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³=START=   XMT: 11:01 Wed Mar 04  EXP: 11:00 Wed Mar 11      ³
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³PREHISTORIC LION FOOTPRINTS FOUND IN A GERMAN SEWAGE PLANT  ³
³NEAR EMSCHER RIVER                                          ³
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³BOTTROP, GERMANY (MARCH 4) DPA - Paw prints left by a lion  ³
³50,000 years ago have been unearthed by workmen building a  ³
³sewage plant on the river Emscher in northern Germany.      ³
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³''The find is unique for Europe and a rare stoke of luck,'' ³
³a spokesman for Bottrop museum in Germany's industrial      ³
³heartland said Wednesday, describing the 10-meter long trail³
³of prints.                                                  ³
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³The prehistoric tracks of an ice-age lion and his prey of   ³
³horse and bison were nearly destroyed by the bulldozer that ³
³unearthed them seven metres below ground.                   ³
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