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More on Bono's Africa trip

More on Bono's Africa trip

 16.03.2010 22:14   atu2.com

Following up on our report last week about Bono being in Ghana: It's actually part of a longer trip to several African countries that The ONE Campaign is calling a "listening and learning tour." Bono (and friends) was in Mozambique on Monday, where he met with the country's president. You can follow along to some degree on One.org,

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U2 Rumor Mill Recap

U2 Rumor Mill Recap

 16.03.2010 12:23   atu2.com

There are a fair amount of rumors going around about U2's plans for the rest of the year -- these are mostly coming from other U2 sites, so we don't have any direct word or sources able to say how strong the rumors are. Still, if you haven't been keeping up with it all, here's our best attempt at a recap of what's being said. On U2start.com, a fan posted about an upcoming performance/video shoot (he wasn't sure of the exact plans) on April 13-14 in The Netherlands.

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Want to see U2 at Glastonbury?

Want to see U2 at Glastonbury?

 16.03.2010 12:23   atu2.com

'Limited' number of tickets on sale next month A "limited number" of cancelled tickets for the upcoming Glastonbury Festival will be put on sale next month. According to the Glastonbury Festival web site, the sale will start at 9:00 am (UK time) on April 11th. But, in order to even be eligible, you have to register at glastonburyregistration.co.uk by March 31st.

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Spring equinox sunrise at Loughcrew

Spring equinox sunrise at Loughcrew

 16.03.2010 10:24   stonepages.com

The Irish Office of Public Works will have staff in attendance at Cairn T, Loughcrew (Co Meath, Ireland) on the mornings of Saturday the 20th of March, Sunday the 21st...

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Ancient tribal meeting ground found in Australia

Ancient tribal meeting ground found in Australia

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

Australian archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the world's southernmost site of early human life, a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground. The site appears to have been the last...

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Prehistoric axes unearthed in Cuba

Prehistoric axes unearthed in Cuba

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

A new archeological discovery of prehistoric tools in the area surrounding the Cedro Lagoon in the province of Villa Clara (Cuba) is giving rise to new theories of the existence...

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'Double burial' practiced for 4,500 years in Mexico

'Double burial' practiced for 4,500 years in Mexico

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

According to the first known evidence of 'double burials,' ancient people in what is now Mexico routinely dug up decomposing bodies and took off their arms, legs, and heads, then...

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Kerala's megalithic monuments linked to the Mediterranean?

Kerala's megalithic monuments linked to the Mediterranean?

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

A wide range of megalithic burials recently discovered in some northern districts of Kerala (India) during a research project have thrown light on possible links between the Mediterranean and Kerala...

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Bronze Age sites discovered in Pakistan

Bronze Age sites discovered in Pakistan

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

The Italian archaeological mission in Pakistan has discovered a large number of Buddhist sites and rock shelters in Kandak and Kota valleys of Barikot in Swat in the North West...

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Prehistoric remains block broadband plan in Ireland

Prehistoric remains block broadband plan in Ireland

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

A telecommunications mast which would provide Internet broadband access to a scenic area of Kerry (Ireland) would be a 'new alien intrusion' on a very beautiful and almost pristine landscape....

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Four Iron Age roundhouses discovered in Scotland

Four Iron Age roundhouses discovered in Scotland

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

Experts believe they have discovered another Iron Age power centre in Moray (Grampian, Scotland). National Museums of Scotland curator Dr Fraser Hunter said investigations at a field at Burghead have...

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Discovery of an Irish ring fort puts roadworks on hold

Discovery of an Irish ring fort puts roadworks on hold

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

Thousands of years ago Irish Neolithic men and women were hunting wild game with flint arrows in the hills overlooking what is now Ballymena (Co Antrim, Northern Ireland). Now they're...

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Engraved eggs suggest early symbolism

Engraved eggs suggest early symbolism

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

Many researchers think that the capacity for symbolic behaviors - such as art and language - is the hallmark of our species. A team working in South Africa has now...

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Neolithic stone circles and alignments discovered in Syria

Neolithic stone circles and alignments discovered in Syria

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

Dr. Robert Mason, an archaeologist with the Royal Ontario Museum, discovered an ancient landscape of stone circles, stone alignments and what appear to be corbelled roof tombs in Syria. From...

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Additional details on recent discoveries made at Stanton Drew

Additional details on recent discoveries made at Stanton Drew

 16.03.2010 08:32   stonepages.com

Last January we reported that archaeologists found the outline of a burial mound dated from nearly 1000 years before the stone circles at Stanton Drew (Somerset, England). The discovery has...

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