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Archaeologists working beneath a construction site in Paderborn, Germany, have pulled one of the most unexpectedly well-preserved medieval objects in recent memory from an 800-year-old latrine: a pocket-sized wax-and-wood notebook, still legible, still wrapped in its embossed leather case, still smelling, by all accounts, rather unpleasant. The 10-page notebook, which features Latin cursive writing, was likely dropped by a medieval merchant nearly 800 years ago, possibly while he was wiping with silk toilet paper.

Director Steven Spielberg, picking up a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin Film Festival, said the prospect of making new films continued to excite him at 76, and unveiled new details of his planned HBO series.

The next World Bank president should be a woman, Germany's international development minister told Reuters in remarks that could strengthen the potential candidacy of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the American-Nigerian head of the World Trade Organization.