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In Jerusalem, a 2,000-year-old bell rings again found

very most latest news about the tiny golden bell , A sound last heard 2,000 years ago is audible again. A tiny golden bell preserved in a Roman-era sewer underneath Jerusalem's Old City has been recovered by Israeli archaeologists.its designed very old as in past it have been working on the gold . The tiny orb, just one centimeter in diameter, was likely an ornament on the clothes of a wealthy resident. The Book of Exodus mentions tiny golden bells sewn onto the hem of the robes of Temple priests, though it was not known if this bell was one of those.round about to 19,000 or 2,000 ago these designs are very latest designs of that time. Archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority says the bell likely fell off and rolled into the sewer as its owner walked by.more information from the news agencies that , Shukron said it was a "very rare" find. When he shook the bell Sunday, it emitted a faint metallic sound between a clink and a rattle. ...

there is Famine In Southern Somalia Declared by Un

The UN officially declared famine in two southern Somalia regions Wednesday as the world slowly mobilised to save 12 million people battling hunger in the region's worst drought in 60 years. The United States urged Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels controlling the area to allow the return of relief groups they expelled two years ago, , Valerie Amos, urged the world to make the link between climate change and the drought. Somalia is the most dangerous country in the world to work in, according to the U.N.'s World Food Program, which lost 14 relief workers in the past few years. Looting and attacks on aid convoys occur frequently. WFP head Josette Sheeran said the group is willing to return to southern Somalia if the insurgents guarantee safe passage. "We are absolutely fully committed to going where the hungry are," she said. The extended drought is forcing an estimated 3,000 people a day from Somalia to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia. We speak to Yves van Loo i...