ElPais
“Mi trabajo es como un camino”
Un viaje en vídeo por la carrera de Ben Kingsley, uno de los actores más valorados y respetados del mundo del cine
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ElPais
El payaso loco sigue riendo
A sus 87 años, Jerry Lewis recibe los honores de un país que lo idolatra. Presenta ‘Max Rose’, en la que interpreta a un pianista de jazz viudo
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USA Today
Snapple co-founder Leonard Marsh dies at 80
Leonard Marsh was a window washer when he launched the drink bran in 1972.
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Elliotsblog
Tweeter.com Auction Pushed Back
I received word this afternoon that the auction for the Tweeter.com domain name and related assets has been pushed back. The new auction date has not been set by Hilco Streambank, the company running the auction on behalf of the domain owner, a lender to Tweeter. According to Hilco Streambank’s David Peress, “There has been significant [...]The post Tweeter.com Auction...
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Daily Mail
Angela Merkel under fire over Communist links as new image of her in uniform is released
Picture taken in 1972 shows Mrs Merkel marching with a group of friends and an East German officer as they prepared to take part in a civil defence exercise. The photo was released as a new book alleged she was closer to communists than she has claimed.
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Reuters
Vatican marks anniversary of 1972 attack on Michelangelo's Pieta
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an altar railing in St. Peter's Basilica and dealt 12 hammer blows to Michelangelo's Pieta, severely damaging...
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New York Times
Lothar Schmid, Chess Referee, Dies at 85
Mr. Schmid was a German grandmaster who negotiated a truce between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky that saved their 1972 world-championship match.
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ElPais
ACS lidera una candidatura a un proyecto hidroeléctrico gigante en la RDC
La constructora española ACS lidera, en asociación con AEE Power, una de las tres candidaturas preseleccionadas para la construcción de un proyecto hidroeléctrico gigante en la República Democrática del Congo (RDC), en un proceso que debe conducir a la designación de los ganadores en 2014.
El ministro de Energía Hidroeléctrica de la RDC, Bruno Kapandji Kalala,...
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ElPais
Neptuno ensaya la fiesta oficial
Un millar de aficionados se reúnen en una celebración que acabó con altercados ● El recorrido de hoy comienza a la 17.30 en el Calderón
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Slashdot
Opportunity Breaks NASA's 40-Year Roving Record
astroengine writes "After nine years of hard Mars roving, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record. On Thursday, the tenacious six-wheeled robot drove 80 meters (263 feet), nudging the total distance traveled since landing on the red planet in 2004 to 35.760 kilometers (22.220 miles). NASA's previous distance record...
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Science Daily
Nine-year-old Mars rover passes 40-year-old record
While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth's moon for three days in December 1972, they drove their mission's Lunar Roving Vehicle 19.3 nautical miles (22.210 statute miles or 35.744 kilometers). That was the farthest total distance for any NASA vehicle driving on a world other than Earth until yesterday.
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ElPais
“La poesía nos libera de un mundo de cosas útiles e inmediatas”
El escritor portugués Nuno Júdice obtiene el prestigioso Premio Reina Sofía de Poesía Iberoamericana
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Daily Mail
Oh dear, Deirdre: Street star adopts a poorly cat, under vet's orders to keep him indoors for eight weeks. But she didn't... and now Archie is no more
Anne Kirkbride, who has played Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street since 1972, adopted Archie from the Society for Abandoned Animals but he died after escaping her home.
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Daily Mail
Coronation Street's Deirdre adopts sick cat under vet's orders to keep him indoors but she didn't and now Archie is no more
Anne Kirkbride, who has played Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street since 1972, adopted Archie from the Society for Abandoned Animals but he died after escaping her home.
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The Guardian
China lays claim to Okinawa as territory dispute with Japan escalates
China questions Japan's sovereignty over Ryukyu islands, heightening tension over existing Senkakus islands disputeChina is attempting to open a new front in its territorial dispute with Japan by questioning Tokyo's sovereignty over the island of Okinawa, home to 25,000 US troops.The two countries are already pushing rival claims to the Senkakus, a chain of uninhabited...
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Foreign Policy
Iran, Russia, U.S. go to the mat in New York
For a rare afternoon at U.N. headquarters, the U.S. and
Iranian governments took a break from bashing one another. Instead, they were getting
ready to go to the mat.
The U.N. cafeteria provided the stage for a bout of
international sports diplomacy, as American, Iranian, and Russian wrestlers
gathered for lunch as well as an opportunity to rally behind a common cause:...
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Daily Mail
Steven Soden: DNA breakthrough as remains in 40 year old case of two boys missing on a camping trip identified
Skeletal remains found in New Jersey's Bass River State Forest in 2000 are identified as Steven Soden, 16, who was last seen running from the park with another boy in 1972, authorities announced on Tuesday.
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ElPais
Una obra Newman se subasta por 43,8 millones de dólares en Nueva York
La obra "Onement VI", de Barnett Newman, se convirtió hoy en la estrella de una subasta de arte contemporáneo celebrada en Nueva York por la casa Sotheby's, en la que alcanzó un precio de 43,8 millones de dólares, tras incluir impuestos y comisiones.
En total se ofrecieron 64 lotes, entre los que destacaron obras de Gerhard Richter (1932-), Jackson Pollock (1912-1956),...
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Mashable
Type 'Atari Breakout' Into Google Image Search for a Cool Surprise
Google is commemorating the 37th birthday of classic Atari game Breakout in the best possible way: It turned Google Image Search into a version of the game
To launch the Easter egg, you simply need to type "atari breakout" into Google Image Search, and hit enter
The search results will show up, but they'll be organized into a game that's very similar to Breakout,...
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The Guardian
Bonnie Tyler: 'I'm not part of the 80s, I'm part of now'
Bonnie Tyler on why 2013 is the right time to do Eurovision, her high hopes for her first hit album since 1983, and why she likes Botox, makeup and false eyelashes – but not faceliftsIn 1983, when Bonnie Tyler was first asked to represent Britain at the Eurovision song contest, she turned it down. She was rapidly approaching the height of her career: her single Total...
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Daily Mail
China meets the new Nixons: Heir to political dynasty gets red carpet treatment as Richard Nixon's grandson and his billionaire heiress wife retrace former president¿s historic 1972 trip
Christopher Nixon Cox was joined by his Andrea Castimatidis - the daughter of supermarket billionaire and New York City mayoral hopeful John Castimatidis on the tour.
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Daily Mail
Richard Nixon's grandson gets 'red' carpet treatment from Chinese government during trip commemorating the former president's historic 1972 visit to the communist nation
In an homage to the 100th anniversary of his grandfather's birth, Christopher Nixon Cox - the grandson of late President Richard Nixon -- last week visited China to retrace the steps of the former president during his historic 1972 trip to the communist nation.
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TechCrunch
How A Car Crash Changed Vishal Sikka And The Direction Of SAP
It’s a rare fall rainy day in Palo Alto and SAP Executive Board Member Dr. Vishal Sikka is as sick as a dog. It’s less than a week until SAP Sapphire in Madrid and the community around him are like a worrying family. I had told them that it is okay. I could make the trip another time. But they were insistent I make the trip. Fast forward to May. It has been several...
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TechCrunch
Judge Tosses DMCA Defenses, Creating Unexpected Copyright Liability for Web Services In New York
Editor’s note: Sid Venkatesan is an IP partner specializing in high stakes IP disputes and IP counseling for technology companies in the Silicon Valley office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. James Freedman is an associate in Orrick’s IP group and a recent Stanford Law School graduate.
A New York appellate court has recently ruled in UMG...
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The Guardian
Ohio kidnappings: what makes men take women and children prisoner?
The accusations against Ariel Castro have shocked the world – but experts fear many crimes of sexual slavery go undetectedThe annals of criminal history are writ large with ordinary streets that hide dark secrets, but even so the peculiar horror believed to have been perpetrated by Ariel Castro on Seymour Avenue in the rust-belt city of Cleveland stands out.He is accused...
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politico
Biden honors firefighters, jokes they saved his Corvette
Vice President Joe Biden has lots of stories about firefighters and EMTs.
There's the one about their rescuing his sons from a tragic car accident that killed his wife in 1972. And their transporting him through a snowstorm in 1987 when he suffered life-threatening cranial aneurysms. And then there was the time in 2004 when lightning struck his home in Delaware.
"I was...
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BoingBoing
Satellites trace the appearance of crop circles in Saudi Arabia
It's not the work of aliens. Instead, you can chalk these crop circles up to humans + money + time. And, with the help of satellite imaging, you can watch as humans use money to change the desert over the course of almost 30 years. Landsat is a United States satellite program that's been in [...]
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The Guardian
Traces of water in moon came from Earth, study finds
Lunar rocks brought home by US astronauts contain droplets of water chemically identical to that on ancient EarthTraces of water inside the moon were inherited from ancient Earth, according to a fresh analysis of lunar rocks brought home by US astronauts.The findings make for a clearer picture of our cosmic neighbour, once viewed as an arid expanse, but now considered...
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Times of India
Chink in armour
The border stand-off may have ended but let's make China wok the talk If Peking had ducked a settlement on the Ladakh border, would it have been time to Leh out our desi Chinese dishes and launch 'Gobi Manchurian' diplomacy? Why not? As early as 1972, the cold war between the US and China was thawed by what came to be called 'dinner diplomacy'. The phrase originated...
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BoingBoing
HOWTO build a working digital computer out of paperclips (and stuff)
Windell at Evil Mad Scientist Labs has dredged up an amazing project book from the Internet Archive: How to Build a Working Digital Computer (1967) (by Edward Alcosser, James P. Phillips, and Allen M. Wolk) contains a full set of instructions for building a working computer out of paperclips and various bits and bobs from [...]
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The Guardian
Stuart Hall: BBC to hold separate investigation into sexual abuse
Corporation launches 'freestanding' inquiry into broadcaster's conduct, a day after saying case would be part of Savile reviewThe BBC is to separate the investigation into abuse by the broadcaster Stuart Hall while working at the corporation from the main Jimmy Savile inquiry after the judge leading the review warned of a potential conflict of interest.On Sunday the chairman...
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The Guardian
Giulio Andreotti, former Italian prime minister, dies aged 94
Controversial Christian Democrat was friends with popes and cardinals and survived claims he helped the MafiaGiulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier and a symbol of postwar Italy has died at his home in Rome, Italian officials said. He was 94.Announcing the death, the mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, called Andreotti "the most representative politician" Italy...
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Daily Mail
Toronto ALPHA Alternative School pupils pictured 40 years later (and none turned out to be accountants)
Alternative education theories have changed dramatically over the past half century, and one of the trailblazers was the ALPHA Alternative School in Toronto that opened its doors in 1972.
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Daily Mail
Pictured 40 years later: Students who went to a revolutionary, free-spirited school (and none of them turned out to be accountants)
Alternative education theories have changed dramatically over the past half century, and one of the trailblazers was the ALPHA Alternative School in Toronto that opened its doors in 1972.
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ElPais
LeBron James sube otro peldaño en su pugna con las leyendas
La estrella de los Heat de Miami iguala los cuatro ‘MVP’ de Chamberlain y se acerca a los cinco de Russell y Jordan
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ElPais
Este fusil no es un arma y toca música
El artista mexicano Pedro Reyes convierte artefactos confiscados por el Ejército en instrumentos musicales
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ElPais
La vida en un sistema totalitario
La maquinaria despiadada de la vieja Checoslovaquia sacaba lo peor de todas las cosas
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New York Times
In China, Nixon Grandson Commemorates 1972 Visit
The trip by Christopher Nixon Cox, 100 years after President Richard M. Nixon’s birth, was organized to lionize both the president’s and the Communist Party’s accomplishments.
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The Guardian
Stuart Hall and BBC face compensation claims after sexual abuse case
At least six women attacked by former It's a Knockout presenter set to sue, says law firm working for Savile claimantsThe disgraced broadcaster Stuart Hall and the BBC are facing huge compensation payouts for sexual abuse that may have occurred on the corporation's premises.At least six of Hall's victims are set to sue as a result of the "enormous suffering" inflicted...
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Los Angeles Times
Sumner Redstone faces IRS heat for delinquent 1972 tax bill |
ElPais
El festival PEN rinde homenaje al Roth más político
Una gala en el Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Nueva York arranca los actos que hasta el 5 de mayo recorrerán la ciudad
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The Guardian
Ukip, Sushil Patel and the candidate who temporarily wasn't
Conservative MP Priti Patel's father to stand in council elections for rightwing party after day of confusing realpolitikThe Conservative party and Ukip have been involved in a plot worthy of The Thick of It after the father of the backbench Tory MP Priti Patel embarked on a double U-turn over his candidacy for Britain's new insurgent force.As Lord Tebbit provoked Downing...
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TechCrunch
Fred Wilson On Pitching A VC: Leave The Backstory At Home
Today during Fred Wilson’s interview with Michael Arrington, the two discussed how, and how not to, pitch a VC. Hearing the two speak frankly about what works and what doesn’t is absolutely helpful to entrepreneurs. The important aspects of pitching a VC is to make sure that there’s a back and forth as you’re discussing what you’re doing, Wilson explained: “What...
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Gizmodo
Paul McCartney and Wings: Hi Hi Hi
This is a good song. No one is saying that you should listen to it while in any type of altered mental state whatsoever. It's just a good song. The Wings recorded it in 1972 and it got pretty popular, though the BBC was turned off by some of its lyrics. Paul apparently had this to say about their concerns: More »
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TechCrunch
NewsRel Uses Machine Learning To Summarize News Stories And Put Them On A Map
After 24 hours of staring at their screens, the teams that participated in our Disrupt NY 2013 Hackathon have now finished their projects and are currently presenting them onstage. With more than 160 hacks, there are far too many cool ones to write about, but one that stood out to me was NewsRel, an iPad-based news app that uses machine-learning techniques to understand...
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New York Times
Leo Branton Jr., Who Defended Angela Davis, Dies at 91
Mr. Branton successfully defended the activist and academic Angela Davis in 1972, and also argued cases on behalf of the Black Panthers and the Communist Party.
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Krone
Red-Bull-"Doktor" Helmut Marko wird 70 Jahre alt
Mit Helmut Marko wird einer der bekanntesten Motorsportler Österreichs heute 70 Jahre alt. Der "Doktor", wie der Grazer Jurist nicht nur in der Szene genannt wird, kann als Le-Mans-Sieger von 1971 auf eine höchst erfolgreiche Karriere als Sportler, Fahrermanager, Unternehmer und aktueller Direktor des Formel-1-Weltmeisterteams Red Bull Racing verweisen. Markos eigene...
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ElPais
Antonio Maccanico, profeta desarmado de la política italiana
Intentó lanzar reformas para evitar la parálisis institucional y protagonizó un fallido intento de formar Gobierno bajo la presidencia de Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
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Slashdot
DMCA Safe Harbor May Not Apply To Old Copyrighted Works
tlhIngan writes "On Tuesday, the New York appellate court denied Grooveshark the DMCA safe harbor protection on songs like Johnny B. Goode. What happened was due to an oddity in the law, the DMCA does not apply to state-licensed copyrighted works (those copyrighted before February 15, 1972). What happened was Congress overhauled copyright law to make it a Federal matter,...
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The Guardian
Spare Rib magazine to be relaunched by Charlotte Raven
Fundraiser for planned free website and bi-monthly glossy to feature George Galloway and Rod Liddle at 'penitents' party'Journalist Charlotte Raven is planning to relaunch the radical feminist magazine Spare Rib as early as next month.Raven, a Guardian contributor and one of the founder editors of the now defunct Modern Review, has written to friends and potential backers...
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White House
Remarks by Tom Donilon, National Security Advisor to the President At the Launch of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy
Introduction
Thank you, Jason. During your time at the White House, the President and our team counted on your deep knowledge of energy, climate and national security. Thank you also to Columbia University. You chose well in Jason and there could scarcely be a more timely moment for a Center like this one. Finally, a special thanks to...
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The Guardian
Boston bombings: memorial held for MIT officer as investigation continues
Vice-president Joe Biden speaks at Cambridge ceremony for Sean Collier, 26, to denounce 'cowardly, knockoff jihadis'Thousands of police officers from across the US gathered at a memorial for the university police officer allegedly killed by the Boston bombing suspects on Wednesday, as information continued to emerge on the blasts that killed three and wounded 262 people.US...
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Gizmodo
CUTLASS Supreme: How the Next-Gen Police-Bot Picks Bombs Apart in Record Time
The Wheelbarrow EOD robot has dutifully served the British Army since Lt. Col. Peter Mille first put one to work disarming IRA bombs in 1972. But these days, the 400 or so units currently deployed in the UK and abroad are quickly becoming legacy hardware. The British Ministry of Defence's replacement: a state-of-the-art bomb-bot that can disable an IED four times...
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Gizmodo
Stealers Wheel: Stuck In The Middle With You
So this video. There's a lot to see here. Some gross eating. Some crazy makeup. And the clothes. Wow. Off the bat I just want to say that I inspected closely and the drummer is wearing a shirt. It's flesh-colored, but it's there. "Stuck in the Middle" is off Stealers Wheel's debut, self-titled album from 1972 and it's just catchy, okay? There are some crazy 70s...
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BoingBoing
Grassy field in Florida was once secret CIA base from which Guatemalan coup was launched
There's a fascinating article in the Miami Herald today about a grassy field in Opa-locka, Florida which was the site of the secret CIA base where the US-led coup of Guatemala was launched in 1953. Snip: 60 years ago on that very spot was Building 67, a two-story barracks, that in 1953 and 1954 served [...]
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Rolling Stone
Q&A: Former Teen Star Jojo Aiming for Elusive Third Album
From 1972 to 2004 the most famous musician from New England known to the wider world as "Jojo" was J[...]
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BoingBoing
Weird 1972 experiment in marijuana use
Cannabis News: "In the winter of 1972, 20 young women took part in one of the weirdest scientific experiments in this country’s history. For 98 days in a downtown Toronto hospital, their brains, hearts, kidneys, livers, blood and urine were rigorously tested and analyzed. A team of nurses kept round-the-clock records of their behaviour, logged [...]
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APA-OTS
"DER STANDARD"-Kommentar: "Die Spiele müssen weitergehen" von Christoph Prantner
Utl.: Der Terrorismus verliert, wenn die Gesellschaft maßvoll mit
ihm umgeht (ET 17.04.2013) =
Wien (OTS) - Es war ein Satz, der viele empörte. Nachdem der
palästinensische Kommandotrupp "Schwarzer September" am Morgen des 5.
Sep_tember 1972 in München die israelische …
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Los Angeles Times
'Price Is Right' to feature kids episode
"The Price Is Right" has been around in its current run since 1972. When that 40-year run has had just two hosts and very few changes in format, it's time to shake things up. And Thursday's episode attempts to do just that by adding kids.
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Gizmodo
Search and Disarm: The Cop Bot That Takes Down Bombs
Explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) is one of the deadliest jobs in the military and it's no less dangerous here at home. But since Lieutenant-Colonel 'Peter' Miller designed the Wheelbarrow in 1972 against IRA IEDs in Northern Ireland, remote EOD robots have played an enormous part in explosive disarmarment. So when police find a suspicious package, they don't send...
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New York Times
Robert Byrne, Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 84
Mr. Byrne analyzed top-flight matches and wrote a chess column for The New York Times from 1972 to 2006.
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ElPais
Sin ahorro no hay inversión
Numerosos libros de texto de macroeconomía recogen la evidencia de que países con abundantes recursos naturales suelen tener tasas de crecimiento por debajo de las que experimentan aquellos con menor cantidad de estos activos. Es lo que los economistas denominamos “la maldición de los recursos naturales”, también conocida como la “enfermedad holandesa”.
Las...
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Goal.com
Prisco jr conferma le rivelazioni: "E' tutto vero, Berlusconi voleva comprare l'Inter"
Il figlio del grande Peppino Prisco, ammette che Berlusconi ha provato più volte ad acquisire la squadra nerazzurra tra il 1972 ed il 1983, prima di investire sul Milan.
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New York Times
Sports Briefing | Track and Field: Olympic Trials Returning to Oregon
Eugene, Ore., will host the 2016 United States Olympic track trials. Eugene has hosted the trials in 1972, 1976, 1980, 2008 and 2012.
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Science Daily
Sea mammals find U. S. safe harbor
New research shows that many US marine mammal populations -- especially some seals and sea lions -- have rebounded since 1972, because of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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SI
Rachel Robinson reflects on her life with Jackie and the movie 42
Rachel and Jackie Robinson were married from 1946 until 1972, when Jackie died at the age of 53. Rachel is now 90, and she still comes to work a couple of days a week at the Jackie Robinson Foundation, which she started 40 years ago. The Foundation has helped to send thousands of students to college. Rachel has a couch in her office where she sometimes talks with visitors,...
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physorg
Sea mammals find US safe harbor
(Phys.org) —In 1972, a U.S. Senate committee reported, "Many of the great whales which once populated the oceans have now dwindled to the edge of extinction," due to commercial hunting. The committee also worried about how tuna fishing was accidentally killing thousands of dolphins, trapped in fishing gear. And they considered reports about seal hunting and the decline...
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sueddeutsche
469 Millionen Euro für Sanierung: Olympisches Erbe wird teuer
Schön, aber auch ziemlich teuer: Für die notwendige Sanierung der Olympiabauten von 1972 müssen bis 2032 fast 500 Millionen Euro eingeplant werden. Die Zahlen sind allerdings mit Vorsicht zu genießen.
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AP
AP Interview: Joan Baez returns to past in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- At 72, Joan Baez is not short of events to anticipate: She has her mother's 100th birthday party, a summer tour of Australia and a new passion - painting - to explore. But the folk singer and social activist has spent a few days reliving her past, returning to Hanoi for the first time since December 1972, when American B-52s were raining bombs...
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Amnesty International
Q&A: North Korea’s human rights crisis
Headline Title:
Q&A: North Korea’s human rights crisis
09 April 2013
As tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, Amnesty International answers key questions about human rights in North Korea.How bad are human rights in North Korea?Millions...
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The Jerusalem Post
Munich 11 athlete inducted to Sports Hall of Fame
Member of weightlifting team of Israel's delegation at 1972 Munich Olympics will be part of National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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ElPais
Un retrato de Francis Bacon valorado en 30 millones se subastará en Nueva York
El cuadro "Study for a Portrait of P.L" de Francis Bacon (1909-1992) saldrá a la venta el próximo 14 de mayo con un precio estimado de entre 30 y 40 millones de dólares en una subasta de arte contemporáneo organizada por la casa Sotheby's de Nueva York.
En esta pieza, realizada en 1962 y que no ha sido visto en público desde 1972, el artista irlandés retrata a su...
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IKRK
Chemical and biological weapons
The international community banned the use of chemical and biological weapons after World War I and reinforced the ban in 1972 and 1993 by prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling and transfer of these weapons. Today’s advances in life sciences and biotechnology, as well as changes in the security environment, have increased concern that long-standing restraints...
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ElPais
Solo un torneo en casa, el peor escaparate desde 1972
Perder la Ryder 2018 y 14 años sin un grande español elevan la fuga de los inversores que han dado la espalda al golf
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TechCrunch
The Next Don: How VCs Plan For The Future
We all remember the last scene in The Godfather, where Michael Corleone is depicted as the next Don, taking over the role from his father as the figurehead of the mafioso Corleone family. As a viewer, we are partly left with a sense of relief -- finally, Don Corleone's wishes for his dynasty to carry on through his son will come true, Michael Corleone has finally accepted...
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ElPais
Pau y los Lakers salvan los muebles ante los Grizzlies de Marc
El equipo de D’Antoni resuelve en un dramático final de partido (86-84) y mantiene la octava plaza que da billete para los playoffs
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New York Times
R. M. Koster on His Novel ‘The Prince’
“The Prince,” the 1972 novel of magic realism by R. M. Koster, was shaped in part by the author’s experience in Panama, where he still lives.
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White House
President Obama to Welcome the 2012 Commander in Chief Bowl Winners to the White House
WASHINGTON, DC— On Friday, April 12th, President Obama will welcome the United States Naval Academy Football Team to the White House to present them with the 2012 Commander in Chief’s Trophy.
The Commander in Chief's trophy was established in 1972. It is awarded to the service academy with the best overall record against the other two service academies. Every year...
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ElPais
Rolando Villazón afirma estar viviendo los momentos más dichosos de su carrera
Tardó dos meses en aprender a hablar y pensó que nunca más volvería a cantar, pero el tenor Rolando Villazón casi agradece el quiste en la garganta que le apartó un año de los escenarios porque la experiencia le ha permitido, entre otras experiencias "gloriosas", escribir su primera novela, "Malabares".
"Fue un año duro pero muy lindo y lo repetiría sin dudar....
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ElPais
Juanito, el estilete canario
Jugó con el Barcelona, Hércules y Tenerife y ganó la liga en 1974
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Daily Mail
This is Janis, Britain's first lesbian mother of a sperm donor baby. So why is her son so VERY conventional?
Janis Hetherington, pictured, was artificially inseminated in 1972 and gave birth to son Nick, now 41.
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New York Times
Movie Review: ‘Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,’ by Shola Lynch
“Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” is Shola Lynch’s documentary about the scholar and activist Angela Davis and her 1972 murder trial.
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webwire
HRS and GetThere Agree to Strategic Distribution Collaboration
Corporations and hotels gain numerous benefits - - Cologne, – HRS, the worldwide leading hotel portal for corporate customers, has entered into a distribution agreement with GetThere, a global technolo...
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Handelsblatt
Honda Civic: Golf-Herausforderer seit 1979
Fahrzeuge der ersten beiden Generationen des kompakten Honda sind längst auf dem Schrottplatz, - oder im Oldtimer-Olymp. Seit 1972 gibt es den Civic, seit 1979 auch in Deutschland. Ein Streifzug durch seine Historie.
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Handelsblatt
Honda Civic im Handelsblatt Autotest: Augen zu und durch
Ein Auto, das seit 1972 gebaut wird, sich weltweit millionenfach verkauft, und mit einer sparsamen Maschine des weltgrößten Motorenbauers ausgestattet ist. Was soll da noch schief gehen? Zum Beispiel das Design!
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ElPais
Ana Diosdado, premio Max de Honor 2013
El galardón, concedido por la Fundación Autor de la SGAE, reconoce a "una de las dramaturgas más relevantes de la escena contemporánea española"
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The Guardian
Artist Graham Ovenden convicted of historic child sex offences
Artist, 70, found guilty of six charges of indecency with a child and one of indecent assault relating to photographic sessionsAn internationally renowned artist and photographer, whose work has included portraits of nude children, has been convicted of historic sex offences against young girls dating back 40 years.Graham Ovenden, 70, whose early tutelage was under Sir...
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The Guardian
Graham Ovenden convicted of child sex offences
Artist found guilty at Truro crown court of six charges of indecency with a child and one count of indecent assaultAn internationally renowned artist has been convicted of sex offences against children.A jury at Truro crown court found Graham Ovenden, 70, guilty of four charges of indecency with a child.On the direction of Judge Graham Cottle, the jury cleared Ovenden...
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ElPais
Travels in hyperreality
Thyssen looks at our endless fascination with photorealism
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TechCrunch
Ambitious Startups Could Signal The Coming Of A Second Space Age
In late March, the American Geophysical Union announced that the Voyager I space probe became the first man-made object to leave our solar system. Just a few hours later though, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shot down that claim noting that the tell-tale sign of hitting interstellar space (a "change in the direction of the magnetic field") hasn't been detected yet.
Still,...
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Scientific American
How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran?
How many Asiatic cheetahs still prowl on the planet earth? Compared to their African cousins, the Asiatic cheetah is more imperiled and known to be a critically endangered subspecies. Yet, no reliable estimates of its population are available despite such statistics being required as essential input for conservation and management plans. Despite this, several organizations...
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The Guardian
François Hollande wants 75% company tax on salaries over 1m euros
French president said he hoped new proposal would push companies to lower executive pay while the economy is sufferingFrench president François Hollande may have finally found a way to tax the really rich: by making their companies pay.In a televised interview on Thursday night, he said he wants companies that pay their employees more than €1m (£840,000) to pay 75%...
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siliconindia
Navi Mumbai: India's Next Big Premium Residential Locality
Navi Mumbai when developed in the year 1972 was never thought to become one of the most sought after areas.
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ElPais
Poetas castellanos del Sáhara
Narran en español hermosos poemas que describen el drama de su pueblo, del color de la jaima y del desierto. La Generación de la Amistad Saharaui mantiene viva una relación rota por la política
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Los Angeles Times
Wonder Woman: Time for the Amazon warrior to get her own movie?
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DerSpiegel
Fußball-Bundesliga: Ex-Schiedsrichter Schulenburg ist tot
Der ehemalige Schiedsrichter Gerhard Schulenburg ist tot. Der Ex-Referee starb im Alter von 86 Jahren. Schulenburg pfiff in mehr als hundert Bundesliga-Partien und kam auch international zum Einsatz. Höhepunkte waren die Olympischen Spiele 1972 und die WM 1974.
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The Sun
Alexandra the great
BROKEN Heels beauty will play a concert version of 1972 film Lady Sings The Blues
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ElPais
Miami y Oklahoma marcan el paso
Los Miami Heat suman su 26º triunfo seguido, ante Charlotte (109-79) y sin Dwayane Wade, lesionado
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ElPais
Mujeres contra un tabú
Cuando se cumplen 50 años desde que se permitiera competir a las atletas en el Campeonato de España, las pioneras cuentan por qué y cómo se hicieron deportistas durante el franquismo
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ElPais
“Francia olvidó la humildad”
Thuram, exdefensa francés y campeón del Mundo y Europa, repasa su trayectoria y reflexiona sobre el racismo en el fútbol
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| 1 | United States | 10.700 |
| 2 | Germany | 2.775 |
| 3 | Russia | 2.590 |
| 4 | India | 1.730 |
| 5 | Philippines | 1.000 |
| 6 | Spain | 0.880 |
| 7 | Poland | 0.790 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 0.730 |
| 9 | Romania | 0.705 |
| 10 | Canada | 0.637 |
| 11 | Brazil | 0.575 |
| 12 | Turkey | 0.545 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 0.540 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 0.510 |
| 15 | China | 0.470 |
| 16 | Austria | 0.445 |
| 17 | Japan | 0.400 |
| 18 | Belgium | 0.340 |
| 19 | Argentina | 0.340 |
| 20 | Korea South | 0.320 |
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| 2 | Foxsports | 1.050 |
| 3 | Sportsillustrated | 1.000 |
| 4 | Komsomolskaya Pravda | 0.800 |
| 5 | GMA TV | 0.650 |
| 6 | Bild | 0.640 |
| 7 | 20 Minutes | 0.600 |
| 8 | New York Times | 0.550 |
| 9 | Sacramento Bee | 0.500 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Times | 0.500 |
| 11 | TV Kultura | 0.400 |
| 12 | TIME | 0.400 |
| 13 | cricinfo | 0.400 |
| 14 | Navbharat Times | 0.400 |
| 15 | Spiegel | 0.360 |
| 16 | Het Laatste Nieuws | 0.320 |
| 17 | cricinfo | 0.300 |
| 18 | El Pais | 0.300 |
| 19 | hoerzu | 0.300 |
| 20 | Gōngrén Rìbào | 0.300 |
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| 1 | English | 14.741 |
| 2 | German | 3.950 |
| 3 | Russian | 2.590 |
| 4 | Spanish | 1.820 |
| 5 | Polish | 0.790 |
| 6 | Romanian | 0.705 |
| 7 | Portuguese | 0.695 |
| 8 | Hindi | 0.550 |
| 9 | Turkish | 0.545 |
| 10 | Indonesian | 0.510 |
| 11 | Chinese | 0.480 |
| 12 | Dutch | 0.430 |
| 13 | Japanese | 0.400 |
| 14 | French | 0.357 |
| 15 | Norwegian | 0.261 |
| 16 | Finnish | 0.170 |
| 17 | Italian | 0.150 |
| 18 | Czech | 0.150 |
| 19 | Korean | 0.070 |
| 20 | Danish | 0.045 |
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