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The foundations of a 1,000-year-old church built by German Emperor Otto I (also known as Otto the Great) were rediscovered by archaeologists under a cornfield in Helfta, Germany, in late June, according to the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology in the country’s Saxony-Anhalt region. Based on the foundations, the church was 66 feet wide, and it existed alongside a massive cemetery containing at least 70 graves. Numerous artifacts, including coins, utensils, jewelry, and other accessories, were also found last month. The church was built in the 10th century and was continuously occupied for 500 years, perhaps even once...

Germany’s HRE says rescue collapsed By James Wilson in Berlin Published: October 5 2008 10:07 | Last updated: October 5 2008 10:07 Hypo Real Estate was racing to find a way to save itself on Sunday after the German property lender revealed the collapse of a previous rescue plan. A consortium of banks that was to provide HRE with an emergency liquidity line had now declined to do so, HRE said at the weekend. The reversal threatens a dramatic escalation of the financial crisis in Germany and leaves HRE and the Berlin government scrambling to come up with an alternative...

The Multi-Cultural Student Union's members are circulating a petition to try to force RWU to defund the Hawk's Right Eye. They have already taken to the dorms with their petition on the grounds that the White scholarship is offensive. Um...Free speech and tolerance?Not to mention that HRE and the White scholarship are but faintly related; whereas HRE is funded by RWU, the scholarship is privately donated money.