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Computer Program Reveals Anyone’s AncestryTroy, New York, USA - Imagine being adopted, with no understanding of your cultural or genetic background. |
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Ancient Tomb Found on Greek Isle
Will an ancient Greek tomb be the key to finding the homeland of Homer's Odysseus?
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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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Greece Brings Deadly Fires Under ControlAthens, Greece - Forest fires that have ravaged Greece for more than 10 days have largely come under control after killing 64 people and leaving thousands homeless, the fire brigade said on Monday. |
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Greek couple cook up unlikely YouTube hitLondon, England, UK - They are unlikely internet stars, a retired Cypriot couple in London who bicker and duel as they potter around their kitchen. |
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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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2,700-Year-Old Fabric Found in GreeceAthens, Greece - Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad." |
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Ancient graves with jewellery, weapons found in GreeceAthens, Greece - Archaeologists in northeastern Greece have unearthed eight tombs containing the remains of men and women who lived over 2,000 years ago, along with an assortment of jewellery, weapons and agricultural tools, the Greek culture ministry said on Friday. |
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Priceless artifacts returned to Ancient AgoraAthens, Greece - A poignant ceremony was held at the Ancient Athens Agora's Stoa of Attalus on Wednesday to mark the return of six priceless black-glazed ceremonial pottery pieces from the collection of eminent British scholar and philhellene Martin Robertson. |
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House Repairs Itself in EarthquakeUnidentifed Mountainside, Greece - A 'self-healing' house is under construction on a Greek mountainside. |
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