Fossils hint at transition from apes to humans
Two nearly 2 million year old skeletons from South Africa belong to a new species Australopithecus sediba. Scientists say the fossils show a mosaic of apelike and modern human features bridging early hominids and Homo sapiens.
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Washington
South Africa
Lee Berger
University of Witwa
Qatari Diplomat Involved In Airport Bomb Scare
A Qatari diplomat Moham med Al Madadi on route for an official visit to meet jailed al Qa ida sleeper Ali Al Marri triggered a bomb scare by smoking in an airline bathroom. No explosives found and he has diplomatic immunity. he will depart the United States.
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al-Qaida
United States
Mohammed Al-Madadi
Ali Al-Marri
State Department
Al-Marri
Qatar
Al-Madadi
U.S
Kyrgyz capital hit by renewed gunfire during crisis
In Bishkek heavy shooting erupted as President Bakiyev resisted the uprising in control of key areas. Opposition leader Otunbayeva announced an interim government, four provinces in opposition hands, and urged Bakiyev to resign amid clashes near the Manas air base and across the city.
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Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
U.S
Afghanistan
Manas
Spain
France
NATO
Kyrgyz
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Bakiyev
Roza Otunbayeva
Otunbayeva
China
Russia
Central Square
9/11 museum to recreate post attack landscape
The museum plans exhibits on post 9/11 New York with vigils makeshift memorials and eight month cleanup at ground zero. It will feature recalled testimonies, worker images on steel remnants and a Where were you on 9/11 gallery plus visitor story recordings and listening stations.
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New York
Ground Zero
Memorial
World Trade Center
Trade Center
Alice Greenwald
Lower Manhattan Development Corp
Afghan police foil large Kabul suicide bombing plot
Afghan police arrested five would be suicide bombers at a Kabul checkpoint on the southeastern edge of the city saving a planned major attack. Officials linked the group to an al Qaida linked network based in Pakistan and noted the timing followed security rumors in the diplomatic quarter. The suspects were stopped about 7 am in an SUV with hidden explosive vests beneath the engine block. The unit called it a major blow to terrorists and warned of the disaster that would have followed if they had reached a safe house in the capital. The last major Kabul attack occurred on February 26.
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Kabul
Pakistan
Abdul Ghafar
Afghan National Police Crisis Unit
Ghafar
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