Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in the Sakkara area about 18 miles south of Cairo. NationalGeographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Anti

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056 Benu and Glenu There were two islands called Benu and Glenu around Holstein Castle located next to the Zeeland coast. On these two islands, there were forests, ranches, fields, churches and towns. These two islands were located close to each othe

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Media giant Time Warner will pay a three-hundred-million-dollar penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The civil penalty is to settle charges the company overstated revenues earned by its online division AOL. NPR's Jack Spear reports. The

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By Kevin Billinghurst Uppsala, Sweden 26 May 2007 Celebrations this week in Sweden marked the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish scientist known as the father of taxonomy. On Saturday, the University of Uppsala,

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Harare's streets are busy as hundreds of delegates to President Robert Mugabe's annual ZANU-PF conference converge from all over the country. The annual conference is being held as the death toll continues to climb from a cholera epidemic that has f

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Still in Books and Arts; Book Review;New thriller;Wreathed in smoke; 文艺;书评;新的惊悚小说;烟雾氤氲; The Golden Scales. By Parker Bilal. 《金色的区域》,Parker Bilal于布伦堡著。 Parker Bilal whisks the reader straight

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