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POPSAncient Artificial Eyeball Photo: Archaeologist Mansur Sajjadi holds the 4800-year-old artificial eye, which was discovered at the Burnt City in 2006, in an undated photo.
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POPSYoung girl burnt at the stake for 'sorcery' continues: The Post Courier newspaper editorial condemned the killing, saying Papua New Guinea's hysteria over sorcery was creating a climate similar to the 17th century witch trials in America. 'If it is alleged she was a sorcerer, this is yet one more example of hysteria and superstition running rampant in parts of our country,' said the editorial. 'Sorcery is a most difficult crime to prove. 'In the witchery trials of America, hundreds of years ago, hysteria took charge and terrible injustices were done. 'People were burned at the stake. We are doing the same thing now,' 'How many of our young are afraid to go home because of these sorcery beliefs and vengeance practices? 'Those who say she got primitive justice should pause to think, it could be you next on that truckload of burning tyres.'
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POPS"Seven New Wonders of the World" (full at source): Honey, we're shrinking the species Bigger is so 20th century. Ecologists say global warming will shrink species, as bigger creatures will have more problems losing heat. And conservationists say we need to plan now if we are going to save large species from extinction.
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POPSBoy and girl, six and seven, try to elope to Africa continues: Police said the three had hatched their plan to elope on New Year's Eve as their families were celebrating together. Mika had won over the girls with his account of a holiday in "warm" Italy. Temperatures in Germany have been as low as -10C since Christmas. Two policewomen persuaded the couple they could realise their plans "a bit later" and they enjoyed a tour of Hanover police station before being taken home by their parents.
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POPSScallywaggers V Nazis continues: In the dark days of 1940, the unit grew to about 6,000 members, who knew little of each other and operated in small guerrilla groups. Recruited to disrupt a German occupation force – including roles such as blowing up tanks, lorry parks and communications – the teams prepared by carrying out covert missions, known as “scallywagging”, at night. (more at source)
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POPS"Cheer up . ." continues: Born in America, I grew up in Britain, where positivity and optimism have long been viewed with suspicion, as naïve or even dangerous, the preserve of hopeless, slightly deluded types – such as President Jimmy Carter or Neville Chamberlain, with his famous piece of paper promising peace from Hitler.
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POPS"French governemnt fear 'violent left' revival" continues: Other secret documents expose alleged links with activists in Italy, Greece, Germany and the UK. "It has been growing for three or four years now and the violence is getting closer and closer to real terrorism," said Eric Dénécé, director of the French centre of intelligence research and a former Defence Ministry consultant.
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POPSChina cracks down on activists continues: However, Beijing has reacted by jailing some of Charter 08's public supporters. At least 70 of the original signatories have been summoned or interrogated by the police. Prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo has been put under house arrest. The writer Wen Kejian has been detained in the resort city of Hangzhou, close to Shanghai. Police have also ransacked the Beijing home of Zhang Zuhua, one of the main authors of the charter, confiscating his passport as well as his computers, books and notebooks.
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