Bin Laden DNA Match Could likely be Parent or Child

Federal officials said DNA analysis confirmed Osama bin Laden’s identity with 99.9 percent accuracy, scientific experts said this would result from a match with a close relative.

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Dinosaur mass grave

August 25, 2009 by  
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An amateur paleontologist in Switzerland may have unearthed Europe’s largest dinosaur mass grave after he dug up the remains of two Plateosaurus.

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Mass grave found on Olympics site

August 25, 2009 by  
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An ancient burial pit containing 45 severed skulls, that could be a mass war grave dating back to Roman times, has been found under a road being built for the 2012 British Olympics.

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The killing fields of Cambodia

July 21, 2009 by  
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The killing fields is a name given to the number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried.

Read up about the killing fields on Wikipedia

Read up about the Cambodian genocide on Guardian.co.uk

Uncovering Iraq’s Horrors in Desert Graves

July 21, 2009 by  
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2006 Article from the New York Times:

Uncovering Iraq’s Horrors in Desert Graves

Babies found in Iraqi mass grave

July 21, 2009 by  
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BBC news site:

Babies found in Iraqi mass grave

Mass graves in Iraq

July 21, 2009 by  
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Mass graves in Iraq

Guatemala massacre

July 21, 2009 by  
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Read the article at Amnesty International:

Still no justice for Guatemala massacre victims after 26 years