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HK opposition stages final protest in assembly before mass resignation
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's opposition staged a final show of defiance in the legislature on Thursday before resigning to protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues in what they see as another bid by Beijing to suppress democracy in the city.
Egypt showcases scores of 25,000-year-old coffins
SAQQARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday showcased more than 100 coffins dating back 25,000 years, the latest and largest find this year in the vast burial ground of the Saqqara Necropolis.
China city builds museum for World Heritage Site ruins
ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The central Chinese city of Anyang, on Monday, started construction on a museum for the World Heritage Site Yinxu, or the Yin Ruins, to bring people back to the last capital of the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago.
Five killed, including baby, as car ploughs into pedestrian zone in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Five people including a nine-month-old baby were killed and up to 15 injured on Tuesday when a speeding car ploughed into a pedestrian area in the western German city of Trier in what authorities said appeared to be a deliberate act.
Thai researchers unearth rare whale skeleton
SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai researchers have unearthed a rare partially fossilised skeleton belonging to a Bryde's whale believed to be around 5,000 years old at an inland site west of Bangkok.
As Israel and Moroccan Jews celebrate new ties, others are critical
RABAT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalise relations between the two countries, but the largest party in Morocco's government faced internal wrangling over a move that some Moroccans regard as a betrayal of Palestinians.
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Dec. 13
JERUSALEM -- Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare cache of candles and candle holders from more than 1,000 years ago, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) and the Israel Museum said on Sunday.
6,000-year-old rice paddies discovered in east China
HANGZHOU, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists said they found large expanses of prehistorical rice paddies, with the oldest dating back more than 6,000 years, in east China's Zhejiang Province.
Archaeologists recreate tiles of temple where Jesus walked
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - When Jesus strode through the ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem, his feet met hewn-stone, earth-tone tiles that were geometric in design and cool, dappled and scuffed to the touch.
Israel discovers 2,000-year-old ritual bath in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old ritual bath in Jerusalem, together with the remains of a 1,500-year-old church from the Byzantine period, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Monday.
