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Archeologists discovered a golden wreath in an ancient city in the northern parts of Greece. The wreath - which is being described as ‘priceless’ was buried among human bones in a large copper vase. When first discovered workers believed it to be a land mine.

The University of Thessaloniki stated that the “astonishing” discovery was made during its excavations this week in the ruins of ancient Aigai. The city was the first capital of ancient Macedonia, where King Philip II — father of Alexander the Great — was assassinated.

Olu Agbi - the Nigerian high commissioner - stated this week that anyone who falls for ‘Nigerian Scams’ are not victims - but are thieves who are too greedy to say no and deserve some time in jail. Nigeria has gained a bit of a reputation because of the amount of scams that have been caused by a number of people. He said that those who are involved in it are just as guilty as those who are running the operation.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up right outside of the main defense industry for Pakistan. They let the bombs off right when the workers were ending their shift. A total of 59 people were killed by the explosions.

Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is on the front line of the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism and al Qaeda-linked militants have launched a wave of attacks on the security forces over the past year, bombing military camps, patrols and transport.

A Spanish airplane was headed to the Canary Islands until it crashed, burned, and then broke into several pieces on Wednesday. The crash killed 149 people after taking off from Madrid.

There were only 26 survivors in the mid-afternoon crash, said Spanish Development Minister Magdalena Alvarez, whose department is in charge of civil aviation. It was Spain’s deadliest air disaster in more than 20 years. A police officer said the bodies were so hot that police could barely touch them and told El Pais newspaper the shattered wreckage bore no resemblance to a plane.

Bao Xishun from China has been given the title of the world’s tallest man in the Guinness World Records. The title was given back to him after Leonid Stadnyk from the Ukraine refused to be measured under the new rules and standards.

Bao it 7 feet 8.95 inches tall and first held the title before losing in in 2006 to Stadnyk who stands 8 feet 5.5 inches tall. While Bao has been measured by Guinness, which required him to be measured six times in one day - both standing and lying down - Stadnyk has refused. His title was awarded based on a statement from his doctor.

Pervez Musharraf - the President for Pakistan - resigned today in order to avoid the impending impeachment charges. His resignation comes almost nine years after the key U.S. ally took power in a coup in its campaign against terrorism.

Speculation the former army chief would resign had mounted since the fractious coalition government, led by the party of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, said this month it planned to impeach him. “Whether I win or lose, the nation will lose,” Musharraf, 65, said of the impeachment process in an hour-long televised address in which he passionately defended his record.

A couple from Israeli were on a European vacation left behind their 3 year old daughter at the airport. The couple had five children in total along with 18 suitcases. They were late for the charter flight to Paris and in the race to make it they lost their daughter.

Authorities have defused a few unexploded bombs in a western Indian city of Surat - which has become one of the world’s largest diamond-polishing centers. Three days earlier blasts in the same area had killed 45 people. “We have defused seven bombs and (are) working on three more,” senior police official H.P. Singh stated in an interview.

Authorities from Australian have requested that the country’s national airline check all of the oxygen bottles in the fleet of Boeing 747’s jets. Investigators believe that one of the 747 jets - which ripped a hole mid-flight - was caused by an exploding cylinder.

A Qantas Boeing 747 was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila today after part of the plane ruptured during the flight. The rupture left a hole in the fuselage of the plane. Passengers said that the plane - which had taken off from London - plunged 20,000 feet and was “absolutely terrifying”.