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Muslim Magomayev
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Soviet-era baritone Muslim Magomayev, who died after a long illness at the age of 66 on Saturday, was buried on Wednesday in Baku, the capital of his native Azerbaijan. A minor planet in the Solar System's asteroid belt was named 4980 Magomaev in 1997. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim...
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Col. Ilan Ramon
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It's a moment when all Israelis remember where they were and what they were doing. In 2003, pride turned to grief in an instant when the space shuttle Columbia and its crew - including Israeli astronaut Col. Ilan Ramon - perished when re-entering the earth's atmosphere. [url=http://www.israel21c...
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Tower of London
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Bosses at the Tower of London are buying four extra Ravens in a bid to prevent a 350-year old curse from coming true. Ravens have been kept at the Tower of London since the 1800s when King Charles II was told if there were less than six ravens a disaster would strike the nation and the Royal Family. [url=ht...
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Chagos Archipelago
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The Chagos Archipelago (formerly, Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands roughly in the centre of the Indian Ocean. The Chagos lies about 500 km due south of the Maldives, its nearest neighbour, 1600 km southwest of India, half way between Tanza...
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Mysterious explosion
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A mysterious explosion occurred near the foot of an electric post on Access Road, Area 4 Extension, Spring Country in Barangay (village) Bagong Silangan, in Quezon City, at around 4 a.m. Saturday, police said. Senior Superintendent Neri Andal Ilagan said in an official report that no one was repor...
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USS Grunion
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The Navy has confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last year off the Aleutians Islands is that of the USS Grunion, which disappeared during World War II. Underwater video footage and pictures captured by an expedition hired by sons of the commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Mannert L. Abele, all...
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Hydrogen-powered plane
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The German Aerospace Center (aka DLR) Tuesday demonstrated the world's first hydrogen fuel cell only powered airplane, which took off, flew and then landed in Stuttgart, Germany. This was the first time such an aircraft was able to take off using the energy from fuel cells. [url=http://www.sciam...
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Dionysus
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This summer archaeologists discovered a well-preserved altar from a large sanctuary near the town of Opaka, northeastern Bulgaria. The altar is decorated with images of grapes and wine vessels, which, to experts, means that it belonged to a temple to Dionysus. [url=http://www.visitbulgaria....
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Smell of Space
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Nasa has commissioned a British scientist to recreate the smell of being in outer space. Steve Pearce, from Omega Ingredients near Ipswich, is assembling chemicals that will make astronauts training on earth feel as though they are in outer space. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technolog...
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Charles Simonyi
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American billionaire Charles Simonyi, a computer software executive who paid more than $20 million to fly to the International Space Station aboard a Russian-built Soyuz capsule in spring 2007, will train for a second Soyuz trip to the space station in spring 2009. [url=http://www.msnbc.msn.c...
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Santosh George Kulangara
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Among the hordes of schoolchildren gathered at Nehru Planetarium in Worli on Saturday morning stood a man who is all set to make space history next year. Santosh George Kulangara, 37, slated to become the first Indian space tourist, recently touched down in Mumbai on a short trip. [url=http://time...
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Mountain biking
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A new front suspension system in the extreme category of free-ride mountain biking has been developed and produced by RockShox (Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA) to complement the evolution of contemporary high-performance mountain bicycles. [url=http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pr...
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Taiwan UFO houses
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Built in the early eighties, these extraordinary sea-view homes are known as the "UFO houses" by the Taiwanese. Just 15 kilometres from the capital, the deserted residences have been left abandoned for the past three decades. Now they face imminent demolition. [url=http://observer...
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Nigerian Meteorological Observatory
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Nigeria yesterday recorded a landmark in its quest for air transport safety when an ultra modern weather meteorological observatory built by Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) was launched at the "Touch Down Zone" of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. [url=http...
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Keighley space centre (Sim)
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Two astronauts visited Keighleys own space centre last Friday as part of a drive to encourage more students to study subjects such as maths and science. Michael Fossum and Dr Karen Nyberg who are both American had just returned from a mission to the International Space Station. They were given a quic...
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