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/ 21 January 2003

A defining moment in history?

They have called it Excalibur, though it was plucked from a pit of bones rather than the stone of Arthurian legend. To the ordinary eye it is a hand-sized, triangular chunk of ochre and purple rock. But to palaeontologists it is proof of a defining moment in the history of the human mind.

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/ 7 November 2002

Spain’s stolen children

General Francisco Franco’s Spanish dictatorship stole children from the families of his left-wing opponents and gave them to his supporters or sent them to be brought up in convents or monasteries, according to a book published this week.

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/ 1 January 1995

Crunch time for Microsoft

The European Commission stepped closer to imposing -million a day fines on Microsoft on Monday when it gave the software group eight days to comply with sanctions imposed last year. Neelie Kroes, competition commissioner, said in Madrid: ”The deadline is the end of this month and if it’s not met then it’s the end of the game.”