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Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured artworks — the bust of Nefertiti has two faces. More: continued here

As a study in balance of trade, it’s pathetically uneven. The Emerald Isle gets one planeload after another of vacationing American duffers losing $4 golf balls in the dunes of Ballybunion in the south, overpaying caddies at Royal County Down in the north and bellying up at Fodor’s-approved pubs each …

BBC News Masked gang go on hijacking spreeBBC News, UKThe hijackers targeted people working for NIE, Royal Mail, Northern Ireland Water and other local businesses. In one instance, the gang of between two and four, tried to hijack a car with a four-year-old boy on board. On a separate occasion, … …

Alarm raised as Denbighshire postmen use rented vansEvening Leader, UKA Royal Mail spokesman said: "Royal Mail uses a variety of transport facilities to deliver and collect mail daily to more than 28 million addresses across the UK. "The vast majority of vehicles are our own red liveried Royal Mail vans and …

letsrecycle.com Survey set to find out how much direct mail is recycledletsrecycle.com, UKA study to determine how much of the uk's direct mail is recycled has been commissioned by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) – representing the direct mail industry- and Royal Mail. The organisations have appointed Birmingham-based consultancy MEL … …

Hertsmere Borough Council ’s print services department processes all internal and external post. A minimum of 200,000 letters leave the busy mailroom every year. More: continued here

BBC News Fundraising postie Pauline is truly first class!Barry and District News, UKPauline is one of three Welsh winners in Royal Mail’s First Class Awards 2009, awarded to the postmen and women who go the extra mile in the communities where they live and work. Fundraising postwoman Pauline, 52, from St …

The Royal Australian Air Force is celebrating its 88th birthday today. More: continued here

Bolton to be wiped off postal mapThe Bolton News, UKFrom next year, Bolton’s mail will be sorted in Manchester, and the Royal Mail says it would be too difficult to treat Bolton’s mail differently to the rest of Greater Manchester’s. Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East, who has been campaigning …

KATHMANDU: Former King Gyanendra Shah’s son Paras Shah, in an interview with a Singapore newspaper, has disclosed hitherto unknown facts about the 2001 massacre in which the entire family of his uncle, King Birendra Shah, was … More: continued here