Early Europeans unable to stomach milk

Researchers analysing the DNA in Neolithic human remains claim to have uncovered the first direct evidence that modern humans have evolved changes in response to natural selection.

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Europeans are shaking their heads over their American friends again.

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Findings show how first Europeans transported meat over long distances A new study reveals that Neanderthals survived the often chilly conditions of Northern Europe by wearing tailored clothing and drying chunks of big game meat — like that of mammoth.

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Who are the Wampanoag?

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EU Elections: Desperate French Opposition

Between 4th and 7th June 2009, the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) will hold its 7th European Parliament elections. About three quarters of the 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will be elected on Sunday 7th June.

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Joblessness and poverty are a more potent source of tension between Muslims and wider European and U.S. society than religious differences, one of the first major studies of Muslim integration since the Sept. 11 terror attacks claimed on Thursday.

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"A gathering of hundreds of European parliamentarians who support Israel concluded over the weekend in Paris with a politically loaded discussion on the rehabilitation of Palestinian refugees - one of the most sensitive issues facing Israeli and Palestinian negotiators.

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McCain was referring to Obama's promise of a tax cut to families earning less than $250,000. Some workers who do not earn enough to owe federal income taxes would get a refund on money they contribute in Social Security payroll taxes.''

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BRUSSELS — Noise from personal music players is a routine annoyance for travelers on buses, trains and planes.

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But what of the rest of the world? This is the reaction I fear most. For Obama has stirred an excitement around the globe unmatched by any American politician in living memory.

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What does being "Black" mean to you?

What does being "Black" mean to you? Full credit to Ms Cyprah for the article body and words. If you are 'Black', what does it mean to you in a diverse society? Here is the reply from the original article on Ms Cyprah's column (from Marta Rosell Fernandez):

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What we Europeans want from a President Obama

The World should have it's say in who's the President of the United States. Give us voting power! Seriously! It would only be fair. Americas own self-image as the leading power of the free and the not so free world gives it leverage to decide on a lot of global issues.

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What does being "White" mean to you?

I spotted this thought-provoking reply to a white person who was bemoaning the racism of Blacks in their actions, and felt that it needed a wider airing to generate some debate. If you are White, what does it mean to you in a diverse society?

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If anyone suggested that Tiger Woods should try to be more like other golfers, people would question the sanity of whoever made that suggestion.

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Young adults in Europe deliberately binge on drink and drugs to improve their sex lives, research suggests. The UK has one of the worst reputations for binge drinking and underage sex but there are striking similarities between countries, a study found.

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There is little doubt Bernard Hopkins is a one-off, a maverick. In the laws of the street jungle, he is a survivor. But does he regret saying to Joe Calzaghe that he (Bernard Hopkins) would "never lose to a white boy"?

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Interviewer: As a medievalist, surely you can't say that everything was hunky-dory until Sabra and Shatila. What period in Jewish history most resembles the current one?

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American kill," said the five-year-old boy.

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As a European, surrounded every day by people in this continent that love to have their say on the current American political situation, this piece, while a couple of weeks old now, made me laugh more than any other piece of journalism that I've read in the past few years.

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This is a basic backgrounder for Americans, primarily, who might think Europeans do nothing all day but @!$%# about Americans. Don't get me wrong—they do love @!$%#ing about Americans. But they also like @!$%#ing about each other, as well.

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America is in the midst of an all-important electoral campaign. But, talking to Europeans, I've discovered that there is puzzlement and misinformation on your continent about what's happening on ours.

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The US, so keen on flexing its muscles in world politics under President George W. Bush, has ceded global leadership to the Europeans in tackling climate change, say German newspapers.

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London's Science Museum canceled a Friday talk by Nobel Prize-winning geneticist James Watson after the co-discoverer of DNA's structure told a newspaper that Africans and Europeans had different levels of intelligence.

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BRITS are slackers in the sack, having less sex than just about all our European cousins. Just 63 per cent of us claim to do it weekly, leaving the UK trailing France, Germany, Italy, Holland and Spain.

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Just when you thought cell phones on planes was a dead issue... they bring it back to life! Not on our shores, however. Airbus just received approval for an onboard mobile phone system, but only in Europe.

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For decades, it has been clear that average European heights have been increasing while those on the other side of the Atlantic have not. But why? A new study says it might have to do with health care and the social net.

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