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title: "Ancient mummies found in Lima suburb, and other stories – our morning round-up"
date: "2013-10-25T08:56:07+01:00"
modified: "2013-10-25T08:56:07+01:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/2013/10/25/ancient-mummies-found-in-lima-suburb-and-other-stories-our-morning-round-up/"
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# Ancient mummies found in Lima suburb, and other stories – our morning round-up

[Ancient mummies found in Lima suburb](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24665427)

Archaeologists in Peru have found two mummies, of an adult and a child, more than 1,000 years old. (BBC News)

[Britain braces for stormy weather](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/britain-stormy-weather-power-cuts)

Forecasters predict the most powerful storm in years, which could cause major disruption including power cuts. (Guardian)

[Zac Goldsmith attacks Owen Paterson for calling anti-GM campaigners wicked](http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/24/zac-goldsmith-owen-paterson-anti-gm-campaigners-wicked)

A row has broken out in the Conservative Party as one prominent backbench MP criticises the Environment Secretary. (Guardian)

[Maria mystery ‘solved’ after Bulgarian woman admits she may be her daughter](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bulgaria/10403497/Maria-mystery-solved-after-Bulgarian-woman-admits-she-may-be-her-daughter.html)

It emerges that a Greek Roma couple accused of kidnapping a blonde girl in their care may have been given the child to look after voluntarily. (Telegraph)

[Civil rights groups call for investigation into New York mosque surveillance](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/aclu-new-york-nypd-mosques-muslims)

A coalition of 125 groups have written to the US Department of Justice after it emerged that the New York police had been conducting blanket surveillance of mosques and other Muslim centres. (Guardian)