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“Landslides in Bangladesh killed at least 53 people on Tuesday.”
“Burmese officials said 34cm (13.5in) of rain fell in Maungdaw, on the border with Bangladesh, on one day this week.”
“One resident told the BBC's Burmese service that he had seen 10 houses damaged by a mudslide.”
“At least 140,000 people were killed in Burma in 2008 when a cyclone hit the south of the country.”
“The death toll from flash floods in the south-eastern French department of Var has risen to 25.”
“Some 2,000 rescue workers have been drafted in to search for survivors through debris and flooded houses.”
“up to 40cm (15.7in) of rain had fallen since Tuesday.”
“The floods are the worst in the region since 1827, according to meteorologists.”
“One BBC website reader said her son was stuck for six hours on his school bus when it was cut off by the conditions.”
“His house lost power for 24 hours and nearby roads were impassable, he said.”
“water levels reached over 2m (6ft) in places, with helicopters air lifting people to safety, some from the roofs of their houses.”
“Sixty-two passengers who were stuck on board a ferry in Portsmouth after a fire during a sailing from Jersey have been allowed to leave the ship.”
“Most of the vehicles on Commodore Clipper have been removed following the fire, which began on the lower vehicle deck early on Wednesday.”
“Passengers and crew had to stay on board until 2230 BST.”
“The passengers waited in dock for nearly 12 hours while 50 firefighters put out several small fires and removed damaged trailers.”
“We had a three-hour journey that ended up turning into a two-and-a-half day marathon.”
“about two months old”
“two-inch (5cm)”
“one night stopover”
“overnight”
“survived the night”
“Six men were taken to hospital with stab wounds and one 32-year-old man remains in a critical condition.”
“Owners Ameco Ltd said the scheme was also vital to RNLI proposals to build a modern lifeboat house capable of launching a new Tamar class vessel, due to become operational before 2015.”
“He said public consultation to date had resulted in over 95% positive responses to the principle of commercial and residential development.”
“The exhibition will be open between 1030 and 1830 BST on 18 June and 0930 to 1330 BST on 19 June.”
“First minister launches £3.5m Skomer island project”
“There are about 6,000 breeding pairs of puffins on Skomer”
“Old farm outbuildings on the island have been converted into accommodation for 16 overnight visitors, six volunteers and research staff.”
“The farmhouse can host 16 guests each night from April to October”
“There are 6,000 breeding pairs of puffins, 120,000 breeding pairs of Manx shearwater as well as seals and other marine life.”
“About 900,000 adults in Wales do not have the skills or confidence to use the internet and could be missing out financially and socially as a result.”
“The consultation will run for three months from Thursday.”
“Research has shown that people in Wales who live in social housing are nearly twice as likely to be digitally excluded as owner-occupiers.”
“The UK average was 68%, with England at 70%, Scotland 60% and Northern Ireland 64%.”
“four companies promoting 'Jarawa tourism' on their websites had stopped doing so after the group wrote to them.”
“eight other travel companies”
“In the 1970s, the Andaman trunk road was built, cutting through the 1,000 sq km forest reserve in which the Jarawas live”
“The Jarawas - essentially hunter-gatherers - came to the Andamans 60,000 years ago.”
“four companies promoting "Jarawa tourism" on their websites had stopped doing so after the group wrote to them.”
“It has now written to eight other travel companies, who it says, continue to promote tours despite the fact that they are "illegal".”
“cutting through the 1,000 sq km forest reserve in which the Jarawas live”
“In the 1970s, the Andaman trunk road was built”
“Don Pratt retired after regular fare Mary Watson, 86, left him a £250,000 tip in her will”
“Eleven people died in the Deepwater Horizon drill rig accident”
“until August at the earliest”
“Eleven people died in the Deepwater Horizon drill rig accident, which left a ruptured well spewing hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.”
“one of which has reached two miles (3km) below the seabed, or about two-thirds of its way to its target, US disaster coordinator Admiral Thad Allen reported on Thursday.”
“It is planned is to seal the leak with concrete but that is not likely to happen until August at the earliest.”
“Japan - one of Kabul's biggest donors - last year pledged $5bn in aid for Afghanistan over five years.”
“Mr Kan "requested firm efforts, including those for good governance, in order to have tax of Japanese nationals effectively utilised"”
“Mr Karzai told him "the Afghan people would do their best to have this money spent in Afghanistan for the best purposes of developing and stability in Afghanistan"”
“Definitely, definitely.”
“[The raid has] destroyed any chance for peace in the near future”
“Nine Turkish activists died during last month's raid on the Free Gaza ships attempting to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.”
“Syria had been in indirect talks with the former Israeli government of Ehud Olmert in 2008 until Mr Olmert resigned, facing corruption charges.”
“The US has offered to drop five year-long sanctions against Syria in return for Syria dropping its ties with regional ally Iran.”
“Of the 2,018 UK adults polled on behalf of the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 32% said they would be spending time with their father.”
“The survey, conducted in April, found 63% of those questioned planned to mark Father's Day by sending a card”
“The survey, conducted in April, found 63% of those questioned planned to mark Father's Day by sending a card and 52% by giving a present”
“The survey, conducted in April, found 63% of those questioned planned to mark Father's Day by sending a card and 52% by giving a present, but just 24% planned to go out somewhere together.”
“The remains of Queen Eadgyth, who died in 946, were excavated in Magdeburg Cathedral in 2008.”
“The granddaughter of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, the Saxon princess married Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, in 929.”
“She had at least two children with Otto.”
“She died aged about 36.”
“She was buried in the monastery of St Maurice but her bones were moved at least three times.”
“She was finally interred in an elaborate tomb at Magdeburg Cathedral in 1510, wrapped in silk in a lead coffin.”
“Her bones will be reburied in Magdeburg Cathedral later this year, 500 years after they were interred there in 1510.”
“The study at University of Mainz confirmed that the remains were those of a woman who died aged between 30 and 40.”
“By micro-sampling, using a laser, we can reconstruct the sequence of a person's whereabouts, month by month up to the age of 14.”
“Eadgyth seems to have spent the first eight years of her life in southern England, but changed her domicile frequently, matching quite variable strontium ratios in her teeth. Only from the age of nine, the isotope values remain constant.”
“When her mother was divorced in 919 - Eadgyth was between nine and 10 at that point.”
“Eadgyth seems to have spent the first eight years of her life in southern England, but changed her domicile frequently, matching quite variable strontium ratios in her teeth.”
“When her mother was divorced in 919 - Eadgyth was between nine and 10 at that point - both were banished to a monastery, maybe Winchester or Wilton in Salisbury.”
“A spokesman from the university said the bones were the oldest surviving remains of an English royal burial.”
“He was having dinner, it was 9.30pm on Sunday when Asha's mother came and called him. Yogesh was a driver. She said someone needed the car, and he went.”
“I'm not sorry,”
“We did it for our honour. Honour in our community and society is paramount to us.”
“We want strict punishment for them. We want the death penalty. We want them hanged.”
“We had talked to Yogesh and his family in the past and told them to stay away. We had also found a good match for Asha and she was engaged.”
“Cousin Lokesh Kumar Saini says: "We had talked to Yogesh and his family in the past and told them to stay away. We had also found a good match for Asha and she was engaged."”
“The seventh annual event runs from Thursday until Sunday”
“This year the new £25,000 Walter Scott prize for historical fiction will be presented at Abbotsford House.”
“The £30,000 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust book of the year will also be given out during the event.”
“"The world comes to Melrose a little bit - all our correspondents come to report to us about what the world is doing out there,"”
“"We open with Jim Naughtie describing the new political landscape."”
“"We have got John Simpson coming to talk about his overview of reporting through the years, and we have got Kate Adie."”
“Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces in 1975”
“Yet it took him more than a decade to open Cafe Loc Vang - Golden Loc - which is now in its second operational year. 'Now we have somewhere people who love nhac vang could come, listen to their favourite songs, or even sing them,' he says …”
“Three evenings a week, at 8pm sharp, the 73-year-old Hanoian puts on his nicest shirt and favourite brown tie before taking a motorbike ride to a small, dark cafe on the city's West Lake.”
“Brother Toan didn't have even a roof to his name, he was living off friends' charity until his death in 2004,”
“After 50 years, Nhan Van Giai Pham writers and artists were finally recognised and some were awarded with prizes,”
“Adventurers James Cracknell and Ben Fogle are to tackle a 2,745-mile bike race for their next TV challenge.”
“Cracknell and Fogle want to break the course record by completing it in 17 days.”
“The pair will set off from Banff, Canada, in August, and will have to cover more than 160 miles a day if they want to beat the current record of 17 days and 21 hours.”
“In 2009, they endured a race to the South Pole which formed the series On Thin Ice.”
“they will have to cover more than 160 miles a day if they want to beat the current record of 17 days and 21 hours.”
“The Tour Divide - which stretches from Canada to Mexico - is the world's longest off-road race.”
“They will be filmed during their preparations and training for the four-part BBC Two series to be screened later this year.”
“The duo have completed other challenges including crossing the Atlantic in a rowing boat for TV series, Through Hell and High Water.”
“We're delighted that James and Ben are returning to BBC Two with another inspirational challenge which, as their previous series' have done, is sure to keep viewers enthralled.”
