Oldest frescoed Etruscan tomb found near Rome
Archaeologists hail a 690 B.C. Etruscan princely tomb near Veio, north of Rome, as Europe’s oldest frescoed burial chamber. The site, uncovered after a suspected tomb raider turned informant led investigators, features lions, migratory birds, Greek imports, and a two wheeled bronze chariot, with indications of a buried woman.
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Rome
Eio
Italy
Europe
Veio
Francesco Rutelli
Carabinieri
Ugo Zottin
Zotti
Ministry of Culture
Rutelli
Greece
Francesca Boitani
Boitani
Turkey
Giovanni Colonna
la Sapienza University
Hygiene hypothesis gains support from rodent studies
Washington AP reports two studies in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology show wild rats and mice from sewers and farms have stronger immune responses and higher immunoglobulin levels than clean lab rodents. Experts say clean living may trigger overreaction to minor irritants, supporting the hygiene hypothesis and its link to rising allergy and autoimmune disease rates.
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Washington
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
William Parker
Duke University
Parker
Stanley Goldstein
Long Island
Stuart Levy
Center For
Tufts University
Africa
Goldstein
Jeffrey Platt
Mayo Clinic
Minn
Platt
Government report flags uneven disaster prep across states
In Washington the share of plans rated partially sufficient or insufficient was high. Despite $18 billion in Homeland Security grants since 9/11, little funded planning training or exercise. Hurricanes states show stronger plans but evacuations remain underprepared. Senate bill funds Gulf Coast aid.
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Washington
Department
George Foresman
Maine
Texas
Atlantic
Gulf
Gulf Coast
Senate
Bush
Mosque Violence in Basra Ties to Iraqi Security Shifts
Arab cleric Youssif al Hassan and a bodyguard killed near Basra Grand Mosque amid a city under emergency and curfews. U S says al Masri, linked to al Qaeda, has taken over leadership in Iraq as security duties shift to Iraqi forces.
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Association of Muslim Scholars
Basra
Youssif al-Hassan
Mushtaq Tali
Al-Hassan
Baghdad
U.S
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
al-Zarqawi
Iraq
Al-Masri
Abu Hamza al-Muhajer
Mouwafak al-Rubaie
Karbala
Sheik Aqeel
Aqil al-Zubeidi
Fadila Party
Council
Ghalib al-Daimi
al-Zubeidi
Salam Zikam Ali al-Zubaie
al-Zubair
Al-Maliki
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