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Chile seeks help to protect world’s oldest mummies
Oct 29, 2016News Hour: Chilean researchers are seeking conservation aid to protect a collection of mummified human remains found in northern Chile, the oldest mummies discovered in the world to date. The nearly 300 “Chinchorro” mummies, which have... -
Famous ‘Afghan Girl’ arrested in Pakistan
Oct 27, 2016News Hour: Photographer Steve McCurry shot the portrait of Sharbat Gula in a refugee camp in Pakistan in December 1984, when she was around 12 years old. Ms. Gula was among millions of Afghans who fled... -
Scandal strikes, pity the other guy named John Stumpf
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Ever since the former Wells Fargo & Co chief executive by that name stepped down over a sales scandal at the U.S. bank, John Stumpf, a Petco worker living in Bakersfield, California, has been... -
Ottoman prince visits former realm to spread laughter
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: It’s not every day Turkish comedy fans get to laugh at a descendant of the sultan. “I’ve got this fancy title but don’t have the riches,” said Naz Osmanoglu, a British comedian and member... -
Michelin hands stars to 54 San Francisco restaurants
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Michelin awarded stars to 54 San Francisco-area restaurants in the 2017 edition of its eating guide on the City by the Bay that will be launched on Wednesday. Michelin, whose anonymous reviewers rate restaurants... -
BASE jumps from 7,700 meters in Himalayas
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Russian daredevil Valery Rozov leapt from a height of 7,700 meters (8,421 yards) off the Himalayan mountain Cho Oyu and spiraled without a parachute for 90 seconds in a BASE jumping world record attempt.... -
The $900,000 question behind Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: The American singer-songwriter, a cultural icon of dissent and protest from the 1960s onward, has said nothing about the award announced two weeks ago. But under Nobel rules, the winner must give one lecture... -
Big Data to show Marlowe co-wrote three Shakespeare plays
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: A new edition of William Shakespeare’s complete works will name Christopher Marlowe as co-author of three plays, shedding new light on the links between the two great playwrights after centuries of speculation and conspiracy... -
Ninth century library goes digital to reach wider audience
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: A ninth century library in Morocco, widely believed to be the oldest in the world, is going digital to make its ancient treasures available to a wider audience. The al-Qarawiyyin library in the former... -
Nobel-winning playwright and master satirist Dario Fo dies
Oct 24, 2016News Hour: Nobel prize-winning Italian playwright, director and political activist Dario Fo, an acclaimed satirist who poked a finger in the eye of the church and state, has died aged 90, officials said on Thursday. Famous...
