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Telegraph, 17.12.08 08:02 UTC

Two new dinosaurs found in ancient Saharan river system

Dinosaur hunters have discovered two new species while searching an ancient river in the Sahara desert.

Times Online World News, 16.12.08 21:34 UTC

Fossil-hunters battle Sahara storms to find dinosaur prize

A dinosaur-hunting expedition to the Sahara desert involving British scientists has found the fossilised remains of what are thought to be two new species. The ancient remains discovered in Morocco ...

Telegraph, 28.11.08 20:02 UTC

Bear Grylls: How are we going to face up to energy crisis?

As the world economies battle for air, all of us are facing challenging times. But what lies behind the crisis, and what about beyond it?

guardian.co.uk, 22.11.08 01:07 UTC

Nick Maes visits Siwa, a spectacular eco lodge in the Sahara

. Blast from the past...Adrère Amellal has been constructed using ancient techniques I'm a hopeless dreamer at heart - a sucker for mystery, history and romance. And if all three come wrapped up in ...

Wired, 21.11.08 21:04 UTC

Biofuel-Powered Flying Car Cleared for Takeoff

The closest we've come to a flying car is the one sitting in the Jetsons' driveway. That doesn't keep the dreamers from trying. We've already seen Moller's Skycar, the Transition from Terrafugia, and ...

Wired, 10.11.08 13:32 UTC

Python's Palin Going Around the World Again

If only Michael Palin had stayed busy in the years since Monty Python's Flying Circus hung up its Spam, he might've found ways to travel around the world, from the North Pole to the Antarctica, ...

BBC World News, 01.11.08 17:00 UTC

Sahara hostage speaks of relief

One of the two Austrians held hostage eight months by Islamist militants in the Sahara desert has spoken of their relief at being freed.

The Independent, 27.10.08 13:31 UTC

West African court convicts Niger in slavery case

A West African regional court of justice convicted the state of Niger today for failing to protect a 12-year-old girl from being sold into slavery in a case anti-slavery campaigners hope will set a ...

Seattle Times, 21.10.08 15:02 UTC

Utah geologists discover "dinosaur dance floor"

SALT LAKE CITY Geologists say they have discovered prehistoric animal tracks so densely packed on a 3/4-acre site that they're calling it a "dinosaur dance floor." The site along the Arizona-Utah ...