33,286 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 239 of 333.
“The Edinburgh International Book Festival opens in Charlotte Square Gardens on 14 August.”
“The public programme runs until 30 August, with the RBS Schools Gala day closing the festival on 31 August.”
“Expressing his satisfaction with Libya's actions, Mr Koetsenruijter said illegal immigrant landings on Italian and Maltese shores are 'almost zero now'.”
“As it stands, it is a dead end - not down to zero but down by 95% of landings in Italy and Malta,”
“Expressing his satisfaction with Libya's actions, Mr Koetsenruijter said illegal immigrant landings on Italian and Maltese shores are "almost zero now".”
“They were killed by the Parachute Regiment in west Belfast in August 1971.”
“At the conference was Carmel Quinn, whose brother John Laverty, 20, was one of those who died.”
“The Hafod Eryri visitors' centre on the highest Welsh peak is among 22 projects being recognised by Downing Street.”
“Gary Reynolds, who was project architect on Hafod Eryri, said inclusion on the shortlist recognised the immense challenge faced in building a visitors' centre 3,560ft (1,085m) on a mountain.”
“The winner of the Prime Minister's Award will be announced on 13 October at the British construction industry awards annual dinner.”
“killing all 329 people on board - most of them Canadian citizens visiting relatives in India - on 23 June 1985.”
“killing two baggage handlers.”
“On 4 June, members of the Canadian secret services followed two men to some woods on Vancouver Island.”
“he had destroyed the 150 hours of tapes rather than hand them over to the Mounties.”
“He was ordered to pull out three days before Air India Flight 182 blew up.”
“The next blow for investigators came in November 1998, when a Sikh publisher, Tara Singh Hayer, was killed at his home.”
“Another witness, an FBI informant from New York referred to as 'John', was controversially paid $460,000 to testify against Mr Bagri.”
“The inquiry was ordered in June 2006 by the then Prime Minister Stephen Harper amid outrage from the public and victims' families over the events.”
“Some 106,200 illegal immigrants were intercepted on EU borders in 2009, 33% down from the previous year, the EU border agency Frontex said.”
“It said some roads in the town had seen an increase of traffic of 75% by drivers seeking short-cuts.”
“The Weymouth Transport Package, which began Monday 7 June, involves the installation of traffic lights at five roundabouts in the town.”
“We have changed the signals on the Lynch Road junction at Fiveways to keep traffic waiting longer to try and dissuade people from rat-running along the road.”
“Earlier this year, makers of the Harris Tweed were overwhelmed by the level of interest in their cloth by fans of Doctor Who.”
“Matt Smith, the 11th doctor, wears a traditional Hebridean hand-woven jacket in the new series.”
“Mr Coucher, 48, has been chief executive since 2007.”
“The World Bank clearly believes the idea - the brainchild of 55-year-old Peruvian inventor, Eduardo Gold - has merit as it was one of the 26 winners from around 1,700 submissions in the "100 Ideas to Save the Planet" competition at the end…”
“Mr Gold, who has no scientific qualifications but has studiously read up on glaciology, is enthused that the time has come to put his theory into practice. Although he is yet to receive the $200,000 (£135,000) awarded by the World Bank, hi…”
“There are no paint brushes, the workers use jugs to splash the whitewash onto the loose rocks around the summit. It is a laborious process but they have whitewashed two hectares in two weeks. The plan is to paint the whole summit, then in …”
“In Peru, home to more than 70% of the world's tropical glaciers, global warming has already melted away 22% of them in the last 30 years, according to a World Bank report of 2009. The remaining glaciers could disappear in 20 years if measu…”
“In May, Peru's environment minister, Antonio Brack, said Peru would need $400m a year to mitigate climate change.”
“A report by the UK's Royal Society in 2009 said the technology of "geo-engineering" projects was still "barely formed" and governments should continue to focus on cutting carbon emissions.”
“his pilot project is already underway on the Chalon Sombrero peak, 4,756 metres above sea level, in an area some 100km west of the regional capital of Ayacucho.”
“There are no paint brushes, the workers use jugs to splash the whitewash onto the loose rocks around the summit. It is a laborious process but they have whitewashed two hectares in two weeks.”
“They plan is to paint the whole summit, then in due course, two other peaks totalling overall some 70 hectares.”
“In Peru, home to more than 70% of the world's tropical glaciers, global warming has already melted away 22% of them in the last 30 years, according to a World Bank report of 2009.”
“The remaining glaciers could disappear in 20 years if measures are not taken to mitigate climate change, it adds.”
“has accommodation for 53 people who might stay here for 18 months to two years.”
“On any given night there might still be about 260 rough sleepers in the capital”
“St Mungo's looks after 1,500 people each night.”
“Among those who have stuck with the courses, 13% have gone into jobs, 6% were in work placements and another 17% have gone into further education.”
“A 2007 Unicef report suggested the UK was the least attractive country in the industrialised world in which to raise a child, citing levels of deprivation and the lack of time parents spent with their children as key problems.”
“More than 170 people died last week in violent clashes between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbek communities in southern Kyrgyzstan.”
“Forty-seven killed and 500 wounded. It is bad but not as bad as many had feared.”
“Gazans had only half the water they needed according to international standards, and 80% of water supplied did not meet WHO drinking standards”
“half of Gaza's population had no access to piped water”
“one poultry farmer had to slaughter 165,000 chicks because he did not have the fuel for the incubators to keep them alive”
“The UN's FAO says $180m of trees, fields, livestock, greenhouses and nurseries were destroyed during operation Cast Lead”
“the Palestinian Authority estimates 15% of agricultural land was destroyed”
“A few hundred tonnes of cement entered Gaza in the first half of 2010, but aid organisations say this is a fraction of the need - Gisha says 70,000 tonnes arrived monthly before the blockade”
“all factories making construction materials had shut down (13 making tiles, 30 concrete, 145 marble and 250 making bricks)”
“On 17 June, Israel announced that it would "liberalise" the blockade of the Gaza Strip for civilian goods.”
“The strip was out under a heightened Israeli blockade since the militant group Hamas seized control in June 2007.”
“For much of the three years since Hamas took control of Gaza, its 1.5m people have relied on less than a quarter of the volume of imported supplies they received in December 2005.”
“During the six month truce between Israel and Hamas, which began in June 2008, and in early 2010, the volume and range of goods increased with trucks of shoes and clothes entering Gaza.”
“Unrwa provides food aid for 750,000 people, half the population.”
“But the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation says 61% of Gazans are "food insecure".”
“According to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, 80% of Gazan households rely on some kind of food aid.”
“Unrwa says the number of Gazan that it helps who are unable to buy basic items such as soap, stationary and safe drinking water has tripled since 2007.”
“In September 2007, the Israeli government declared the Strip a "hostile entity" in response to continued rocket attacks on southern Israel, and said it would start cutting fuel imports.”
“According to information complied by Oxfam, no petrol or diesel for vehicles has been allowed in from Israel since November 2008, except for fuel for UN cars and five other shipments in three years.”
“The amount of cooking gas allowed in has generally fluctuated between about a third and a half of requirements, Oxfam figures show.”
“Gaza's electricity supply is made up of 144MW from Israel, 17MW from Egypt and the rest from an EU-run power plant in Gaza which can generate up to 80MW.”
“Since early 2008, the power plant has received enough fuel to operate at only about two-thirds of its capacity - in line with an Israeli Supreme Court ruling which set a minimum amount of fuel that Israel mus”
“It was out of fuel for most of the Israeli operation in January 2009, leaving two-thirds of Gazans without power at the height of the crisis.”
“But with the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics estimating unemployment at 38.6% in early 2010, some Gazans cannot afford the basics, even if they are physically available.”
“She was one of Mr Mandela's nine great-grandchildren.”
“Twelve African Union peacekeepers died in the 2007 attack in Haskanita.”
“Last year, the court issued an arrest warrant for President Bashir, accusing him of war crimes in Darfur.”
“In February, charges against another rebel leader to do with the same incident were dropped.”
“In January 2008, the UN took joint control of the peacekeeping force in Darfur with increased numbers and a stronger mandate.”
“The ICC wants the UN Security Council to press Sudan to hand over to them those they have indicted.”
“A group of about 30 people from Northern Ireland believe they have lost more than £2m on buying holiday homes in Turkey.”
“They have each spent tens of thousands of pounds on the properties, some of which have never been fully built.”
“Eddie Atkinson from Randalstown, who thinks he may have lost £65,000 to Bar-fa, has been in Turkey to try and get his money back from the developers”
“James Toal from Toome paid out more than £80,000 to Kevin Tohill.”
“It is going to cost thousands of pounds which I am sure people don't want to hand over again”
“The Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef on 24 March, 1989”
“the oil there was probably four feet deep,”
“damaging over 1,250 miles (2,000km) of coastline.”
“Clean-up efforts officially ended in 1992”
“one recent study has shown an estimated 20,000 gallons of oil remaining on the beaches of Prince William Sound.”
“The big problem that I see coming is that we have 800 miles of pipeline that has not been well maintained over the years.”
“"We flew over Exxon Valdez, the oil there was probably four feet deep,"”
“But after several days, it started to spread, damaging over 1,250 miles (2,000km) of coastline.”
“one recent study has shown an estimated 20,000 gallons of oil remaining on the beaches of Prince William Sound”
“thousands of barrels of oil in Prince William Sound”
“"Exxon would hire virtually anybody that would go on and sit on those islands and clean rocks,"”
“"The big problem that I see coming is that we have 800 miles of pipeline that has not been well maintained over the years."”
“Detectives would also like to speak to the occupants of a small red car which nearly collided with a red Audi at the junction of St Oswalds Lane and Henry Hickman Close at about 0330 BST on the day of the attack.”
“An event I established and ran raised more than £100,000 for a Landmine Free World in 2004.”
“This winter the 53-year-old will make his National Theatre debut directing a new production of Frankenstein.”
“3 Mills Studios in East London will be the production centre for the London 2012 Ceremonies.”
“Danny Boyle's films include The Beach, Slumdog Millionaire and 28 Days Later”
“Zhang Yimou, China's most famous filmmaker, directed the opening ceremony for the Beijing Games in 2008.”
“Martin McGartland was shot as he sat in his car in Duchess Street, Whitley Bay, on 17 June 1999.”
“But there has been no sign of that happening. In fact midge numbers appear to be up on 2009.”
“If we continue to see nice, warm, damp summers we will see an increase I think,”
“They're herd boys from aged eight to 18, then they come back at 18 with no education, no social skills.”
“Landslides and floods caused by torrential rain have killed 46 people in Burma this week, state television has reported.”
“MRTV said 28 people were killed in Maungdaw, and 18 people were killed in Buthidaung, on the border with Bangladesh.”
