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Thursday, 15 January 2009 12:30 |
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There are almost as many pedestrians as journalists in the centre of the southern Israeli town of Sderot.
Taxi driver Eli Atiya, 35, says business has been terrible for most of the 19 days of Israel's operation in Gaza, but has recently picked up a little.
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Friday, 09 January 2009 02:15 |
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The bird dupes her victims by laying only one egg in each nest - and at a time which allows the chick to hatch at the same time as the resident brood, to ensure it gets fed.
Mr Noble, who studied cuckoos for his PHD, said the chicks instinctively pushed eggs and other chicks out of the nests.
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 15:42 |
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1999 17 December - UNSC Resolution 1284 creates the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (Unmovic) to replace Unscom. Iraq rejects the resolution.
2001 February - Britain, US carry out bombing raids to try to disable Iraq's air defence network. The bombings have little |
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Friday, 12 December 2008 14:12 |
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Star Wars fans are to feel the force of the seminal sci-fi films and their iconic soundtracks on stage in a major new show, which will launch next year.
In Star Wars: A Musical Journey, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will play a live score as excerpts from the six films are shown on a cinema |
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 10:28 |
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Comic actor Simon Pegg is to receive an honorary fellowship from the University of Gloucestershire for his "significant contribution to the arts".
The Shaun of the Dead star, 38, from Gloucester, will receive the award at a ceremony at the Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse, on Thursday.
He is one of |
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Thursday, 27 November 2008 12:35 |
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The mystery of a 90-year-old note inscribed in stone has been solved thanks to a trans-Atlantic e-mail.
Archaeologists appealed for information after finding the rock with the signature: "Carlyle D Chamberlain, Canadian Army" in Denbighshire.
Carlyle DeHaven Chamberlain was stationed nearby in |
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 19:55 |
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A museum in Cromer has paid 42,000 to buy a collection of Edwardian photographs including rare colour plates of Norfolk fishermen.
The works are by renowned photographer Olive Edis, who had homes in London and at Sheringham in Norfolk.
Cromer Museum, which bought the photographs with help from a |
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Friday, 03 October 2008 12:53 |
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There was also a really tangible sense of fear there. When you walked on the street people didn't look at you. I think that's a really good indication of how scared people were of the regime.
When I went back in 2001 people would often stare but in 1997 they would just look away or look at |
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