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China's Terra Cotta Warriors March In Washington

Nov. 15, 2009
China's Terra Cotta Warriors March In Washington
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Terra cotta warriors heading to D.C.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Washington's National Geographic Museum says its exhibition "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor" is to open this month.
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XIAN, China, June 12 (UPI) -- More clay figures of high-ranking officers may be revealed in the renewed excavation of China's famous terra cotta army, archaeologists said.

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LONDON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Visitors to the British Museum can view the ancient Chinese afterlife in a fall exhibit that includes terra cotta bureaucrats counting beans for eternity.

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Soybean technology aids the Shedd Aquarium

CHICAGO, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- New soybean technology is aiding Chicago's Shedd Aquarium -- not as marine food, but as a sealing material for the aquarium's roof and facade.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch