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The 80,000-year-old prints fill in gaps left by fossils and artifacts. A group of Neanderthal children scampered around the Normandy coast in France 80,000 years ago. Their footprints quickly became [...]

Byline: David Iaconangelo Two armed men stormed a church in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in the northern French region of Normandy, on Tuesday, killing a priest. Two nuns and two [...]

Byline: Sara Miller Llana Allied veterans are gathering this week in the windswept villages of Normandy to commemorate a pivotal moment in the liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation. But [...]

CAEN, France - France held solemn ceremonies Thursday as American veterans visited cemeteries in Normandy to honor thousands of fellow soldiers who died in the Allied campaign to liberate France, [...]

Following are excerpts from President Bush's Memorial Day speech at the American Cemetery in Normandy, site of 9,387 American graves from World War II. A full transcript of the remarks, […]

The Australia-based Normandy Mining Company has said that it has largely managed to overcome the opposition to the use of cyanide-leeching method to extract gold from a mine in western [...]

SYDNEY, JOHANNESBURG and CHICAGO -- Newmont, the US gold miner, has ended an intense three-month battle to become the world's biggest gold miner after AngloGold, its South African rival, yesterday [...]

Byline: Laura King in Toronto South Africa's AngloGold Ltd. confirmed Jan. 15 it will not raise its A$4.3 billion ($2.2 billion) cash and scrip offer for Australia's Normandy Mining Corp. […]

Byline: Laura King in Toronto The globe-straddling battle of the mines will last at least another week in the wake of the decision Jan. 11 by South Africa's to extend […]

Australian authorities Wednesday quashed another attempt by South Africa's AngloGold Ltd. to block a bid by Denver rival Newmont Mining Corp. for Normandy Mining Corp. Australia's Takeovers Panel denied an […]

JOHANNESBURG and MELBORNE -- AngloGold's share price fell more than 3 per cent to close at R333 in Johannesburg yesterday, in what analysts described as a knee-jerk reaction to the [...]

Newmont of the US yesterday unveiled a Dollars 8.3bn (Pounds 5.8bn) three-way merger plan to create the world's largest gold mining company. The deal, involving Franco-Nevada of Canada and Australia's [...]

Newmont has attempted to rub AngloGold's nose in it. Not only has it trumped AngloGold's bid for Normandy, threatening to rob it of its position as the world's top gold [...]

JOHANNESBURG -- AngloGold of South Africa, the world's largest gold producer, yesterday said that its ADollars 3bn (USDollars 1.5bn) acquisition of Normandy, the Australian company, was on track and would [...]

Q - What has become of the Battle of Normandy Foundation, established to build a memorial near the Normandy beaches? From the New York Times and Cox News Service A [...]

Brett Phaneuf was on a day trip to the monuments overlooking the Normandy invasion beaches in 1997 when it struck him that a massive archaeological site lay unexplored under the […]

Byline: JULIANNE WU SEMINOLE -- On June 6, 1944, Fred B. Crum landed on Utah Beach with the Allied troops, a part of the Normandy invasion. His job was to [...]

Medal awarded Army Spec. Jeremy C. Layne has been decorated with the Army Commendation Medal. The medal is awarded to those individuals who demonstrate outstanding achievement or meritorious service in [...]

World War II veterans speaking at a D-Day memorial service Sunday shared one of their greatest wartime lessons - the value of peace. Harold Marcou, chaplain for the Charlotte County [...]

Ian Phillips Some stood still on Omaha Beach, staring poignantly at a tide once turned red by the blood of their comrades. Others avidly shared war tales in bunkers once [...]

Ray and Cristy Pfeiffer's 'From the Beaches to the Rhine Tour' June 3-14 will take in the official 55th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings June 5-6 at the Normandy [...]

Johnny Nugent wants to get people riled up about the sleazy activities going on at the Normandy Motel on North Tamiami Trail. He calls the place - which advertises its [...]

Q: In December of 1993, I registered my name with The Battle of Normandy Foundation and submitted the $40 fee requested for The Wall of Liberty, which was to be [...]

PARIS, May 27, 2002 Visiting U.S. President George W. Bush marked Memorial Day on Monday by paying tribute to American war dead buried at the Colleville-Sur-Mer cemetery in Normandy, northern […]

(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) DENVER, May 23 PRNewswire-FirstCall-AsiaNet - The board of directors of Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM; ASX) (Toronto: NMC) has approved a slate [...]

PARIS, May 22, 2002 French President Jacques Chirac will accompany United States President George W. Bush to honor U.S. veterans in Normandy in northern France on Monday, the U.S. Memorial […]

New York, New York, Feb 13, 2002 Delta Acquisition LLC (the 'Offeror'), an indirect, wholly-owned limited liability company of Newmont Mining Corporation ('Newmont') has made an offer dated January 10, [...]

Feb 7, 2002 (Australian Stock Exchange Announcements ABIX via COMTEX) -- New Zealand Oil and Gas has indicated it does not plan to dispose of its stake in Otter Gold [...]

Feb 5, 2002 (Australian Stock Exchange Announcements ABIX via COMTEX) -- Normandy Limited released its half-yearly financial results on 5 February 2002. The Australian gold mining company reported that it [...]

Jan 21, 2002 Following is a press release from Moody's: SYDNEY (Moody's Investors Service)--Moody's Investors Service has changed the direction of the review of the Ba1 senior debt rating of [...]

Business Editors ADELAIDE, South Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2002 Normandy (TSE:NDY.) has reduced its minimum hedge requirement and has completed further restructuring of its hedge book to increase upside participation and [...]