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Germany marks 50 years since rise of the Berlin WallThe Berlin Wall's construction 50 years ago must be a constant reminder to citizens today to stand up for freedom and democracy, the city's mayor said Saturday as a united Germany commemorated the bitter anniversary.
Dig resurrects history of Manitoba's Nazi PoW campNazi prisoners of war who spent much of the Second World War in a Manitoba logging camp purchased mail-order items from the Eaton's catalogue, kept themselves impeccably groomed and even staged "temporary" escapes into the nearby countryside.
Skull found in Pearl Harbor, may be Japanese pilotHONOLULU — An excavation crew recently made a startling discovery at the bottom of Pearl Harbor when it unearthed a skull that archeologists suspect is from a Japanese pilot who died in the historic attack on Dec. 7, 1941.
Scientists recover 123-year-old recording by EdisonTRENTON, N.J. — Scientists using advanced imaging technology have recovered a 123-year-old recording made by Thomas Edison that is believed to be the world's first attempt at a talking doll and may mark the dawn of the American recording industry.
Polar bears had Irish grizzly ancestorA female grizzly bear who lived in Ireland less than 50,000 years ago was an ancestor of all modern polar bears, suggesting "grolar" hybrids were an important part of polar bear history.
Canadian Arctic mystery unravelled after 160 yearsThe world could finally learn this summer what happened to the doomed ships of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to discover the Northwest Passage.
The voyage was the demise of Franklin and the 128 men he took to the Canadian Arctic after the Royal N
Dinosaur was built for head-buttingA small, plant-eating dinosaur that became extinct 65 million years ago was the king of the head butt, new research from the University of Calgary suggests.
Cameras lowered into previously unseen Mayan tombMEXICO CITY — A small, remote-controlled camera lowered into an early Mayan tomb in southern Mexico has revealed an apparently intact funeral chamber with offerings and red-painted wall murals, researchers said Thursday.
Restored WWII bomber crashesA World War II Flying Fortress bomber crashed and burned Monday in a cornfield southwest of Chicago, but seven crew members and volunteers walked away without serious injury.
Belfast marks 100th anniversary of Titanic's launchDUBLIN — A century ago, the people of Belfast celebrated one of their proudest days -- the launching of the supposedly unsinkable Titanic. The Northern Ireland capital commemorated that bittersweet anniversary Tuesday with cheers from schoolchildren in Ed
Pirate Blackbeard's anchor recoveredArcheologists recovered the first anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship off the North Carolina coast on Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the rest of the almost 300-year-old artifacts from t
Austrian town revokes Hitler's honourary titleVIENNA - An Austrian town revoked the honourary citizenship of Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in an effort to sever any links with the Nazi dictator’s legacy ahead of a 900-year civic anniversary and following a media uproar.
Canada's 1st basketball court uncovered?The original hardwood floor where the first game of basketball may have been played in Canada has been discovered after a fire at the former YMCA in St. Stephen, N.B.
VIDEO: WWI unknown soldier linked to Alta.The remains of a Canadian soldier who died 94 years ago during the Battle of Vimy Ridge have been identified as those of Private Thomas Lawless, a relative of the McLaren family of Ponoka, Alta.
Voyageurs' TB thrives among First NationsA distinctive tuberculosis was unintentionally left by 18th-century Voyageurs in remote aboriginal communities along their trade routes and still plagues those communities today, new research shows.
Remains of ancient saber-toothed vegetarian found in BrazilWASHINGTON — Surprised scientists have discovered the remains of a saber-toothed vegetarian. The leaf-crunching animal -- about the size of a large dog -- lived 260 million years ago in what is now Brazil, researchers report in Friday's edition of the jou
Stone tool troves point to highland NeanderthalsATHENS, Greece — High in the wind-swept mountain ridges of northern Greece, archaeologists have made a surprising discovery: hundreds of prehistoric stone tools that may have been used by some of the last Neanderthals in Europe, at a time when hunter-gath
New details revealed about ancient Afghan BuddhasTen years after Taliban fanatics blew up two gigantic Buddha statues that had looked out over the Bamiyan valley since the 6th century, a conference to be held in Paris next week will try to come up with a plan for their future.
Yukon shipwreck yields Gold Rush tunesArcheologists have found new clues about the music early Klondike stampeders were listening to during the Yukon Gold Rush, thanks to recordings found aboard a 110-year-old shipwreck.
Ontario Hydro sprayed Agent OrangeFor months at a time, summer students and salaried hydro labourers would fan out across Ontario equipped with metal knapsacks filled with poisonous chemicals strapped to their backs. The company also loaded hundreds of gallons of herbicides onto all-terra
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