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WEEK IN PHOTOS: Virgins Gather, Freak Hailstorm, More
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/wip-week97/index.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080904-wip-week97_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>Hurricane Gustav inspired a bit of bathing, virgins awaited a king in Africa, hail spurred "snowball fights" in Kenya, and more.</p></td></tr></table>

Florida Keys Evacuation Ordered for Hurricane Ike
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080905-hurricane-ike.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080905-hurricane-ike_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>Hurricane Ike is forecast to hit the islands early next week as a major hurricane. Given the limited escape routes, officials have ordered evacuations to begin Saturday.</p></td></tr></table>

Some Congo Troops Leave Troubled Wildlife Park
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080905-virunga.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080905-virunga_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>An agreement between the country's wildlife authority and the army to move troops may help preservation efforts at Virunga National Park, home to rare mountain gorillas.</p></td></tr></table>

Phallic Figurines Found in Israel Stone Age Burials
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080905-israel-burials.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080905-israel-burials_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>The prehistoric site near Nazerat (Nazareth) is unusual in its lack of female symbolism and oddly arranged skeletons, archaeologists say.</p></td></tr></table>

Supercontinent Pangaea Pushed, Not Sucked, Into Place
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080905-pangaea-suction.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080905-pangaea-suction_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>A plume of superheated rock from deep in Earth's crust welled up between the ancient continents, pushing them apart until they collided to form Pangaea, a new study proposes.</p></td></tr></table>

Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave?
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080903-oldest-skeletons.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080903-oldest-skeletons_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>Found near Cancun, Mexico, "Eve of Naharon" may be 13,600 years old?and she's not alone. She and three other skeletons could change how we think the Americas were first populated.</p></td></tr></table>

PHOTOS: River Changes Course; Deadly Floods Hit S. Asia
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/photogalleries/India-flood-photos/index.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080904-India-flood-photos_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>The deluge, caused by a dam break in Nepal, has destroyed more than 250,000 acres of farmland, killed at least 90 people, and left at least a million people homeless.</p></td></tr></table>

Siberian Woolly Mammoths Had North American Blood
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080904-woolly-mammoth.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080904-woolly-mammoth_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>Siberia's last woolly mammoths, which died out about 10,000 years ago, descended from North American stock, according to new research. But others question the conclusion.</p></td></tr></table>

THE ROUNDUP: Science and Nature News Around the Web
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080902-news-headlines.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080902-news-headlines_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>Gulls set pollution record; thinking maks us pig out; and more.</p></td></tr></table>

Strong Hurricanes Getting Stronger; Warming Is Blamed
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080904-warming-hurricanes.html?source=rss"><img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080904-warming-hurricanes_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /></a></td><td valign="top"><p>Global warming is making the most powerful hurricanes even stronger by warming the oceans, a new study says.</p></td></tr></table>