China says 15 dead, 114 trapped in mine explosion A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 15 people and trapping another 114 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said. More of this storyCampaigner against hate crimes killed in Moscow Russian prosecutors say an anti-hate crimes campaigner has been shot and killed in Moscow. More of this storyResearcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery. More of this storyMuseum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday. More of this storyBlast near aid offices wounds 1 in NW Pakistan A security guard has been wounded in an explosion outside the office of a non-governmental organization in the main city in northwestern Pakistan. More of this storyArgentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago _ even when they don't want to know their birth parents. More of this story
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