A new study from swiss and us-american scientist shows, that the end of the middle american maya population probably was at a high rate caused by three draughts in the years 810, 860 and 910 a.D. The Spiegel reports in german, and Science for subscribers.

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"Michael Jackson has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on blood-soaked voodoo rituals in an attempt to create money "out of thin air" and place curses on his perceived enemies, who include David Geffen and Steven Spielberg, according to the latest edition of Vanity Fair. Just when it seemed the stories about Mr Jackson could not be any weirder, the glossy celebrity magazine has unveiled lurid tales involving the ritual slaughter of dozens of cows, sheep and chickens, a witch doctor from Mali and a mysterious Egyptian woman claiming links to the ruling élite of Saudi Arabia", writes The Independent.

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