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February 13, 2007
Topics italy, nature, earth, construction, dna, teeth, hands, couples, led, love, young, dead, city and couple
The skeletons of two prehistoric humans found buried locked in an embrace last week will continue to keep the heart-warming pose this Valentine's day. Archaeologists in Italy, who unearthed the rare Neolithic era burial, are planning to scoop out the entire section of the earth to preserve the integrity of the pose. "We will work to keep them together," Elena Menotti, the archaeologist who led the dig told the AP. "Removing the turf in one piece will preserve the position and allow us to collect more data on the burial. ''
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January 6, 2007
A village school in Norfolk, East Anglia in eastern England is planning to build a new classroom made entirely from straw bales. The pupils at St. Andrew's school, have designed the environmentally-friendly room in a project on Celtic round houses. The school has 59 students from 2-years-old to 11. The school has been given permission to construct the straw classroom.
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January 6, 2007
Neighbors in an Alaskan town aren't happy a new resident has moved into town. They say "Snowzilla," a 22-foot snowman, is causing traffic jams and they're sick of the gawkers. The two-story snowman is the actually the second. The first was built last year. The creation soon became a hit thanks to the Internet. Visitors as far away as Japan and Russia have come to visit.
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December 31, 2006
A Texas man protested the proposed building of a mosque next to his property by holding pig races and selling sausages. About 100 people showed up to catch the races. Muslims are forbidden to eat pork. Craig Baker, 46, said he was defending his rights and his property.
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December 8, 2006
Topics casino, gambling, balls, houses, construction, singapore, cards, train, schools, club, lost, help, school and trains
Casino Royale it is not. The country's first casino school is preparing to train the future staff of the much-awaited gambling era in the small city-state. The country will see the casino boom by 2009 with the construction of two casino resorts. The new establishments are expected to bring in more than $1. 4 billion dollars a year for Singapore and will need a minimum of 35,000 staff to run them.
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