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DNA test sheds light on mystery deaths A new DNA test can restore at least part of the identity of long-dead people who left no trace of their image.

14 January 2013 18:50

Ancient Afghan papers shed light on Jewish life A cache of 1,000-year-old documents written by the Jewish community in Afghanistan and unveiled in Jerusalem on Thursday sheds unprecedented light on the mediaeval Jewish community in central Asia.

05 January 2013 13:54

Nureyev's legacy in spotlight, 20 years on Twenty years after his death, Rudolf Nureyev's legacy still lights up the world of ballet as brilliantly as the flamboyant performances which once illuminated the greatest stages.

04 January 2013 15:44

East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor Monday after 13 years of boots on the ground in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence.

01 January 2013 12:04

Dried squash holds headless French king's blood: study Two centuries after the French people beheaded Louis XVI and dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood, scientists believe they have authenticated the remains of one such rag kept as a revolutionary souvenir.

31 December 2012 11:58

Asian student survivors of Hiroshima to be honoured Hiroshima University said Thursday it would bestow honorary doctorates on three former students from Southeast Asia who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city.

28 December 2012 10:03

'Lost tribe' members migrate from India to Israel Fifty members of an Indian community believed to be descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel arrived on Monday in the Jewish state, completing their immigration.

26 December 2012 10:28

Popol Vuh: the Mayan holy book Before the creation of the Earth, there was only silence and darkness, only the sky and the sea until the deities Tepeu and Gucumatz created trees, animals and man -- so says the Mayan holy book.

18 December 2012 11:21

India condemns N. Korea rocket launch, tests own missile India condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch on Wednesday even as it tested one of its own ballistic weapons, which were developed when India was a nuclear pariah itself.

13 December 2012 13:26

Pinochet knew details of rights abuses: ex-judge Late Chilean general Augusto Pinochet was well aware of crimes committed by his secret police during the country's military dictatorship.

11 December 2012 16:51

Xi's Shenzhen visit a sign of reform: Chinese media China's new Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has signalled his commitment to push for economic reforms by visiting the city of Shenzhen, the historic hub of modernisation.

11 December 2012 13:01

Public to get access to ancient Mexican beach rock carvings Thousands of years ago, long before Spanish conquistadores raided Mexico, ancient people carved circles, spirals and drawings of bow hunters into volcanic rocks dotting a Pacific beach.

07 December 2012 10:27

North Korean 'unicorn' claim lost in translation An apparent North Korean claim to have uncovered a "unicorn's lair" that created an Internet storm was partly the result of mistranslation by Pyongyang's much-mocked propaganda machine.

06 December 2012 14:42

Largest 'dirty war' trial opens in Argentina A trial involving almost 800 cases of human rights abuses during Argentina's 1976-1983 military junta got under way Wednesday, chronicling the use of torture and murder during the dictatorship.

30 November 2012 15:18

Philippines says 146 Marcos paintings missing More than 140 paintings by Picasso, Van Gogh and other masters which were bought with stolen funds by former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos remain missing.

28 November 2012 16:19

Gun from Australia's Kelly gang sells for $126,000 A gun used by the brother of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly during their gang's infamous last stand against police in 1880 has sold for Aus$122,000 (US$126,000) at a Melbourne auction.

23 November 2012 17:25

Genius or clown? Paris show weighs Dali legacy Twirling his waxed moustache, Salvador Dali's larger-than-life figure was beamed into millions of homes in the 1960s, his televised antics bringing huge fame, but burning his bridges with the art world.

21 November 2012 10:24

Vandals steal ancient rock carvings in California Vandals have stolen at least four ancient rock carvings, apparently using cement-cutting circular saws to slice them out of a valuable archeological site in California.

20 November 2012 15:20

Water tensions overflow in ex-Soviet Central Asia The ex-Soviet states of Central Asia are engaged in an increasingly bitter standoff over water resources, adding another element of instability to the volatile region neighbouring Afghanistan.

20 November 2012 12:49

50 years since Solzhenitsyn Gulag story shocked USSR The Soviet Union 50 years ago allowed publication of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's landmark account of life in the Stalin prison camps "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", shocking readers by revealing a hitherto hidden horror.

17 November 2012 10:20

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