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September 20 2005

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“‘A withered olive tree means misfortune’” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“The Goddess of the Israelites” –

Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

“Ancient Roman navy soldier surfaces” –

ANSA (Italy)

“Prehistoric instincts evolve as comfort food” –

Rocky Mountain News (USA)

“Ancient drovers’ way with stunning views opened on border” –

icWales (Cymru)

“American Astronomical Society Supports the Teaching of Evolution” –

PRNewsWire (USA)

“Archaeologists excavate Greek town trashed by Bohemian Celts” –

Radio Praha (Czech Republic)

“Israeli archaeologists unveil Byzantine mosaic, table” –

Middle East Times (Egypt)

“Magnitude 5.3 Quake – Ethiopia – 21:23 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Sudan: Hungarian archaeology expedition in Nubia” –

AKI (Italy)

“Flint remains show Stone Age life” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Hidden images to fuel Da Vinci Code conspiracies” –

Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

“Theory of evolution not a science – speaker” –

The Bismarck Tribune (USA)

“Iraq chaos threatens ancient faith” –

Egypt Guide (Egypt)

“Key tests for Vega igniters” –

ESA News (France)

“Diggers discover ancient artefacts” –

Bucks Free Press (England)

“Neanderthal Teeth Growth Similar to Humans’” –

RxPG News (USA)

“Ancient Statuette Found while Field at Sagri being Dug” –

DaijiWorld News (India)

“Magnitude 4.9 Quake – offshore northern Peru – 10:53 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Ancient meteorites tell tales of early solar system” –

The Register (UK)

“Propriety and History Clash in Argentina” –

The Washington Post (USA)

“Mass graves found in ancient city of Sobessos” –

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Monument quarry decision deferred” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Magnitude 4.3 Quake – Potosi, Bolivia – 04:46 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Beijing’s Forbidden City gets massive facelift” –

China Daily (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 43” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

September 19 2005

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“In Turkey, digging up a Parliament” –

IHT (France)

“Ethiopia says ancient obelisk finally to be put back” –

Sudan Tribune (Sudan)

“Achaemenid Evidence Rises in Soltaniyeh” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Major excavation for Roman relic” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient bones have experts excited” –

TVNZ News (New Zealand)

“Huge tide expected in Qiantang this month” –

People’s Daily (China)

“By Design: Interview with Brother Guy Consolmagno” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Antiquities go missing from Egyptian museum” –

IOL (South Africa)

“The absurdity of intelligent design” –

Ha’aretz (Israel)

“A Congress, Buried in Turkey’s Sand” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Googleplex Jones And The Last Roman Villa” –

WebProNews (USA)

“Ancient Berber jewels to be exhibited in Casablanca” –

Morocco Times (Morocco)

“Water diversion project makes way for ancient salt-making sites” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“There has been an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale” –

ThaiNews (Thailand)

“Medieval ancestors measured up to our height standards” –

The Times (UK)

“Indian Peninsula under Achaemenid Influence” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Rains crack famous Sanchi Stupa near Bhopal” –

New Kerala (India)

“Zipang: Popularising The Literature Of Ancient Iraq” –

Mathaba.net (South Africa)

“Magnitude 5.2 Quake – offshore Tarapaca, Chile – 13:20 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Showdown over artifacts unearths spiritual divide” –

Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Hawaii)

“Atlas on ancient Iranian silverware under compilation” –

IRNA (Iran)

“‘Better’ DNA out of fossil bones” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Sight for sore eyes: ancient fish see colour” –

Innovations-Report (Germany)

“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)

September 18 2005

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“Indian leaders seek protection of remains” –

ContraCosta Times (USA)

“Bangladesh jolted thrice by earthquake” –

New Kerala (India)

“Stone’s biblical past is exposed as myth” –

The Times (UK)

“Treasures from oldest sunken ship on show” –

Daily Express (Malaysia)

“Southeastern Colorado – archaeoastronomy” –

Denver Post (USA)

“Divine stones” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“Asteroid Riddling” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“All are awaiting a savior” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.8 Quake – Myanmar-India border – 07:26 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“A Number Of Works Of Art Unearthed In Parion Ancient City” –

Turkish Press (Turkey)

“Looters plunder ancient city in Peru, says discoverer’s son” –

The Seattle Times (USA)

“India adopts fighting position to hold on to ancient yoga poses” –

The Sunday Telegraph (UK)

“Magnitude 5.4 Quake – south of Panama – 01:24 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Germans Explore Bolaghi Metal Mines” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“We and the Neanderthals” –

The Sunday Express (India)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 59” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

September 17 2005

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“Ancient Rome remodelled in 3D” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Deep-sea archaeologists look for secrets in ‘Shipwreck 7’” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“Magnitude 5.2 Quake – south of Panama – 16:51 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“2500-year-old Agriculture Survives in Uramanat” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Kutabal to be developed as Heritage Site: MLA Shangus” –

WebJK News (India)

“Monuments of Kunyaurgench included in UNESCO W.H. List” –

Turkmenistan News (Turkmenistan)

“Uramant region, heartland of Kurdestan: expert” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Habitation of ‘real’ Crusoe discovered” –

Financial Express (India)

“Earth’s Wobble Burps” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Kings and legends of ancient Persia” –

IHT (France)

“Magnitude 4.8 Quake – Guatemala – 03:41 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Yunnan cashes in ancient city protection” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Ancient military castle discovered in Ardebil” –

Payvand (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 51” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

September 16 2005

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“Small brain did not stop Hobbit having big ideas” –

The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Museum’s dinosaur footprint is a world first” –

Glasgow Evening Times (Scotland)

“Mexican volcano blasts ash, gas 3 miles into sky” –

San Diego Union Tribune (USA)

“Ceramics and bones found in Celtic settlement” –

IOL (South Africa)

“Creationism: Asking the Obvious Questions” –

OpEdNews (USA)

“Cultural Genocide in the name of Islam” –

Persian Mirror (Iran)

“Magnitude 4.2 Quake – Nevada, USA – 15:09 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“On the ramparts of history” –

YNet News (China)

“Ancient algebra” –

The Hindu (India)

“‘Alpine’ landscape on the Moon” –

ESA SMART-1 News (France)

“Birthplace of famous Mars meteorite pinpointed” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Rains affect major Buddhist shrine at Sanchi” –

NewKerala (India)

“Asteroids Caused The Early Inner Solar System Cataclysm” –

PhysOrg (USA)

“Archeological findings on Kon Tum prehistory likely to be published” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

“Magnitude 5.5 Quake – New Ireland region, PNG – 00:31 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Ancient Mound halts Qaemshahr road project” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Ethiopia: Home of the Ark of the Covenant” –

Pahrump Valley Times (USA)

“Australia, the shaky continent” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 77” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

September 15 2005

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“Deciphering Mars: The Current Decade” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“The eerie mystique of stone circles” –

IOL/Sunday Tribune (South Africa)

“Solar minimum is looking strangely like Solar Max” –

Science@NASA (USA)

“‘Persian goddess’ leaves Czech archaeologists red-faced” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Greek archaeologists unearth Bronze Age town on Cycladic island” –

Middle East Times (Egypt)

“ESA’s new deep space antenna in Cebreros becomes a reality” –

ESA News (France)

“New plant finds in andes foretell of ancient climate change” –

Innovations-Report (Germany)

“Earth Asteroid Bombardment Mystery Solved?” –

National Geographic News (USA)

“Military bulldoze 8,000-year-old Karpas site” –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

“Chusok Reveals Ancient Traditions” –

The Korea Times (South Korea)

“Iran’s pre-Islamic heritage” –

The Economist (UK)

“Deciphering the Khipus” –

WBUR Here & Now (USA)

“Fengshui: Magic or science” –

Shanghai Daily (China)

“Climatic change marks dawn of man” –

The Tide (Nigeria)

“Secret of Delphi Found in Ancient Text” –

Innovations-Report (Germany)

“Attempt to smuggle pharaoh’s statue foiled” –

WebIndia123 (India)

“Unique Art of the Achaemenids Lives Forever” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 86” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

September 14 2005

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“Ancient astronomers subject of talk” –

AZ Daily Sun (USA)

“Archaeologists unearth large Bronze Age town” –

IOL (South Africa)

“Enthusiast uses Google to reveal Roman ruins” –

Nature (UK)

“Iran’s Sivand Dam will submerge Bolaghi Pass” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Research team finds new evidence of Amazonian civilization” –

Yahoo/Kyodo (USA)

“Goguryeo tomb murals, relics to show off sublimity in Berlin” –

The Korea Herald (South Korea)

“Effigy Mounds National Monument – satellite images” –

Earth Observatory (Earth Orbit)

“Dig throws new light on Stonehenge mystery” –

Salisbury Journal (England)

“Libya, UNESCO to implement joint projects” –

LJBC News (Libya)

“Chronology: History of Chocolate” –

Thread (New Zealand)

“Cultural heritage targeted” –

Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica)

“Czech ‘treasure’ turns out to be a fake” –

IOL (South Africa)

“‘Trilobite Treasures’ helps explain Bay area’s deep past” –

The Bay City Times (USA)

“Alexander Dam Conquered by Iranian-English Archaeologists” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Ancient papers may give new details on origins of Korean Buddhism” –

Yonhap (South Korea)

“Greek archaeologists unearth large Bronze Age town on Cycladic island” –

Yahoo/AFP (USA)

“Sofia Perched on Huge Ancient Amphitheatre” –

Sofia News Agency (Bulgaria)

“El Salvador officials issue volcano alert” –

icWales (Cymru)

“Bones unearthed, earthmoving halts” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 95” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

September 13 2005

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“Scottish ‘Indiana Jones’ finds ancient burial path” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Astronomers Detect Most Distant Cosmic Explosion” –

CRI (China)

“New method for predicting earthquakes” –

Innovations-Report (Germany)

“Calling all radio amateurs” –

ESA SSETI Express News (France)

“Ancient mammoth found in Siberia” –

IOL (South Africa)

“Sun has binary partner, may affect the Earth” –

PhysOrg (USA)

“Unique Chinese painting to be displayed for first time” –

Pravda (Russia)

“Burned City, ancient regional capital for a millennium” –

IRNA (Iran)

“Michelangelo’s marble may be flawed” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

“Space probe closes in on asteroid” –

Japan Today (Japan)

“Digging back to the Stone Age” –

icSurrey (England)

“Comets are fluffy balls of powder” –

Deccan Herald (India)

“Ancient boat’s crew vows to try again after sinking” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Magnitude 5.5 Quake – Nicobar Islands, India – 14:32 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“French archaeologists investigate Kura-Araxes culture in northwestern Iran” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“The beauty products from the skin of executed Chinese prisoners” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Morphology of fossil salamanders reflects climate change” –

Innovations-Report (Germany)

“Bengal museum to reconstruct excavated Buddhist site” –

NewindPress (India)

“Polish teen discovers new planetoid on internet” –

Financial Mirror (Cyprus)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 62” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

September 12 2005

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“Crystal clumps preserve fossilised DNA” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Buddhist Structures Dug up in Bamiyan” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Deciphering Mars: Follow the Water” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Seal of the City of David” –

Israel Today (Israel)

“Lost diet secrets of the Stone Age revealed” –

CalorieLab (USA)

“Sunken forest in loch adds to tree of knowledge” –

The Herald (Scotland)

“Bengal museum to reconstruct excavated Buddhist site” –

NewKerala (India)

“Magnitude 5.3 Quake – Fiji Islands region – 21:15 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Hotel construction could blight Zoroastrian cemetery in southern Iran” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“September 11 2005 worldwide aurora gallery” –

Science@NASA (USA)

“Watch the sun vanish in Egypt … “ –

IOL/Saturday Star (South Africa)

“Copernicus smiled” –

The Space Review (USA)

“Ancient drowned forest discovery” –

The Courier (Scotland)

“A debate of biblical proportions” –

Ha’aretz (Israel)

“Apocalypse when?” –

Western Mail (Cymru)

“Old houses in Zabid collapse” –

Yemen Times (Yemen)

“Hubble reveals new map of Pluto” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Magnitude 5.0 Quake – south of the Fiji Islands – 13:57 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Rock inscriptions inspire memorable journey” –

The Australian (Australia)

“Antique dealer’s arrest unnerves rare-book crowd” –

The Seattle Times (USA)

“Rodent Bones and Paleolithic Tools Dug up in Isfahan” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 101” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

September 11 2005

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“Crew plans new Bronze Age journey” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient skulls surface in Matata” –

TVNZ News (New Zealand)

“Germs wiped out much of America” –

Sun-Sentinel (USA)

“Two heritage projects get US grants” –

Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)

“Iraq’s ancient kingdom cities vanishing” –

Middle-East Online (UK)

“3000-Year Old Piece to be Performed at Persepolis” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“On September 11, 2005, there are 721 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids” –

NASA (USA)

“Switzerland’s Roman heritage comes to life” –

SwissInfo (Switzerland)

“Rama’s Bridge to Lanka is real” –

RedHotCurry.com (UK)

“Cult of global warming hit” –

Sunday Tasmanian (Australia)

“Saffron Archaeology Jolted” –

People’s Democracy (India)

“‘Small tsunami’ recorded after PNG earthquake” –

The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

“In Greece, high-tech looters target artifacts buried in the sea” –

The Boston Globe (USA)

“Overseas Vietnamese scientist-discoverer lends name to asteroid” –

TNN (Viet Nam)

“Official: Neanderthal Man was not a hairy oaf but a sensitive kinda guy” –

The Independent (UK)

“Rover opens window into Mars’ ‘very ancient past'” –

The Star-Tribune (USA)

“Iran’s Energy Ministry Ready to Protect Sivand Heritage” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 59” –

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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