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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Ukraine ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,900-year-old double Scythian burial in Ukraine contains toxic red mineral ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A double burial in Ukraine of two women from the Late Scythian culture contains a toxic red mineral, but exactly why it was used remains a mystery. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8H4DWgdtRvfvC8mQe2egXJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[B. Polit/Late Scythian Archaeological Expedition, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The cinnabar lumps were found in the grave of two Scythian women at the Chervony Mayak burial ground.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of a circular burial site with a skeleton unearthed on the ground and a sign in Ukrainian above its head toward the left of the image. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 18,000 years ago, ice age humans built dwellings out of mammoth bones in Ukraine ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some people in Ukraine weathered the harshest moments of the last ice age by creating shelters made partly of mammoth bones and tusks. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:08:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uBGocKpD2JhvSD8SLaLFc5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Some of the remains of the mammoth shelters from the last ice age. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo from above the mammoth remains. They look like large sharp gray rocks coming out of fine sand. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Crimean Stone Age 'crayons' were used by Neanderthals for symbolic drawings, study claims ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered Stone Age "crayons" in Crimea, hinting that Neanderthals may have used them for symbolic drawings or markings. But not everyone agrees. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZVdP62DL6csytD9Zhf6ok4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A scraped and ground ocher crayon used by Neanderthals tens of thousands of years ago. (Scale bar: 1 centimeter)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ochre tool shaped like tear drop with zoom in on lines etched into the side.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lviv pysanka: World's oldest Easter egg ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/lviv-pysanka-worlds-oldest-easter-egg</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A decorated duck egg discovered in a trash pit is the world's oldest "pysanka." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:42:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kristina.killgrove@futurenet.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P7mG67ANSj3MSjRihL9XNW-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Rescue Archaeological Service at the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences&#039; Institute of Archaeology]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stone Age 'CSI': Archaeologists identify a family killed in a house fire nearly 6 millennia ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Human bones discovered in a house that burned down 5,700 years ago are providing archaeologists "CSI"-style clues about the deaths of seven people in prehistoric Ukraine. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:36:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Poi2FWX6XCES9FxfvdywM8-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Fuchs et al., 2024, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Stone Age house excavated in Kosenivka, Ukraine, revealed a CSI-style mystery surrounding a family&#039;s deaths.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An excavated Stone Age house in Ukraine against a green and blue background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare Roman-era silver ingots depicting Constantine the Great seized from alleged black-market sale ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/rare-roman-era-silver-ingots-depicting-constantine-the-great-seized-from-alleged-black-market-sale</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A man allegedly tried to illegally sell three rare Roman-era silver ingots that his great-grandmother reportedly found in her garden years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:25:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nHgf3QgFDcTm8nY9MThsvZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The three Roman ingots feature impressions of Constantine the Great.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Three silver blocks stacked on top of each other.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chernobyl worms appear unaffected by radiation from world's worst nuclear disaster ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Microscopic worms in Chernobyl remain unscathed despite having been long exposed to radiation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:59:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w8mBEaNs38qUcdXKiKTjf3-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Sophia Tintori]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[These microscopic worms are resistant to radiation exposure. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Worms as seen under a microscope ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Doomsday Clock hovers at 90 seconds to midnight for 2nd year in a row ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited the threat of nuclear escalation in Ukraine, climate change and disruptive technologies as reasons to keep the clock at 90 seconds to midnight. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:25:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4M47VWDBTFJaJkKrCwvZfH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[chuchart duangdaw via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Climate change is an existential threat to humanity&#039;s survival on Earth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A tree amid a raging wildfire.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,000-year-old cemetery with dead wearing dramatic rings on their necks and buckets on their feet found in Ukraine ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The discovery of a cemetery in Ukraine from a millennium ago has revealed axes, swords, jewelry and, unexpectedly, buckets around the feet of some of the dead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jiFnjwAAQL6jhwFw6W9fCd-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Courtesy Vyacheslav Baranov]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The skeleton of a woman who was buried with elaborate neck rings as well as rings around her arms.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The skeleton of a woman who was buried with elaborate neck rings as well as rings around her arms.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Metal detectorists find buried WWII aircraft in Ukraine while disarming wartime bomb ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union in 1941 to help the Allied war effort, but they were dumped to avoid payment. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 21:52:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mfLYJhScEcD6YRz3haKzTB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Oleg Antonov State Aviation Museum]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The buried aircraft wrecks were discovered recently in a forest ravine near Kyiv by metal detectorists after an unexploded bomb was found nearby.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[We see a man in a hat in a dirt hole and holding onto part of a rusty, decayed plane.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA satellite crash not source of mysterious flash of light above Ukraine capital, agency claims ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/nasa-satellite-crash-not-source-of-mysterious-flash-of-light-above-ukraine-capital-agency-claims</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A blinding flash of light set off air raid alerts across Ukraine’s capital city. Officials at first thought it was a falling NASA satellite, but the space agency has said it isn’t. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:15:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RDSqvQmug7XEZHhpJs7PpQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of NASA&#039;s RHESSI satellite]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of NASA&#039;s RHESSI satellite]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Doctors risked their own lives to remove a live grenade from a Ukrainian soldier's chest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/live-grenade-surgically-removed-ukrainian-soldier</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The surgeons had to refrain from using common procedures that could have detonated the grenade. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 20:48:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rebecca Sohn ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gZsSnD297Ydf3UfGpBBVAT-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Hanna Maliar via Facebook]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An X-ray image of the unexploded grenade, lodged just below the soldier&#039;s heart. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An X-ray image of the unexploded grenade, lodged just below the soldier&#039;s heart. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 stunning archaeological discoveries that may finally be unearthed in 2023 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology-predictions-2023</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here are five predictions about what archaeologists may dig up in 2023. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qqXSxbYheZ28veJR7zQyh8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Queens of the Nile Exhibition at Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in the Netherlands.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mummy coffins on display in part in the permanent Egyptian collection and also part of the &#039;Queens of the Nile&#039; Exhibition held at the National Museum of Antiquities or Rijksmuseum van Oudheden on November 30, 2016 in Leiden, Netherlands. With 350 prized Egyptian pieces, including royal portraits, statues of deities, sophisticated jewellery, amulets and precious utensils, plus the sarcophagus and grave goods of Queen Nefertari, from the Museo Egizio in Turin. This is the first time that such a large exhibition on the queens of Egypt has been organised in the Netherlands.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Are there really UFOs flying over Ukraine? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A recent report about pitch-black "phantom" UFOs in the skies over Ukraine has been discredited by the Ukrainian government and by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jRhPXnyHq9rNuKbZzzwnji-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chernobyl radiation set off black frog surge while green frogs 'croaked.' Evolution explains why. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Chernobyl frogs' evolution shows how they have adapted to live with higher radiation by turning black. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qs8rkhhEewcC4ozocwD5ZY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A colored gradient shows how Eastern tree frogs in Chernobyl have adapted to radiation by evolving to have darker skin.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A colored gradient of frogs, from black to green. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Cosmic' and 'phantom' UFOs are all over Ukraine's skies, government report claims ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dozens of 'phantom' and 'cosmic' UFOs have been detected in the skies over Ukraine, a new government report claims. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jRhPXnyHq9rNuKbZzzwnji-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scythian arrowheads and Bronze Age dwelling uncovered in Ukraine ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scythian artifacts were found near Bilsk in Ukraine. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/S7EHJTjnR3rnt5BPTCr7Kk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An archaeological site in Ukraine dates to the late sixth century and early fifth century B.C., during the Scythian period.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of an archaological site in ukraine that dates to the Scythian period; the outline of a structure can be seen in stone with several indentations in the floor]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is genocide? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/what-is-genocide</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Acts of genocide — trying to partially or completely destroy an entire people or group — have been committed countless times throughout history. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WD4Y8XHdtff7VoxsMeZpLN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A black and white photograph taken in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 during World War II. It shows Jews, both adults and children, held at gunpoint as SS troops look on.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black and white photograph taken in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 during World War II. It shows Jews, both adults and children, held at gunpoint as SS troops look on.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Lost tapes' from Chernobyl show the haunting fallout of the nuclear disaster ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/chernobyl-lost-tapes-hbo-trailer</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Recently unearthed footage that documented the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident remained hidden for decades. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cjPVraxCacq6nejf4aUTsD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Soviet &quot;liquidators&quot; who were sent to Chernobyl to clean up after the accident wore protective gear to shield them from high levels of dangerous radiation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Soviet &quot;liquidators&quot; who were sent to Chernobyl to clean up after the accident wore protective gear to shield them from high levels of dangerous radiation.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Russian forces reportedly stole priceless Scythian treasures from Ukrainian museum ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/scythian-gold-stolen-ukraine-museum</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Russian forces have reportedly stolen ancient Scythian artifacts made of gold from a museum in Ukraine. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 13:21:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:52:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y9Hd9MqfUb3NMXu3jbYBJY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This Scythian gold necklace is safely kept in a museum in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Scythian artifacts kept in a museum in Melitopol were recently stolen by Russian troops.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The famous ancient golden Scythian breast pectiral (necklace) on a black background, it depicts the animal world of southern Ukraine and the life of ancient Scythians.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Radioactive material stolen from Chernobyl monitoring lab: Here's what that means. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/chernobyl-radioactive-material-stolen</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ During Russia's invasion of the city of Chernobyl in Ukraine, looters stole radioactive material from a radiation monitoring laboratory near the city's defunct nuclear power plant. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:49:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:46:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tHSKMDzJm7hbdXtt2wT7RV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Radioactive material was stolen from a lab near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, pictured here.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine; 14 June 2019; photo shows The Headquarter Of The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Stalin used "The Terror" to secure his iron grip on power ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/all-about-history-issue-115</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Inside All About History 115: Learn how Stalin secured his iron grip on power through terror and imprisoning or executing his enemies. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jonathan.gordon@futurenet.com (Jonathan Gordon) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Gordon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MNxurnx5u37dK5VPAEPbZ9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Stalin&#039;s Great Terror saw political enemies and dissidents sent to gulags or executed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Stalin and the Great Terror]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Children's hospital destroyed by Russian bombs in 'atrocious' civilian attack, Ukraine says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A children's hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was destroyed by Russian bombs, despite an agreed ceasefire, Ukrainian officials said. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GAUqkXc3LrR5hWwuAVpUwU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Volodymyr Zelenskyy via Twitter]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Footage of the bombed-out hospital shows the interior and exterior in tatters.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Footage of the bombed-out hospital shows the interior and exterior in tatters.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How will Ukraine keep SpaceX's Starlink internet service online?  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/ukraine-spacex-starlink-service-staying-online</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ SpaceX's Starlink internet is now active in Ukraine. But how will they keep it online? ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chelsea Gohd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2S2UG7CTid9ZJyupokKuLM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of SpaceX&#039;s Starlink internet satellites in orbit. The company has won a U.S. military contract for missile-warning satellites.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of SpaceX&#039;s Starlink internet satellites in orbit. The company has won a U.S. military contract for missile-warning satellites.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Soviet Union: History, leaders and legacy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Soviet Union was the world's first communist country and had a major influence on the 20th century — and still has an influence today. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f9rCAk8yKrraphXS6gmot8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Soviet propaganda poster from 1953, showing Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Propaganda poster : Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin and Stalin, 1953.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Russian attack of Ukrainian home-improvement store seen in satellite image ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A BlackSky satellite snapped a shot of a big home-improvement store similar to Home Depot ablaze in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv following Russian shelling. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uvqTjQS6NtP2SinS2TdB7h-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[This BlackSky satellite image, collected over Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 28, 2022 at 12:22 local time (UTC+2), shows an Epicentr K home improvement warehouse ablaze with scorched fields a few hundred meters east following shelling in the area.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This BlackSky satellite image, collected over Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 28, 2022 at 12:22 local time (UTC+2), shows an Epicentr K home improvement warehouse ablaze with scorched fields a few hundred meters east following shelling in the area.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What would happen if Russia bombed Chernobyl? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/what-if-russia-bombed-chernobyl</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Russian troops have captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which still contains nuclear waste that could pose a threat to the surrounding area. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:03:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:48:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ashley.s.hamer@gmail.com (Ashley Hamer) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ashley Hamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8kVv3vBZVnukiWnwkpgpwV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, shown here after the explosion on April 26, 1986, is at risk from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, shown here after the explosion on April 26, 1986, is at risk from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ukrainian scientists leave international climate report committee, amid safety fears  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/ukrainian-scientists-leave-ipcc-approval-session</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led top Ukrainian scientists to withdraw from final approvals of a landmark climate report. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:23:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxkdQhrnKTiyfGsvPQfoQn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ukrainian servicemen ride on tanks towards the front line to engage with Russian forces in the Lugansk region of Ukraine, on Feb. 25.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ukrainian servicemen ride on tanks towards the front line to engage with Russian forces in the Lugansk region of Ukraine, on Feb. 25.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Russia sanctions won't imperil ISS operations, NASA says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The International Space Station program will continue business as usual, NASA assures us as the U.S. government levies new sanctions against Russia. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:16:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:56:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chelsea Gohd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZtC7vL8TVC8q6TPRdtuVa7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The International Space Station as seen in October 2018.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The International Space Station as seen in October 2018.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Russian military could target satellites in Ukraine conflict, NRO chief warns: report ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Commercial and government satellites could be targets of the Russian military as it seeks advantage in Ukraine, the head of the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2022 13:46:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/buiFtNwSQgS6Na5a5Rbrj5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ This image, snapped on Feb. 22, 2022, by a Maxar Worldview satellite, shows heavy equipment transporters in western Klintsy, Russia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ This image, snapped on Feb. 22, 2022, by a Maxar Worldview satellite, shows heavy equipment transporters in western Klintsy, Russia.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Empress Catherine the Great's letter on smallpox vaccination to go up for auction ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A letter written by Russian empress Catherine the Great on April 20, 1787, stressing the importance of the smallpox vaccine will go up for auction in London. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:08:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:56:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BasdsF6XfHgoCxgn4qGCvF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A portrait of Catherine the Great by Dmitry Levitsky and a letter from Catherine the Great on smallpox vaccination will go up for auction at MacDougall&#039;s Fine Art Auctions in London.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A portrait of Catherine the Great by Dmitry Levitsky and a letter from Catherine the Great on smallpox vaccination will go up for auction at MacDougall&#039;s Fine Art Auctions in London.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Post-apocalyptic, abandoned Chernobyl could become a World Heritage site ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ukrainian officials propose that the desolate exclusion zone around Chernobyl, site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, should be added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:59:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wcbWNNXRRATYHXZABisStW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In an abandoned school in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, the floor is littered with gas masks that were distributed after the Chernobyl disaster.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[In an abandoned school in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, the floor is littered with gas masks that were distributed after the Chernobyl disaster.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is It Safe to Visit Chernobyl? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65673-is-visiting-chernobyl-safe.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Touring Chernobyl means observing strict safety rules. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 23:23:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:57:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KABvxyCpDAfFAiQxfnamvC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wildlife now inhabits the abandoned Pripyat Village, in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chernobyl vs. Fukushima: Which Nuclear Meltdown Was the Bigger Disaster? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65554-chernobyl-vs-fukushima.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nuclear meltdowns at power plants in Chernobyl and Fukushima were the most devastating in recent history. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 10:24:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:22:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2cSeC2gGfdJWmsizz6YeWE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The 1986 meltdown at the Chernobyl Power Complex in the Ukraine, recently dramatized in the HBO series &quot;Chernobyl,&quot; was followed 25 years later by the 2011 disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Drones Find Unexpected Radiation 'Hotspots' in Forest Near Chernobyl ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65435-chernobyl-forest-drone-survey.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This is the first time that fixed-wing drones were used for radiation mapping. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 20:43:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:22:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/smR8heCE8xJkbbQrUXY38T-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In Ukraine&#039;s Red Forest, a sign warns of radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl explosion in 1986.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A radioactive warning sign inside the exclusion zone.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 8,300-Year-Old Stone Snake Heads Reveal Stone Age Ritual Ceremonies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ What might be passed over as two oddly shaped rocks are the work of Stone Age artisans who sculpted the rocks into beady-eyed snake heads, archaeologists have found. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:33:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F3pWWdgv2ieJMebnzdDbgG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Kotova N., et al., Antiquity 2018; figure by N. Kotova]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The &quot;younger&quot; snape sculpture has triangular eyes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Younger stone snake]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Russia, Ukraine, and Europe are Tied by Gas Dependency ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The German energy giant RWE has begun to “reverse flow” supplies of gas from Europe back to Ukraine via Poland, a process first arranged in 2012, with an agreement to deliver up to 10 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas per year. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2014 22:27:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:35:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jack D. Sharples ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XZENEcuWuDphf8rJYh9SRC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Assembling the Nord Stream in 2011.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[gas dependency, Europe]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can NATO Contain Russian Advances? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The current geopolitical chess match in Crimea and Ukraine shines a bright light on NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and its historical role as a counterweight to Russian aggression. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:40:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:13:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marc Lallanilla ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5n6sHLhhyiArTE9mwdmXSW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Left to right: Andrii Deshchytsia (Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine) confers with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at NATO headquarters in Brussels, April 1, 2014.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[nato]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 5 Key Facts About Crimea ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In the ongoing international showdown between Russia and Ukraine, the region known as Crimea has emerged as the top prize — a position it has held, for better or worse, for millennia. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:01:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:07:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marc Lallanilla ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N5T28yDp3AKz5gD69N29EZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Crimean peninsula extends off the southern coast of Ukraine into the Black Sea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[crimea]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chernobyl Woos Tourists with Promise of 'Negligible' Risk ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists weigh in on safety, and attraction, of Chernobyl vacation spot. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:46:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:22:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xY39NNi2bgfwCMeHybsFH7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[At the time this photo was taken, smoke billowed 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column. August 5, 1945. Two planes of the 509th Composite Group, part of the 313th Wing of the 20th Air Force, participated in this mission; one to carry the bomb, and the other to act as escort.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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