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ISIS beheads famous archaeologist in Syria and hangs his body on a column in a historic site
The Times of India | 2015-08-19
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ISIS beheads famous archaeologist in Syria and hangs his body on a column in a historic site
ISIS beheads famous archaeologist in Syria and hangs his body on a column in a historic site
BEIRUT: Islamic State militants beheaded one of Syria's most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra, then strapped his body from one of the town's Roman columns, Syrian state media and an activist...
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
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By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News 18 August 2015 From the section Science & Environment Largely Muslim, Indonesia is one of the biggest carbon emitters because of deforestation Islamic environmental...
photo: US Navy / Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Randall Damm
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