Did Britain just sell Tibet [down the river]?

Why has there been no public debate, or even any public notice, of New Labour's changed stance on Tibet? ¶

New pyramid found in Egypt

The 4,300-year-old monument probably belonged to the queen mother of King Teti, the founder of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty. ¶

Scholar finds the Mayans' underground highway through hell

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Opus comic archive @ Salon.com

Linked to here because the cartoons at comics.com are so shrunk they're completely unreadable. ¶

Berkeley Breathed explains why he is ending his comic strip "Opus"

He's afraid the bitterness in US politics will contaminate the strip - I guess this reflects a transition from the political opposition that was the hallmark of Bloom County and the anti-Regan 80s to a more visceral and uncompromising loathing that marks US politics in the beginning of the 21st century. Hard to tell whether Breathed's clear antipathy to Hilary Clinton's scorched earth politics reflects this or is actually driving his decision - I suspect the latter. ¶

Changes in monsoons and rainfall levels linked to fall of Tang, Yuan and Ming dynasties in China

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Fox News claims Sarah Palin didn't know Africa is a continent

Ya know, you couldn't make it up if you tried... ¶

How the 'Lord of The Rings' should have ended

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Tim Robbins had to go to court to be able to vote in the election yesterday

This is hardly a ringing endorsement of the voter registration system in the US, is it? ¶

Starbucks says "you vote, and the coffee is on us"

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