33,286 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 241 of 333.
“The St Petersburg International Economic Forum, which starts on Thursday, will be used by Russian officials to promote the Kremlin's push to modernise the country's economy.”
“Only in 2007 did the St Petersburg event truly become Russia's main international economic forum, after top Russian officials and state companies for the first time ignored the privately organised Russian Economic Forum in London, effectiv…”
“Ever since the explosion on the BP rig in April that killed 11 people and caused the vast oil leak...”
“pointing to how a consortium of oil companies has started searching for oil just 430 kilometres (267 miles) off the coast here.”
“Plans for an M4 relief road were scrapped last year.”
“These measures include maintenance work to local roads and motorways, new park and ride facilities in the vicinity of Celtic Manor, and major improvements to Newport train station, as well as bringing in the variable speed limit system alo…”
“The 5,000-page report is based on evidence from 921 witnesses, 2,500 written statements and 60 volumes of written evidence.”
“Thirteen marchers were shot dead on 30 January 1972 in Londonderry when British paratroopers opened fire on crowds at a civil rights demonstration.”
“I think Lord Saville felt under very considerable pressure after 12 years and 191 million pounds to give a report which gave very clear findings even where in truth the evidence didn't support them.”
“won £3.6m on the Lotto Double Rollover”
“and his wife Lesley, 52, a school administrator”
“This will enable me to finish work at 10 rather than 12 o'clock at night”
“when he returned to his work van after being told he had won a share of the Lotto Double Rollover on 9 June”
“won £3.6m on the Lotto Double Rollover last week.”
“when he returned to his work van after being told he had won a share of the Lotto Double Rollover on 9 June.”
“One of the men threw a glass which hit a 22-year-old woman on her forehead.”
“she gave birth to Rebecca Grace at St George's Hospital in south London on 6 June.”
“Mrs Witchalls had her second child seven months after the attack in 2005”
“We were back home with her by Sunday lunch.”
“Their deaths bring the number of UK personnel killed in Afghanistan to 298.”
“Earlier, the MoD named a Royal Marine who died in Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham on Monday. Twenty-year-old Steven James Birdsall had been injured in a gunfight in the Sangin district of Helmand on Sunday.”
“four people were shot at an urban music event”
“Three men suffered gunshot wounds to their legs and a woman was shot in the foot”
“The US sanctions prohibit any American business or individual from trading with those named on the blacklist. The sanctions also freeze any assets they may have under US jurisdiction.”
“The Treasury has designated 27 new ships and has updated entries for 71 others whose names had been changed.”
“"We will continue to target Iran's support for terrorist organisations, we will continue to focus on Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and we will continue to expose Iran's efforts to evade international sanctions,"”
“Last week, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the UN sanctions as "a used handkerchief" fit for the dustbin.”
“The European Union, which has been working closely with Washington, will decide on its own sanctions at a summit on Thursday.”
“The EU's proposed sanctions go further than the UN, targeting the oil and gas industry.”
“Emergency services were called to Solvents for Safety on the Plumtree Industrial Estate, in Harworth, at about 1845 BST on Wednesday.”
“About 23,000 people have died in Mexico since 2006 when Mr Calderon declared war on the cartels.”
“In the past week alone more than 160 people have been killed.”
“Fifteen people were killed in Nayarit on the weekend, 14 of them in Tepic, the state capital.”
“In the western state of Nayarit, schools have been closed three weeks early to protect children from drug-related violence.”
“Pakistan's Punjab province government gave about $1m (£674,000) last year to institutions linked to a charity on a UN terror blacklist, it has emerged.”
“The move by the UN Security Council came shortly after attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), for which Lashkar-e-Taiba was blamed.”
“"At least 80 million rupees [$940,000] have been allocated for the institutions [linked to Jamaat-ud-Dawa] during the current fiscal year," Rana Sanaullah, a senior Punjab minister, told the BBC.”
“"There was a boys' school with 400 students, a girls' high school with 350 students and a hospital which addressed the needs of the entire area in question."”
“After it was banned in Pakistan in 2002, the organisation divided itself into Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Lashkar-e-Taiba, correspondents say.”
“Jamaat-ud-Dawa now works as an Islamic charity all over Pakistan. It played a major role in relief efforts following the Kashmir earthquake in 2005.”
“This is the biggest individual threat to a woodland that the Woodland Trust has ever encountered.”
“the occultation lasted only 10 seconds.”
“the team's determined the object's size - about 300km in diameter”
“So far, scientists have detected over a thousand Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), but they believe that there may be as many as 70,000 of them.”
“the recently observed KBO 55636 probably formed as a result of a space collision about one billion years ago.”
“a dwarf planet known as Haumea might have been hit by another object, and this impact caused Haumea's icy mantle to break into a dozen smaller pieces, including KBO 55636.”
“he had to get together a team of 42 astronomers from 18 observation stations located in Australia, South Africa, Mexico and the US.”
“a number of observation stations along a 5,900km stretch of the Earth's surface”
“Out of the 18 telescopes aimed at the sky, only two stations, both in Hawaii, managed to detect the 10-second-long stellar occultation.”
“another area likely to come under the spotlight is heritage, including places like Swansea Museum, external, which costs the local authority £500,000 a year to run.”
“Also known as female circumcision, the practice is carried out in more than 28 countries in Africa, as well as in parts of Asia and South America.”
“The polling station has been organised by an electoral committee appointed by the Polish Consulate in Edinburgh. Eva Grosman, chair of the Polish Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland, said anyone wishing to vote would need to register …”
“The station is based at the offices of the Chinese Welfare Association at Stranmillis Embankment in Belfast.”
“Several witnesses recall seeing two young, white teenage boys playing about outside the property.”
“Matthew Stevenson-Webber, 24, was stabbed in the back trying to protect his sister in Mitcham on Tuesday night. He is in a stable condition.”
“His father Craig Joseph-Webber, 45, was stabbed in the head and is in a critical but stable condition.”
“A third man, aged, 30 was stabbed in the shoulder and is also in a stable condition in hospital.”
“He said three men, aged 24, 30 and 45, were found suffering stab wounds and taken to hospital.”
“12,500 students are camping at Pembrey Country Park”
“To therefore have had only seven arrests in three days is a sign not only that the policing operation is proving successful, but also that the overwhelming majority of the event-goers are just out to enjoy themselves”
“We are very excited at the success of the event with students from Australia to Swansea enjoying this wonderful venue.”
“The musical has been seen by more than 21 million people worldwide.”
“Wicked recently won the audience award for most popular show at the Laurence Olivier Awards.”
“Stuart Ludlam, a 44-year-old father-of-three, was found in his taxi at Cromford railway station, in Derbyshire, on 17 September.”
“Sixty-one-year-old Colin Cheetham from Ripley, Derbyshire, denies murdering Mr Ludlam.”
“There's a mini-cab in the middle of the road and it looks like there's a body dumped into the back... there's a lot of blood.”
“The British Red Cross helped more than 11,600 destitute asylum seekers in the UK last year, and this number is rising.”
“It estimates some 200,000 refused asylum seekers are living in the UK, with a tenth of those dependent on handouts.”
“The British Red Cross surveyed 101 refused asylum seekers for its report.”
“The group of eight to 16-year-olds were using the library as a 'hangout' base where they would run about shouting.”
“About 12 children were causing trouble in the library in groups of three to six at a time.”
“as many as 168 lives - about 7% of UK road deaths - could be saved by a reduced drink-drive limit in the first year.”
“This could rise to as many as 303 lives by the sixth year.”
“Most of the 1,145 relatively small payments were for damage to property and injuries caused by road accidents.”
“about 1410 BST on 28 May”
“about 5ft 9in”
“with its unemployment rate of 20% - the highest in the eurozone - a significant concern.”
“Spain, which is emerging from a two-year long recession is now pursuing austerity measures.”
“way above the 3% limit imposed by the EU.”
“The changes, which include a cut in the level of severence pay, have prompted a call for a general strike in September.”
“"One of the most important reforms of the last 20 years."”
“The reforms still have to be ratified in a parliamentary vote later this month.”
“Three new crewmembers have launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.”
“Their Soyuz TMA-19 blasted away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2135 GMT on Tuesday.”
“The ship is due to dock with the ISS's Zvezda service module at 2225 GMT on Thursday.”
“Fyodor Yurchikhin the most experienced of the three. He is making his third trip to orbit having already spent six months aboard the station in 2007 as commander of Expedition 15.”
“Lorna May, 17, died on 25 March 2009 at a friend's house where she had been left to sleep after a night drinking.”
“Five other Argentina supporters also voluntarily left South Africa.”
“The first new main line steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost 50 years has hauled a train from London to Dorset.”
“Peppercorn A1 class No. 60163 Tornado, with 12 carriages, left Victoria station at 0845 BST and arrived in Swanage at 1335 BST.”
“The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust spent 18 years fundraising and building the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) locomotive.”
“He said Tornado starred in an episode of the BBC programme Top Gear in 2009 when it raced a 1949 vintage Jaguar XK120 car and a Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle from London to Edinburgh, with presenter Jeremy Clarkson on the footplate of To…”
“"Tornado has had a hectic first year of main line operations stretching right across the country and we are delighted to be welcoming her to the Swanage Railway when she brings some 500 people to Swanage," Mr Payne said.”
“The A1 class steam locomotives were designed by Arthur H. Peppercorn for the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) and 49 were built during 1948 and 1949 by British Railways.”
“However, following the introduction of diesel engines on the railways, they were all scrapped by 1966.”
“Tornado has had a hectic first year of main line operations stretching right across the country and we are delighted to be welcoming her to the Swanage Railway when she brings some 500 people to Swanage”
“The Islamic Emirate considers this report of the London School of Economics as merely baseless propaganda”
“After a full investigation by the Islamic Emirate leadership, it became clear that no event of execution had taken place”
“Twelve Africa peacekeepers died in the attack on 29 September 2007”
“The men, Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, were secretly indicted last year.”
