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UN Flags at Half-Mast for Kim Jong-il's Funeral

Posted Wed Dec 28, 2011 06:22 PM ET | 0

The UN headquarters may be following protocol, but critics argue the organization's human rights message is "being blurred." Read more

Kim Jong-Il Heir Faces Unsure Future

Posted Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:25 PM ET | 0

North Korea's state news agency called the dead leader's son, Kim Jong Un, the "great successor." Read more

Green Cremation Offers Clean Departure

Posted by Irene Klotz Mon Sep 5, 2011 08:00 AM ET | 0

Want to depart the world in an environmentally friendly way? A new post-death disposal involves flameless cremation. Read more

King Tut's Leftover Bandages Yield New Clues

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Wed May 19, 2010 09:38 AM ET | 0

The scraps of ancient bandages -- some with dirty fingerprints of Tut's embalmers -- had been contained in long forgotten jars at a museum. Read more

Funeral Webcasting Is Alive and Well

Posted Thu Jan 21, 2010 05:30 AM ET | 0

Service companies enable funeral homes to record and stream services. Read more

Mars Phoenix Probe Retires : Discovery News

Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 03:57 AM ET

NASA declares an end to the brief but fruitful Phoenix mission. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel : Chariot Unearthed in Bulgaria

Posted Wed Aug 13, 2008 05:37 AM ET

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Thursday. Read more

Aztec Whistles Unearthed : Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Mon Jun 30, 2008 06:33 AM ET

A pre-Columbian Aztec skeleton clutching two skull-shaped whistles is unearthed in Mexico. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Fri May 9, 2008 07:23 AM ET

Will liquifying bodies in lye eventually replace cremation as the environmentally friendly funeral? Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Fri Apr 11, 2008 06:23 AM ET

In seventh century England, a woman's jewelry-draped body was laid out on a specially constructed bed and buried in a grave that formed the center of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Wed Feb 20, 2008 04:51 AM ET

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew streaked toward Earth on Wednesday to wrap up a 5 million-mile journey highlighted by the successful delivery of a new space station lab. Read more

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