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| Beheaded Vikings found at Olympic site Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:02:33 EST They were 51 young men who met a grisly death far from home, their heads chopped off and their bodies thrown into a mass grave. |
| How helping hands could hurt Haiti Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:37:00 EST Groups that helped Haitians since January's earthquake -- foreign governments, relief agencies and companies pledging to rebuild -- could hobble Haiti's long-term survival by creating a culture of dependence, some say. |
| 2008 sighting of bin Laden reported Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:39:16 EST A Belgian woman on trial in Belgium for involvement in terrorism says her husband -- himself wanted on terror charges -- met al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the summer of 2008. |
| 39 killed in Pakistan bombings Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:35:19 EST Twin suicide blasts killed at least 20 people Friday in a high security area with a dense military presence in eastern Pakistan, CNN affiliate Geo TV reported. |
| Islamic scholar who condemned terrorism 'not afraid' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:41 EST The Islamic scholar who issued a powerful fatwa, or religious ruling, against terrorism and suicide bombers said Thursday that he was not afraid of reprisals from his enemies and did not fear for his life. |
| Japan arrests anti-whaling activist Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:10 EST Japanese authorities arrested an activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month in waters off the Antarctic. |
| Early Iraq poll results put PM in lead Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:32 EST Iraq's election commission is expected Thursday to announce partial results of last week's vote. |
| Fragile future for disfigured Haitian girl Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:34:10 EST The town of Petite Riviere de L'Artibonite lies two hours south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. |
| Ad inspired by Dubai hit Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:40:27 EST Grainy surveillance footage picks up a woman wearing a large hat approaching the freezer section in a supermarket. |
| Death metal rockers in Bahrain Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:50:15 EST He's an airline worker by day, and unknown to most of his colleagues, a death metal rocker by night. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 12, 2010 is:
sub rosa • \sub-ROH-zuh\ • adverb
: in confidence : secretly
Example sentence:
The private investigator met sub rosa with his client to show her photos of her husband rendezvousing at various local establishments with another woman.
Did you know?
"Sub rosa" literally means "under the rose" in New Latin. Since ancient times, the rose has often been associated with secrecy. In ancient mythology, Cupid gave a rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to keep him from telling about the indiscretions of Venus. Ceilings of dining rooms have been decorated with carvings of roses, reportedly to remind guests that what was said at the table should be kept confidential. Roses have also been placed over confessionals as a symbol of the confidentiality of confession. "Sub rosa" entered the English language in the 17th century, and even before then, people were using the English version, "under the rose." Earlier still, "unter der Rose" was apparently used in Germany, where the phrase is thought to have originated.