33,286 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 255 of 333.
“Kirkwall second coxswain Stewart Ryrie and the crew aided the three crew on the 40ft Norwegian-registered yacht Inanna in a nine-hour rescue operation off Stronsay in October.”
“The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum is the RNLI's fourth highest gallantry award.”
“The awards were made at the RNLI's Scottish annual meeting in Perth.”
“More than 170 people died in the Mumbai attacks.”
“Headley answered questions over seven days, the US justice department said in a statement.”
“some 4.6 billion years ago.”
“a cluster of about a thousand of other stars”
“about a light-year from the Sun”
“more than 90% of the observed Oort cloud comets have an extra-solar origin”
“For 60 years we have not known how the Oort cloud formed and for 60 years people have been looking for an answer”
“in the early 1990s”
“Overall, the food security of 4.5% of 1.4bn people in the region is threatened, the researchers conclude.”
“More than 1.4bn people depend on water from the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Yangtze and Yellow rivers.”
“The Brahmaputra and Indus basins are most susceptible to reductions of flow, threatening the food security of an estimated 60m people.”
“The Yellow River, in particular, shows a consistent increase in early spring discharge,”
“These anticipated changes will also have considerable effects on food security,”
“The team estimates that about 34.5m fewer people could be fed in the Brahmaputra basin; 26.3m fewer in the Indus basin; 7.1m in the Yangtze region and about 2.1m fewer around the Ganges.”
“However, they suggested that the changes could see an increase in food production in the Yellow River basin, enough to feed a further 3m people.”
“In total, we estimate that the food security of 4.5% of the total population will be threatened as a result of reduced water availability,”
“Guernsey Airport was closed for two days during the industrial action.”
“The Tribunal of Inquiry report into what led to two days of strikes in May 2009 was made public in April, but could not be debated at the time.”
“Thirteen people on a civil rights march were shot dead by paratroops in Londonderry on 30 January 1972.”
“The Guardian said Lord Saville's report - which has taken 12 years to compile and is due to be published on Tuesday - will say some were unlawfully killed.”
“Those who are tempted to run with stories need to take on board the terrible suffering that these people have endured for almost 40 years. Why exacerbate it at this stage with only four days to go?”
“Pathology findings also showed those victims had been shot in the back while running away.”
“Our reporter said he does not know how many of the killings are likely to be described as unlawful.”
“Up to 350 people will be able to attend cultural events at St Mary's”
“The £1.7m project is funded by the regeneration body Ashford's Future, alongside Ashford Borough Council and the Church of England.”
“The body of the 26-year-old from Cwmbran, Torfaen, was not found for another six weeks.”
“Gemma Garn's car was parked on the second Severn crossing for five hours before it was spotted.”
“She was last seen driving a hire car toward the second Severn crossing.”
“The 151-year-old Royal Albert bridge”
“Network Rail will carry out the work over three years when trains are not running”
“The bridge will also be re-painted goose grey, the same colour it has been since 1911”
“It is estimated that the cost of the refurbishment will be about £10m”
“A roadside bomb has killed nine civilians in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, officials say. ... The dead include three children. Officials said eight others were wounded in the attack.”
“Kandahar provincial government Zalmai Ayoubi said that four women, two men and three children died in the blast in Maywand district of the province.”
“In the UK, nine number one singles have been by homegrown hip‑hop acts since May 2009”
“Tinie Tempah is on course to score the tenth this Sunday”
“Get Him To the Greek, which features comedian Russell Brand as wayward rock star Aldous Snow and is out in the UK on 25 June”
“who release their new single Hello Good Morning on Monday”
“After enjoying unprecedented success at home over the past two years”
“In the UK, nine number one singles have been by homegrown hip‑hop acts since May 2009, most by artists that have emerged from the east London grime scene.”
“Tinie Tempah is on course to score the tenth this Sunday.”
“Trade data released on Thursday showed that Chinese exports in May had jumped by nearly 50% from a year ago”
“while the US trade deficit widened further in April.”
“Journalists in Italy are lazy. In few other countries are they handed the contents of wiretap transcripts so routinely as they are here.”
“Taiwan and Beijing have restored direct flights and increased tourism, and Mr Ma is also expected to sign a landmark - though controversial - bilateral free trade agreement with Beijing later this month.”
“Taiwan has been ruled separately from China since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, when the defeated Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan to create a self-governing entity.”
“A special fan zone set up in Castlefield will be the only open-air place to watch England matches in the city centre, and is a ticket-only venue.”
“I think its going to be a huge success, I think its going to be fantastic”
“The Islamist movement had won elections in 2006, but Israel, the EU and the US refused to accept them in government.”
“Hamas then forced their secular rival, Fatah, from Gaza in a violent struggle.”
“Hamas has fired thousands of rockets into Israel over the past decade.”
“In the same poll, 73% of people asked said they did not believe the blockade of Gaza should be lifted.”
“The researchers polled 561 people from Israel's Jewish population.”
“Breakfast TV presenter Andrew Castle is to leave GMTV after 10 years, the broadcaster has announced.”
“GMTV's Penny Smith bade a tearful farewell to the programme last week after 17 years.”
“The 46-year-old said he had enjoyed "a fantastic 10 years" on GMTV and wished the station "every success in the future".”
“According to Broadcast magazine, the GMTV name will be dropped as part of the show's rebranding, which will cost £1.5m.”
“Castle's last show is expected to be in September.”
“Teachers have not taken strike action for 20 years”
“Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, has voted to ballot members on strike action.”
“If EIS members across the country back the strike call, a day of action will take place in March.”
“ADES, the non-political body that represents council education bosses, believes schools are experiencing the most serious spending cuts in 30 years.”
“This support comes despite the Scottish budget being cut by Westminster”
“That would mean sticking to the 35-hour week in teachers' contracts.”
“The teenager's family lost contact with her for some 20 hours, after she said she was caught in 30ft (9m) high waves.”
“Shortly after contact was lost, at about 1300 GMT on Thursday, the yacht's emergency beacons were manually activated, more than 3,220km (2,000 miles) from the coasts of both Africa and Australia.”
“A Qantas Airbus A330 search plane - scrambled from Perth early on Friday - spotted the teenager's boat, called Wild Eyes, and made contact with her.”
“She is going to hang in there until the vessel can get to her in about 24 hours,”
“The authorities in Reunion Island, near Mauritius off eastern Africa, said they had also been in contact with the yacht, and had sent three boats in her direction - the first of which should reach her by Saturday.”
“She set sail from California in January, attempting to beat her brother's record and become the youngest person to complete the journey.”
“She had to give up the goal of setting the record after stopping in April at Cape Town, South Africa, for repairs to her boat, although she later decided to continue the voyage.”
“Abby had been following in the footsteps of her brother Zac, who completed his own solo voyage around the globe in 2009 at the age of 17.”
“Laurence Sunderland said his daughter would not be resuming her round-the-world attempt once she has been rescued, the AFP news agency reports.”
“Abby had been trying to break her brother Zac's solo voyage record... who completed his own solo voyage around the globe in 2009 at the age of 17.”
“At least 10 suspected militants have been killed in a drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, officials say.”
“some 40km (25 miles) from the town of Miranshah”
“The toddler, who had been in foster care, was reported missing on Monday and was found in Scotland on Thursday.”
“Sophie was found in a caravan park in Dumfries three days after being reported missing.”
“She had been with foster parents for more than a year, but had been in regular contact with her birth parents.”
“Seventy one percent of people now believe the world's climate is changing compared with 91% in 2005.”
“Researchers questioned 1,800 people as part of the survey.”
“Despite the controversies most people (71%) remain either fairly or very concerned about climate change, compared to 82% when asked in 2005, the survey shows.”
“More than half (57%) still believe that most scientists agree that humans are causing climate change”
“40% do consider that the seriousness of climate change is exaggerated.”
“65% say they are prepared to reduce their energy use to tackle climate change”
“68% state they would probably or definitely vote in favour of spending taxpayers' money on British projects designed to tackle climate change”
“81% are highly concerned that the UK will become too dependent in the future on importing energy from other countries”
“while over 78% are concerned that electricity will become unaffordable”
“38% of people agree that the benefits of nuclear power outweigh its risks compared with 32% who said this in 2005”
“39% of the sample currently favour the construction of a Barrage across the Severn with 24% slightly or strongly opposed”
“The report contained a prediction that Himalayan glaciers were likely to disappear by 2035. The IPCC later said the prediction was 'poorly substantiated' and resulted from a lapse in standards.”
“The survey of 1,800 people in England, Wales and Scotland was conducted in the wake of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen last December, which delivered a non-binding accord on cutting emissions.”
“over 78% are concerned that electricity will become unaffordable”
“The report contained a prediction that Himalayan glaciers were likely to disappear by 2035.”
“It was forced to apologise for mistakes in its most recent report published in 2007.”
“A reproduction of the doomed boat's 16-tonne anchor was built during the making of a television programme, provisionally titled We Built Titanic, at a cost of about £50,000.”
“A May deadline was set, but the council found out on 30 April that Dudley Council had bought it.”
