This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: The Scotsman (UK)
Jun 26, 2010
WHEN word spread that Bollywood planned a movie called Dear Friend Hitler, screenwriter Nalin Singh was genuinely shocked it stirred even a small controversy.
The media expressed disdain, Jewish groups were horrified and his lead actor – though a bit baffled by the reaction – quit.
While such a response would seem, if anything, understated in much of the world, Singh had reason to believe his film would not generate even a ripple of scandal.
In India, Hitle
Source: The Star (UK)
Jun 26, 2010
PREHISTORIC art 3,000 years old was discovered by chance in woodland by a council worker while carrying out routine maintenance work.
John Gilpin, a woodlands officer in the Parks and Countryside department, stumbled upon the find in Ecclesall Woods.
He discovered a boulder with a series of markings, lines and cuts - which, after being examined by experts, has been declared a significant archaeological find.
Jim McNeil, of South Yorkshire Archaeological Service,
Source: Medieval News
Jun 26, 2010
The body was found in a small, graffiti-stained tunnel. Robbery was likely not the motive, as his possessions and cash were found with him.
The University of Alberta's Sandra Garvie-Lok can't tell exactly how the victim on her table died, but she has a good idea. Given the visible previous cranial trauma on the body, the events that took place around the time of the murder and the location where his remains were found, she is willing to bet that this John Doe was murdered. Yet, no s
Source: Hutchinson News (Kansas)
Jun 26, 2010
To the naked eye, this 160-acre section of windswept prairie tucked in the far southeast corner of Ness County is just a pasture.
Dig deeper, Kansas researchers Leo Oliva and George Elmore say. Evidence rests below the soil, in old documents stored in Washington and in the diaries of the past.
It once was a Cheyenne and Sioux village of around 1,500, dotted by 300 lodges - a wintering spot before the spring buffalo hunts.
Until, that is, the U.S. military b
Source: Independent (IE)
Jun 25, 2010
HISTORIANS are probing links between an ancient dugout canoe discovered on the banks of the Boyne and the landmark Newgrange site.
The canoe, which has an unusual design and is believed to be unique in Ireland, was yesterday removed from the river by experts from the National Museum.
It was discovered two weeks ago by two local fishermen, Ivan Murphy and Kevin Tuite, who immediately contacted the authorities....
Source: WKRN (TN)
Jun 25, 2010
The great, great, great grandson of Charles Dickinson placed the first scoop of dirt over his new gravesite Friday.
Dickinson was killed 204 years ago after losing a pistol duel with Andrew Jackson.
"This is the culmination of many, many years of searching, trying to prove where he was buried, finding his grave, exhuming his remains, bringing him here to Old Nashville Cemetery and re-interring him," said Charles Miller....
Source: The Hindu
Jun 25, 2010
GUNTUR: The mystery surrounding the Kondaveedu fortress continues to draw countless archaeologists. The recent discovery of the remains of a Buddhist stupa has pushed back the antiquity of the citadel of power wielded by the Reddy kings in the 14th century.
Now, a freelance archaeologist, K. Venkateswara Rao, has discovered traces of existence of Neolithic civilisation atop the fortress, the first-of-its kind finding at Kondaveedu fort. Mr. Rao, who retired as deputy director in the
Source: Science News
Jun 25, 2010
An archaeological site in southeastern Europe has shown its metal. This ancient settlement contains the oldest securely dated evidence of copper making, from 7,000 years ago, and suggests that copper smelting may been invented in separate parts of Asia and Europe at that time rather than spreading from a single source.
The find extends the known record of copper smelting by about 500 years, an archaeological team headed by Miljana Radivojević and Thilo Rehren of University
Source: Medieval News
Jun 25, 2010
Here are several reports of medieval archaeological finds this month:
Royal Palace of Harold Bluetooth Discovered in Denmark
Archaeologists from the University of Aarhus in Denmark have discovered a royal palace belonging to Harald Bluetooth, who ruled both Denmark and Norway during the later years of the tenth century.
Mads Dengsø Jessen, the archaeologist from Århus University who led the dig said four buildings from Harald’s time had been dis
Source: LIFE.com
Jun 25, 2010
In Korea, it's known as the "6-2-5 (yug ee oh) War," a reference to June 25, 1950, when the North Korean People's Army invaded the South. Among North Koreans, it's "the Fatherland Liberation War." In America, however, the Korean War is often called "The Forgotten War," a strange, if accurate, phrase to describe a conflict that killed millions of combatants and civilians on both sides -- including almost 40,000 Americans. On the 60th anniversary of the start of the w
Source: Discovery News
Jun 25, 2010
The famous pilot and her navigator may have eaten turtles, fish and bird to survive on a remote island after making an emergency landing.
Amelia Earhart, the legendary pilot who disappeared 73 years ago while flying over the Pacific Ocean in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator, may have survived several weeks, or even months as a castaway on a remote South Pacific island, according to preliminary results of a two-week expedition on the tiny coral atoll believed t
Source: CNN
Jun 25, 2010
A flag that accompanied Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry into their final battle 134 years ago will be put up for auction, the auction house that will handle the sale said Friday.
The flag that will be sold in October is tattered and fragile, measures 27½ by 33 inches and may be stained with blood. It was found three days after the Battle of Little Bighorn -- or the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek, as the victors called it -- beneath the body of one of Custer's men
Source: Telegraph (UK)
Jun 25, 2010
On the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, China has finally rewritten its history of how the conflict began to point the finger of responsibility at North Korea.
Until now, the Chinese have staunchly supported their North Korean allies, along whose side they fought in the war.
China previously insisted that the war was waged out of American aggression. The official title of the conflict on the mainland is "The War to Resist America and Aid Korea".
Source: Irish Times
Jun 25, 2010
SUBMARINER, SAILOR and author Cdr Bill King is due to celebrate his 100th birthday with friends, family and neighbours in Oranmore, south Galway, today.
Cdr King, the oldest surviving submarine commander from the second World War, danced to a version of Cab Calloway’s Sweet Jenny Lee on his actual birthday two days ago at his home in Oranmore Castle.
“We had lamb on a spit, lobster, music,” his daughter, artist Leonie King, told The Irish Times. “He rose to the occasion
Source: Telegraph (UK)
Jun 25, 2010
Dozens of unwanted babies born during Roman times were murdered and buried on the site of a Roman brothel in Buckinghamshire, archaeologists suspect.
An extensive study of a mass burial at a Roman villa in the Thames Valley suggests that the 97 children all died at 40 weeks gestation, or very soon after birth.
The archaeologists believe that locals may have been killing and burying unwanted babies on the site in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire.
Unwanted pregnanc
Source: BBC News
Jun 25, 2010
A previously top secret intelligence-sharing agreement between Britain and America is being released to the public for the first time.
Until a few years ago, even the existence of the agreement was not acknowledged by the two governments.
Signed in 1946, it remains the basis for the sharing of intercepted communications between the countries.
Some of the material shared on the Soviet Union in the 1940s is also being released by the National Archives.
Source: BBC News
Jun 25, 2010
Fans across the globe are paying tribute to singer Michael Jackson on the first anniversary of his death at the age of 50.
Thousands of people are likely to gather at the Los Angeles cemetery where the musician is at rest, along with members of his family.
Jackson's mother Katherine is expected at the family home in Gary, Indiana, where tributes will be paid.
A monument has also been dedicated to the star at London's Lyric Theatre.
In New York,
Source: BBC News
Jun 25, 2010
"Sometimes I get a little annoyed," says Max Desfor.
He is a former Associated Press photographer who covered the Korean War and has been invited by the South Korean government to take part in commemorations marking the 60th anniversary of the start of the war.
"I ask anyone who'll listen - why do they celebrate the start of the war? They celebrate the start, of course, because it's never ending - it's still going on."
The US, which back
Source: AP
Jun 25, 2010
Lt. Col. George Custer and the men of his 7th Cavalry Regiment went into the Battle of the Little Bighorn with flags flying, but they were wiped out, and nearly all their military artifacts were carried away by the victorious Lakota Sioux warriors.
Since 1895, the silk American flag, called a guidon, has been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which has decided to sell it and use the proceeds to build its collection.
The guidon, discovered by Sgt. Ferdinand
Source: BBC
Jun 25, 2010
Ceremonies have been held in South Korea to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
In Seoul, President Lee Myung-bak paid tribute to veterans and called for peace on the peninsula.
North Korea has also marked the anniversary in state media.
On Tuesday it reaffirmed its position that the US provoked the war. On Thursday Pyongyang demanded $65 trillion (£43.5 trillion) in reparations from Washington.
It has also announced
