Read more about the article Outrage As Muslim Protesters Wear Yellow Stars Like Jews
Pic shows: Benbassa has in the meantime, defended herself on social media, saying over the course of numerous tweets that she is not antisemitic, and that as a "Jew" herself, she has "spent her life writing the history of her people." She also said: "That our stigmatised contemporaries identify with these past sufferings is quite understandable. Nobody steals their suffering here from anyone else." These images of Muslims protesting against Islamophobia in Paris and wearing stars reminiscent of those that Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis have caused outrage on social media and in the French press.
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Outrage As Muslim Protesters Wear Yellow Stars Like Jews

Story By: Joseph Golder, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News These images of Muslims protesting against Islamophobia in Paris and wearing stars reminiscent of those that Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis have caused outrage on social media and in the French press. The incident took place on Sunday 10th November…

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November 14, 2019
Read more about the article 2500yo Ancient Greek Bowl Gathered Dust In Box For 36yr
Pic Shows: The piece of pottery has been identified as a piece of a handle of a drinking bowl; A pottery item that spent 36 years in a box in a museum warehouse has now been identified as an Ancient Greek drinking bowl that ended up across the Alps in Austria around 2,500 years ago.
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2500yo Ancient Greek Bowl Gathered Dust In Box For 36yr

Story By: Victoria Lyndon, Sub-Editor:  Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A pottery item that spent 36 years in a box in a museum warehouse has now been identified as an Ancient Greek drinking bowl that ended up across the Alps in Austria around 2,500 years ago. The artefact is kept at the Celtic Museum…

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November 13, 2019
Read more about the article Teacher Builds Playmobil Berlin Wall For 30th Anniv
Pic shows: The fall of the Berlin Wall. A German teacher and Playmobil enthusiast has created a series of toy scenes to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Teacher Builds Playmobil Berlin Wall For 30th Anniv

Story By: Kathryn Quinn, Sub-Editor:  Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News These images show a replica of the Berlin wall built entirely with Playmobil by a creative German teacher to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its falls. According to local media, 47-year-old Robert Packeiser’s scenes will be exhibited at the Mission of Lower Saxony Building…

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November 13, 2019
Read more about the article WWII Grenade Found In Tree In Nursery School Playground
Pic shows: The hand grenade had grown into the tree stump. A Kindergarten had to be evacuated after a WW2 hand grenade was found on a tree in the garden.
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WWII Grenade Found In Tree In Nursery School Playground

Story By: Kathryn Quinn, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News A nursery school had to be evacuated after a World War II hand grenade was found partially embedded in a tree. The nursery school boss discovered the weapon thought to be from World War II (WWII) in a tree in the garden of the school and called…

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November 11, 2019
Read more about the article 15 Pre-Hispanic Tombs With Skulls Found On Uni Campus
Pic shows: The archaelogical site at the Colombian University Archaeologists have discovered 15 tombs with these skulls and skeletons on the grounds of a Colombian university that are believed to belong to a pre-Hispanic indigenous community.
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15 Pre-Hispanic Tombs With Skulls Found On Uni Campus

Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Archaeologists have discovered 15 tombs with these skulls and skeletons on the grounds of a Colombian university they believe belonged to a pre-Hispanic indigenous community. According to the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia (UPTC) in the city of Tunja in Central Boyaca Province in northern Colombia,…

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November 7, 2019