Topic: NEWS english - on December 1, 2007 at 10:27:00 AM CET
Tibet train carries China troops
China's high-speed, high-altitude railway to Tibet has carried troops to the regional capital, Lhasa, for the first time, state media has reported.
The Xinhua news agency cited unnamed sources in the People's Liberation Army as saying the railway would become "a main option" for transporting soldiers.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 1, 2007 at 10:12:00 AM CET
US daredevil Evel Knievel dies
Legendary US daredevil Evel Knievel has died at the age of 69, his granddaughter has said.
Knievel had suffered ill-health, including diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis - an incurable lung condition - for several years.
He underwent a liver transplant, after nearly dying of hepatitis C, in 1999.
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Topic: NEWS english - on November 20, 2007 at 10:55:00 AM CET
What can $611 billion buy?
If the Bush administration succeeds in its latest request for funding for the war in Iraq, the total cost would rise to $611.5 billion, according to the National Priorities Project, a nonprofit research group. The amount got us wondering: What would $611 billion buy?
If the Bush administration succeeds in its latest request for funding for the war in Iraq, the total cost would rise to $611.5 billion, according to the National Priorities Project, a nonprofit research group.
The amount got us wondering: What would $611 billion buy?
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Topic: NEWS english - on November 9, 2007 at 11:56:00 AM CET
Ship crashes into Bay Bridge tower, spills fuel oil
An 810-foot-long container ship crashed into the base of a tower of the Bay Bridge's western span in heavy fog Wednesday, spilling 58,000 gallons of fuel into San Francisco Bay.
It was the first time in memory that an oceangoing ship had run into the bridge. There was no apparent major damage to the span, but the hull of Hanjin Shipping's 65,131-ton Cosco Busan was ripped.
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Topic: NEWS english - on November 5, 2007 at 12:32:00 PM CET
How to marry a maharaja
Just over a century ago, Anita Delgado, a beautiful but barely literate Spanish teenager, danced a brief flamenco in a Madrid nightclub, caught the eye of a visiting Indian prince, the Maharaja of Kapurthala, and married him. The modest café-owner's daughter left her homeland to live for 18 years in opulent luxury in the Himalayan foothills with Sir Jagatjit Singh. She was his fifth and favourite wife and he showered with attention and jewels personally designed for her by Cartier.
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Topic: NEWS english - on November 2, 2007 at 11:33:00 AM CET
A quantum theory of dreams?
A physicist claims to have come up with the first successful use of quantum theory to explain features of consciousness in research hailed as a landmark in efforts to bring mathematics to bear on the mysteries of the human mind.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 28, 2007 at 11:44:00 AM CET
Biofuels 'crime against humanity'
A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity.
The UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, said he feared biofuels would bring more hunger.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 23, 2007 at 11:11:00 AM CEST
Concern at Tibet monk 'arrests'
Human rights groups have expressed concerns about reports of clashes in Tibet last week between Chinese police and Buddhist monks.
Thousands of police were deployed at monasteries in Lhasa, and scores of monks are said to have been arrested.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 19, 2007 at 12:24:00 PM CEST
'World's smallest radio' unveiled
The world's tiniest radio is a step closer to reality.
US scientists have unveiled a detector thousands of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair that can translate radio waves into sound.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 12, 2007 at 10:07:00 AM CEST
US regional bank hacked
Hackers infiltrated the systems of Commerce Bank and accessed the records of 20 customers, the US regional bank said today.
The attack by persons unknown was partially thwarted - but not before a database of 3,000 records was hacked into and the data of 20 exposed. Compromised data included personal information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and, in a few cases, Commerce Bank account numbers, the Columbia Business Journal reports.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 11, 2007 at 4:48:00 PM CEST
Ships asked to avoid whale route
The endangered right whale is to get extra protection after a safe haven from shipping was set aside off Nova Scotia in Canada.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) ratified a Canadian proposal to designate the 1,800-sq-km zone an "Area to Be Avoided" at a meeting in Denmark.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 5, 2007 at 11:20:00 AM CEST
Ferrari accused in F1 spy twist
Ferrari have been accused of spying on Formula One rivals McLaren by former head of development Nigel Stepney.
In the latest twist to the "spy-gate" saga, Stepney claims he received key information about McLaren's set-up.
"I got weight distribution, I got other aspects of various parts of their car, and I was Ferrari's employee at the time," he told grandprix.com.
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