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Egypt’s Oldest Known Art Identified, Is 15,000 Years OldQurta, Egypt - Rock face drawings and etchings recently rediscovered in southern Egypt are similar in age and style to the iconic Stone Age cave paintings in Lascaux, France, and Altamira, Spain, archaeologists say. |
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Switch to brown fat may aid obesityCambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Helping switch on an energy-burning type of fat called brown fat may offer a way to prevent obesity, researchers reported. |
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Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors reopens to the publicVersailles, France - The Chateau of Versailles reopened its Hall of Mirrors to the public Monday after more than three years of work to restore the gilded gallery of 357 mirrors, the castle's crown jewel. |
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Astrium rockets into space tourism: Revolutionary space vehicle unveiledParis, France - Astrium has unveiled a revolutionary new vehicle for space tourism at a special VIP event in Paris ahead of the Le Bourget Airshow. |
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Abroad by boardDevon, England, UK - A Devon man is set to make his first trip abroad -- on a skateboard. Sam Benson, 20, is planning to skate 2,500 miles across five European countries in 10 weeks. |
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Most European Beaches Clean, EU Report ShowsBrussels, Belgium - Europe's holiday beaches won generally high ratings on Thursday from the European Commission, which reported nearly nine out of 10 in good condition on the coasts, but only six out of 10 inland. |
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Vaccines Getting to Poor Nations FasterAmsterdam, Netherlands - The timeline for getting new vaccines to poor countries that need them most is being shortened from decades to less than two years, an alliance of U.N. agencies and government and private groups said Friday. |
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Doctors perform first ‘no-scar’ surgeryDOCTORS in eastern France have carried out the world's first "no-scar" surgery, using hi-tech instruments to remove the gallbladder of a 30-year-old patient via her vagina. |
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‘Follow the Women - Women for peace’ cycle ride gets underwayAleppo, Syria - 'Follow the Women - Women for Peace' cycle ride started from Aleppo University in northern Syria on Saturday, with 249 female riders from 30 countries crossing the start line and heading straight into the first 30km road section from Aleppo to the site of the historic Saint Simeon Citadel. |
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Photo in the News: Galactic ‘Ghost Arms’ Mystery Solved?Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Looking like a huge interstellar pinwheel, galaxy M106 has stumped scientists trying to decipher the workings of its spiral arms for the past 45 years. |
news from Europe
- Breeding success for Farne birds
- Cypriot leaders make further progress in reunification process - UN
- Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS
- Electric shock: East coast network by 2012
- Wind power can prevent climate change: study
- UN rural development arm signs deal to help cut poverty in Moldova
- Berlin memorial for WWII Germans who helped Jews
- Climate laws to include planes
- Greek dig unearths Neolithic household gear
- The E: Mini’s New Electric Car
