rosicrucian Mystics – Idiodu” –

AllAfrica.com (Nigeria)

“Magnitude 5.7 Quake – offshore Colima, Mexico – 01:06 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Discovery about ancient pagoda built in Tran dynasty” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

“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)

February 27 2005

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“Petroglyph lawsuit filed against city of Albuquerque” –

Indian Country Today (USA)

“Coral reefs explain sea level rise?” –

WebIndia123 (India)

“Town seeking protection for manmade cave” –

The Boston Globe (USA)

“Ruins of prehistoric village discovered in North China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Raising lake level would drown sites sacred to the Winnemem Wintu” –

S.F. Chronicle (USA)

“Historic Scotland restores cradle of Scottish Christianity at Whithorn” –

The Herald (Scotland)

“Ancient earth drawings older than the country’s Nazca lines discovered” –

680 News (Canada)

“Indian archaeologist divers discover ancient port city in south India” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

“New Colossus of Rhodes will keep watch on drunken Britons” –

The Sunday Telegraph (UK)

“Hillsdale County was site of mastodon found in 1901” –

Jackson Citizen Patriot (USA)

“Ancient Wonders of the World are A Modern Mystery” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Prof hot on trail of ‘global winter'” –

IndyStar (USA)

“Scientists who lost Beagle plan another shot at Mars” –

The Sunday Times (UK)

“Israeli officials say the ossuary linked to Jesus is fake, but … “ –

The Houston Chronicle (USA)

“Ancient tomb believed to reveal state of pope’s health” –

Khaleej Times/AFP (UAE)

“Destruction of Hohokam sites draws lawsuit” –

Indian Country Today (USA)

“One hundred-million-year fossils found in Chile” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“What’s Up This Week – Feb 27 – Mar 6, 2005” –

Universe Today (USA)

“Sticky rice used to fix ancient Chinese wall!” –

Times of Oman (Oman)

“Manuscripts ‘treated as fossils'” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Earth Magnetic Field Reversal” –

PESN (USA)

“Russia refuses to give up Trojan treasure” –

IOL (South Africa)

“ICE, Thai police recover cultural antiquities, fossils” –

The Washington Times (USA)

“A stolen antiquities collection is unearthed … “ –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

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

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

February 26 2005

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“Drug traffickers overrun ancient Mayan city” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Climate scientist sees clues to tomorrow in Earth’s past” –

USA Today (USA)

“Ancient artefacts retrieved from seabed near Chennai” –

WebIndia123.com (India)

“Archaeological find shouldn’t delay Sound Transit project” –

The Seattle Times (USA)

“Unique column bases of Palace of Cyrus unearthed in Charkhab” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Bujang Valley heritage trail to be ready by April” –

New Straits Times (Malaysia)

“Bacteria found in Alaskan ice may be 32,000 years old” –

ContraCosta Times (USA)

“Thai man nabbed for selling dinosaur fossils on internet” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“ASU archaeologist honored for research on early man” –

The Arizona Republic (USA)

“Scientists find submerged forest under Qld seabed” –

ABC Radio News (Australia)

“2500-year-old coffins unearthed in Egypt” –

World Peace Herald (USA)

“Teams to look for ‘Linggiu’” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“Anti-wind farm report dismissed” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Atka Island volcano erupts, spews ash and steam” –

Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)

“Archaeological body confirms ancient settlement” –

New Kerala (India)

“Magnitude 5.3 Quake – Nicobar Islands, India – 14:24 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Achaemenid Era Stone Fragments Discovered Near Shiraz” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Does the Bible have links with pagan myths about creation?” –

Holland Sentinel (USA)

“Life on Mars not just possible, but probable” –

ExpressIndia (India)

“Magnitude 6.7 Quake – Simeulue, Indonesia – 12:56 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Experts: Tamil civilisation over 4,000 years old” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“Magnitude 5.8 Quake – offshore Honshu, Japan – 12:37 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Man in the moon ready to do the dance with Jupiter” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“NASA finds frozen prehistoric microbes” –

Seattle P-I (USA)

“Underwater find in tsunami region” –

The Calcutta Telegraph (India)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 15” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

February 25 2005

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“Tsunami unveils ‘seven pagodas'” –

The Times of India (India)

“Viking ship cracking up” –

AftenPosten (Norway)

“Terra-cotta army lecture to be held at UCLA” –

Daily Bruin (USA)

“Tutankhamen ‘curse’ story sounds like soapie” –

The Star (South Africa)

“Magnitude 5.7 Quake – Tajikistan – 23:04 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“FBI sets up first national art theft squad in US” –

The Art Newspaper (UK)

“Chongqing’s Wushan Excavated Large Ancient Tomb” –

China.org (China)

“200 ancient remains, Budha stupa discovered in Pakistan” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Archaeological dig sniffs out world’s oldest perfumery” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Atka volcano vents; village goes on alert” –

Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)

“Magnitude 5.1 Quake – Masbate Region, Philipines – 16:17 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Viking site preservation order won’t delay bypass, bridge” –

Waterford News & Star (Ireland)

“Investigations under way on discovery of ten-centuries-old coins” –

Morocco Times (Morocco)

“English churches OK DNA testing on kin of Jamestown founder” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.4 Quake – Nicobar Islands, India – 13:31 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Ancient Stronghold Discovered in Varna” –

Sofia News Agency (Bulgaria)

“Martian gases pose life question” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“‘Hobbit’ bone of contention settled” –

The Age (Australia)

“The Ancient Splice of Life” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Ancient village found near Chennai” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“Imperial treasures of China live on in Taiwan” –

The Navhind Times (India)

“Achaemenid era stone fragments discovered near Shiraz” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Volcano Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Kamchatka, continues erupting” –

ITAR-TASS (Russia)

“Archaeologists save 2500-year-old shards of Tang-e Bolaghi” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.1 Quake – northern Colombia – 06:41 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Alaska find raises hopes of life on Mars” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“More on Why Politics and IPCC Matters” –

Prometheus (USA)

“Townsfolk say ancient custom is not racist” –

Western Morning News (England)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 17” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

February 24 2005

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“Authorities seize antiquities traffickers” –

Yemen Times (Yemen)

“Hagia Sophia Mosaics Still Wait for a Savior” –

Zaman Daily News (Turkey)

“Scientists find evidence of seesaw climate” –

MSNBC News (USA)

“Experts seek evidence of Stone Age man” –

EADT (England)

“Preserving an ancient art” –

The Bandera Bulletin (USA)

“Call to preserve cultural heritage” –

Solomon Star (Solomon Islands)

“Tides changing for old fishing kraals” –

Pretoria News (South Africa)

“Viking cemetery uncovered on Orkney” –

Grampian TV News (Scotland)

“110-million-year-old sea turtle fossils discovered” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Ancient croc holds clue to evolution of a killer” –

The Australian (Australia)

“Giant ice sea discovered on Mars?” –

Aljazeera (Qatar)

“A colossal plan for Rhodes” –

Portalino (Italy)

“St. Agatha’s Catacombs” –

Di-ve.com (Malta)

“Coral reef clue to fast sea rise” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Valley fossil finds cause excitement” –

Modesto Bee (USA)

“Panda bone found in ancient tomb as sacrifice” –

China Daily (China)

“Archaeologists Baffled by Headless Bodies Find” –

The Scotsman/PA (Scotland)

“Magnitude 5.7 Quake – Simeulue, Indonesia – 07:35 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“1st century Buddha relics unearthed near Taxila” –

New Kerala (India)

“Magnitude 5.0 Quake – West Chile Rise – 07:04 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“‘Smuggling antiques from north is stealing’” –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

“Island storms uncover medieval bones” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“200 ancient remains, Budha stupa discovered in Pakistan” –

Pakistan Times (Pakistan)

“Magnitude 5.5 Quake – southern East Pacific Rise – 04:55 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Can Cyprus claim world’s oldest perfumery?” –

Reuters (UK)

“Ancient turtles lead blast from the past” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 54” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

February 23 2005

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“Ancient turtle fossils found in Australia” –

The Sunday Times (South Africa)

“Astronomers claim first ‘dark galaxy’ find” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Mount St. Helens bubbling and boiling” –

World Peace Herald (USA)

“Remnants of Taunton’s ancient past unearthed” –

Taunton Times (England)

“Cosmic Insight into Pyramids, Volcanoes and Nuclear Contraband” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Digs at Archontiko, Pella uncover more gold-clad warriors” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“Global Rainfall Patterns – new images/diagrams” –

NASA Earth Observatory (Earth Orbit)

“Prehistoric ‘Bear-Dog’ Fossil Unearthed” –

Sun-Sentinel (USA)

“Panda skeleton found in ancient tomb” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“A Place to Rest for German Kings” –

Deutsche Welle (Germany)

“More Tequesta ‘circles’ found” –

The Miami Herald (USA)

“Ancient life thrives in the deep” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“ESA’s comet chaser to fly by Earth” –

ESA Rosetta News (France)

“Dinosaur egg fossils discovered in E. China” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Environmentalists Push For a ‘Greener’ iPod” –

ABC News (USA)

“Ancient mangrove forests found under reef” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Polar expedition contributes to ESA’s ice mission CryoSat” –

ESA News (France)

“Giant panda bone found in 4,000-year-old tomb” –

China Daily (China)

“Magnitude 5.7 Quake – New Britain, PNG – 12:12 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Funding and expertise needed for archaeological projects” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“Cosmic Insight into Pyramids, Volcanoes and Nuclear Contraband” –

LiveScience (USA)

“Rising emission may make grain less nutritious: Chinese scientist” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Magnitude 6.0 Quake – New Britain, PNG – 11:33 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Tsunami-hit nations must utilise environment: UN” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Magnitude 5.2 Quake – Vanuatu – 10:40 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Mars orbiter points to gigantic frozen sea” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Earth’s Childhood Attic” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Gems from underfoot” –

The Evening Chronicle (England)

“Prehistoric polluters” –

The Independent (UK)

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

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

February 22 2005

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“Antiquities theft shot up in 2004” –

Ha’aretz (Israel)

“Past is revealed as skeletons are found” –

Bury Free Press (England)

“Ancient, rare texts donated to archives” –

The Daily Item (USA)

“Global Warming hits a snow bound India killing many!” –

International Reporter (India)

“Magnitude 5.6 Quake – south of Australia – 23:14 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Alpine Iceman Reveals Stone Age Secrets” –

Reuters (UK)

“Hot summer a sign of warming planet” –

Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)

“Mankind versus Mother Nature?” –

China Daily (China)

“Old often new with ‘relics'” –

JS Online (USA)

“Mars may have a frozen sea” –

Nature (UK)

“Diet ‘to blame’ for crooked teeth” –

Kerala Next (India)

“Magnitude 5.1 Quake – Gulf of California – 19:15 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Over 200 culture relics stolen in 2004” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Museum’s trashed fossils strike raw nerve in Vernal” –

Deseret News (USA)

“More Than 270 Dead As Quake Hits Remote Iran Villages” –

Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

“Magnitude 5.1 Quake – off the coast of Central America – 18:19 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Medieval island in Llangorse Lake gets a modern makeover” –

The Western Mail (Cymru)

“Magnitude 5.6 Quake – Andaman Islands, India – 17:12 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Scientists say new data may reveal evidence of Mars’ past life” –

EastDay (China)

“Bleak forecast for treasures of Scotland as climate change takes hold” –

The Independent (UK)

“Iranian Archaeology Wouldn’t Grow Behind the Closed Doors” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.6 Quake – offshore Honshu, Japan – 11:20 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“North allows S. Korean coast guard entry for raft search” –

The Korea Herald (South Korea)

“Were the dinosaurs done in by fungus?” –

The Boston Globe (USA)

“Ancient kilns found fires imagination” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“A Star Leaves the Galaxy” –

The New York Times (USA)

“Winemaking history unearthed in China” –

Di-ve.com (Malta)

“Jordanian dig confirms Biblical Edom” –

The Jeruslaem Post (Israel)

“Magnitude 5.8 Quake – Masbate Region, Philippines – 03:20 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Shaanxi held first Zhou Gong Temple relics exhibition” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Palace fit for a king upsets Roman history” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“Magnitude 6.4 Quake – central Iran – 02:25 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Dinosaur egg fossils discovered” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 33” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

February 21 2005

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“Ta’ Bistra catacombs rediscovered” –

The Times of Malta (Malta)

“Tara decision due within three weeks” –

Ireland Online (Ireland)

“Donated relics to help revive image of old Beijing” –

People’s Daily (China)

“High-energy particles reveal volcanic interiors” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Military telescope enlists in doomsday asteroid patrol” –

CBC Edmonton (Canada)

“Amateur paleontologist pushes for a state fossil” –

Corvallis Gazette-Times (USA)

“Life slowly returns to ancient marshlands” –

The Mercury (South Africa)

“Pyramid search goes cosmic” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Statue reveals the past’s secret” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

“The Smart One: Exploring the Other Globe” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Ariane 5 technology turns the lights on” –

ESA News (France)

“Exhibition traces 5,000 years of India-Oman ties” –

New Kerala (India)

“Find or Forgery, Burial Box Is Open to Debate” –

The Washington Post (USA)

“Cosmic flash brightest ever recorded” –

The Australian/AFP (Australia)

“Garden of Eden restored” –

News 24 (South Africa)

“Kamchatka volcano erupts, melts glacier” –

RIA-Novosti (Russia)

“‘Pack ice’ suggests frozen sea on Mars” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Skies over China to be filled with planet sightings” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Dried-up Garden of Eden can flourish again, say scientists” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Ha Noi archeologists dig as city’s 1,000th year approaches” –

VNS (Viet Nam)

“Many report seeing Bigfoot in Virginia. One man is trying to prove it” –

Pilot Online (USA)

“Italians and Iranians Join to Save Bolaghi Ancient Sites” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.2 Quake – Kermadec Islands – 00:04 – UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Monster magnetic star breaks records” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 60” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

“The Celtic Gods: Comets in Irish Mythology”

“The Serpent Grail:
The Truth Behind
the Holy Grail,
the Philosopher’s Stone
and the Elixir of Life”

“Bill Wyman’s Treasure Islands: Britain’s History Uncovered”

“Turning The Hiram Key: Rituals Of Freemasonry Revealed”

Robert Lomas

EU English Edition

“The Science of the Hitchhiker’s Guide
to the Galaxy”

Michael Hanlon

EU English Edition

“The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture
of Reality”

Brian Greene

EU English Edition

“The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe”

Roger Penrose

EU English Edition

“The Knights Templar: The History and Myths of the Legendary Order”

Sean Martin

EU English Edition

“1491: New Revelations of the Americas
Before Columbus”

Charles C. Mann

EU English Edition

“Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy”

EU English Edition