Wales: Origin of Stonehenge’s blue stones pinpointed in Pembrokeshire
A team of geologists have identified a hill in the Preseli Hills as the site from which 11 stones known as spotted dolerites were transported to Stonehenge
New research has established that stones from Wales were definitely used in the building of one of the world’s best known prehistoric sites at Stonehenge – but that they came from a hill a mile away from the place previously assumed to be their source.
A team of three geologists including Dr Richard Bevins, Keeper of Natural Sciences at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, have identified a hill called Carn Goedog, about three miles from Crymrch in the Preseli Hills of Pembrokeshire, as the site from which 11 stones known as spotted dolerites were somehow transported to Stonehenge in Wiltshire. …
Wales Online
Malaysia: Missing boy in ‘haunted’ Villa Nabila misadventure found
Mum: I am relieved because I truly believed that some unearthly being had taken him.
JOHOR BARU: The 16-year-old boy who reportedly went missing after entering Villa Nabila, an abandoned bungalow here listed as one of the top five spookiest places in the country, has been found.
Police said he was found in a friend’s house in Taman Mutiara here around early Tuesday.
Johor police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said Mohammad Izzat Izzuddin was found with his girlfriend of the same age.
He said that after receiving a missing person’s report from the boy’s mother on Saturday, police engaged in a manhunt under Ops Kesan to search for Mohammad Izzat. …
The Star
Greenland: In Ummannaq they have said goodbye to the sun
In a cold weekend with minus 12 degrees Celsius, was the last sun to see in Uummannaq.
The inhabitants do not see the sun again before 4 February 2014, when everyone goes out and greet the sun in the new year.
Celebrated with halibut
“We have said goodbye to the sun with a nice meal,” says Margrethe Løvstrøm Kleemann from Uummannaq.
“We had made lovely food with halibut, as healthy as it can be.” …
Greenland Today
India: Angela Merkel to get 2013 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace
German chancellor Angela Merkel will be awarded the coveted Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013 with an international jury headed by PM Manmohan Singh choosing her.
The announcement was made today by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust which said that the award was being given to 59-year-old Merkel for her exemplary leadership in Europe and the world during the financial crisis and her stewardship of German economic growth. …
The Times of India
Kenya: The First Lady Kenya never had
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Lena Tungo Moi strode Kenya’s political scene with her visibility as the vice-president’s wife.
Then in the middle of the 1970s, she faded away from the public arena never to be heard of again until her death in 2004.
The collapse of her marriage in 1974 and divorce in 1979 was a bitter blow to the ardent Christian who had been raised under strict African Inland Church (AIC) doctrines.
Lena’s parents, the Paul Bomett family, were pioneer Christians in Eldama Ravine.
They respected Moi, the young, tall, handsome and well-mannered orphan boy.
That is how Moi found himself in the Bometts’ home, where he silently admired Helena, the beautiful girl with a round face. …
The Nation
New Zealand: Greatest NZ stories: East Cape locals’ fight for centre a name-changer
David Fisher and photographer Mark Mitchell travelled the country looking for the greatest Kiwi yarns. Follow their journey in this series.
Day 14: Onopoto Bay
Follow the tarmac under the trees and the road snakes around the cliffs away from Hicks Bay to a secret and special hidden beach.
The road to the beach is called Onepoto Beach Rd. Like many roads carrying Maori place names, the destination to which it leads carries a Pakeha name. In this case, it was Horseshoe Bay for a long time. …
New Zealand Herald
Argentina: The Lady, without mourning, is back to run the show: “Hi, how are all of you?”
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez reappeared Monday in a video for the first time since the October 8 cranium surgery to remove blood clots. Very much in control of the situation and specially impressive for the occasion the Argentine leader reopened her Twitter and with a first message in 45 days that said: “Hi, how are all of you?” …
Merco Press
*Image of Stonehenge via Shutterstock
