"A gold mining firm is being investigated after part of one of the oldest sections of the Great Wall of China was damaged during prospecting. About 100 metres of the wall was badly damaged, and investigators from the Chinese government and regional police now plan to bring charges. The damage was originally discovered in September and work halted, but officials later found it had restarted." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

Off topic, but it reminds me of something I heard on local (Inland Empire California) radio on the anniversary of the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Let's just say that the words "Imma gonna let you finish" were part of what I heard. - John E. Bredehoft

It was almost one year ago to the day that I was standing on that very stretch of wall pictured (though not damaged) there. - Mark H