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PHOTOS: Ancient Egypt Town Found
A well-preserved settlement near the temple of Edfu provides rare glimpses into the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians.
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Musical reward for cabbie who returned $4M violinNewark, New Jersey, USA - A New Jersey cab driver who reunited a professional violinist with his more than 250-year-old instrument was to receive his musical reward on Tuesday. |
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Saudi King makes plea for new interfaith dialogueRIyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi king has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews -- the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and symbols. |
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Egypt’s Earliest Farming Village Found
Before the pharaohs, a Stone Age people cultivated pigs, sheep, wheat, and barley in the village?Egypt's earliest known agricultural settlement?a new study says.
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Bin Laden Jr.: “Ambassador For Peace”Cairo, Egypt - (AP) Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father - except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. |
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Bin Laden’s son aspires to be peace activistCairo, Egypt - Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father -- except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there's the black leather biker jacket. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Ramadan Soup Kitchens Bring Iraqis, Jordanians TogetherCairo, Egypt - A United Nations initiative to bring together Iraqi refugees and their hosts in Jordan is being seen as a success |
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Anubis, god of dead, floats down ThamesLondon, England, UK - A giant statue of the ancient Egyptian god of the dead floated down the Thames on Monday, turning heads as it crossed under London's Tower Bridge. |
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Ancient Pharaoh Temple Discovered Inside Egypt MosqueLuxor, Egypt - Parts of a temple dating to the reign of pharaoh Ramses II have been discovered inside a mosque in Luxor, Egypt, officials report. |
news from Africa
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- Human rights outlook in Togo is improving, UN and African experts say
- Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry
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- UN opens first zero emission community power centre in rural Kenya
- African ‘wall of trees’ gets underway
- PHOTOS: Ancient Egypt Town Found
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