North Korea stages armistice anniversary parade

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jCieyqnGF-_IrSdX6bd0y1aL5vzpWeWYqu52rT5CZjvpwrMiLN7UVlqnQLOYMLVy5o4I00jpXAQocPF8rWvxGLFG2HFU4uJlf_CQp8fJTz7hgR2OhSVyd7lfFPEovyHNLPZjCs7yNtQ/s1600/North+Korea+stages+armistice+anniversary+parade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="North Korea stages armistice anniversary parade" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jCieyqnGF-_IrSdX6bd0y1aL5vzpWeWYqu52rT5CZjvpwrMiLN7UVlqnQLOYMLVy5o4I00jpXAQocPF8rWvxGLFG2HFU4uJlf_CQp8fJTz7hgR2OhSVyd7lfFPEovyHNLPZjCs7yNtQ/s400/North+Korea+stages+armistice+anniversary+parade.jpg" title="North Korea stages armistice anniversary parade" width="400" /></a></div> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/north-korea-stages-armistice.html">North Korea stages armistice anniversary parade</a></h2> <div> <div> North Korea has staged a huge parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> State TV showed soldiers and military hardware parading through the capital Pyongyang in a carefully choreographed display.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Troops and spectators shouted their allegiance to North Korea's young ruler, Kim Jong-un.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce although the North and South remain technically at war.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Correspondents say the lavish parade of weapons and goose-stepping soldiers is reminiscent of marches held by the Soviet Union and China at the height of the Cold War.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The TV pictures showed Kim Jong-un walking up to the podium on a red carpet with a military band playing in the background. He oversaw the parade flanked by military and ruling party leaders.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Large banners hung from gas-filled balloons and the main square in Pyongyang was filled with North Korean flags.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Over the past week North Korea has staged mass rallies and fireworks displays to commemorate the anniversary.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> It comes as North and South Korea try to restore ties following a period of high tension.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Earlier this month, they ended a third round of talks on the re-opening of a jointly-run industrial zone without reaching a deal.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Work at Kaesong has been suspended since mid-April when North Korea withdrew its workers.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The move came amid tense relations between the two Koreas after Pyongyang's nuclear test in February.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> In South Korea, the anniversary was marked with a speech by President Park Geun-hye.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> She vowed not to tolerate provocations from North Korea but also said Seoul would work on building trust with the North.</div> </div> </div>

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Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTQWedrTi4E5lq_GzxottVkbizLSFRckK04Z0kKv3YFWfv1ZX-BFckZTkfWEUePn5loqHu8VYRLmBRnOOZ3j-yYKsayIbAzPt6uFvGOk4kR94TA70mQsCMvD88JmerGm1S3XCMnyFwhQ/s1600/Paleontologists+discover+dinosaur+tail+in+northern+Mexico.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTQWedrTi4E5lq_GzxottVkbizLSFRckK04Z0kKv3YFWfv1ZX-BFckZTkfWEUePn5loqHu8VYRLmBRnOOZ3j-yYKsayIbAzPt6uFvGOk4kR94TA70mQsCMvD88JmerGm1S3XCMnyFwhQ/s400/Paleontologists+discover+dinosaur+tail+in+northern+Mexico.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <h1 class="headline" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 10px;"> <br /></h1> <h1 class="headline" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 10px;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/paleontologists-discover-dinosaur-tail.html">Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico</a></h1> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A team of paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said on Monday.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Apart from being unusually well preserved, the 5 meter (16 foot) tail was the first ever found in Mexico, said Francisco Aguilar, INAH's director in the border state of Coahuila.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The team, made up of paleontologists and students from INAH and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), identified the fossil as a hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The tail, found near the small town of General Cepeda, likely made up half the dinosaur's length, Aguilar said.</div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/paleontologists-discover-dinosaur-tail.html">Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico</a></h3> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Dinosaur tail finds are relatively rare, according to INAH. The new discovery could further understanding of the hadrosaur family and aid research on diseases that afflicted dinosaur bones, which resembled those of humans, Aguilar said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Scientists have already determined that dinosaurs suffered from tumors and arthritis, for example.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> Dinosaur remains have been found in many parts of the state of Coahuila, in addition to Mexico's other northern desert states.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">The presence of the remains was reported to INAH by locals in June 2012. After initial inspections, excavation began earlier this month. The remains of the tail will be transferred to General Cepeda for cleaning and further investigation.</span></div> </div> <div> <br /></div> </div>

Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A team of paleontologists have discovered the f...

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