33,249 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 261 of 333.
“Christopher Jones, of Rowan Road, Waddington, was on the wrong side of a road near Spalding when the accident happened in July 2009.”
“Lincoln Crown Court heard Jones's car was doing 75mph when it hit the vehicle carrying Ukrainian Raisa Revina, 69.”
“The court heard Jones and Matthew Cheavins had been drinking all day in Spalding and decided to race each other back.”
“he had given the children away to a Mexico City woman to cancel a 25,000 peso (£1,300; $1,900) debt.”
“His initial claim that they had been snatched from him in a street attack in the poor Mexico City neighbourhood of Tepito on 18 May provoked angry protests by residents demanding better security.”
“she had shaken his hand on four previous occasions.”
“I've got a sixth grandchild on the way.”
“I've shaken your hand four times - may I have a kiss?”
“He went for it. I'm a bit of a hugger and kisser. It is wonderful, at my age.”
“I might buy another copy as I've got a sixth grandchild on the way.”
“Since then, about 23,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence”
“Plastic buckets hold $17m (£11.7m) worth of opium.”
“We've already lost a generation. About 60 to 70% of those being killed right now are between 14 and 24 years old," Mayor Ferriz says.”
“Assassins are paid $45 a week by the local drug gangs, he says, 'not to become rich, simply to put food on the table'.”
“Twenty minutes before 'El Chapo' arrives, the waiters go around collecting the customers' mobile phones.”
“Twenty minutes after he's left, you'll get your phone back.”
“In two months' time, they predict, there will be another field of the drug growing here.”
“The home was originally created as an 'asylum for indigent men of advanced age'.”
“Almost a million adults do not have a bank account, according to the government-backed watchdog, Consumer Focus.”
“It based its study on 50 in-depth interviews with consumers without a bank account, including people in difficult circumstances such as bereavement, bankruptcy or homelessness.”
“the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps and the second highest in the Alps at 2757m (9045ft)”
“The rally entailed 60 cars travelling through 10 European countries in a week.”
“Two cars were destroyed in the attack, and the front of his house was damaged, the ambassador said.”
“The UN has about 20,000 peacekeepers there.”
“The Mountain Road is due to be closed at 1100 BST and the rest of the course 30 minutes later, for the rescheduled races.”
“Two races - the second Supersport race and the sidecar event - were cancelled on Wednesday because of wet roads.”
“The first rescheduled race is now due to start at 1215 BST on Thursday.”
“cleared 13 Taliban bombs by hand in 36 hours before being killed”
“He graduated in 1964 and worked at Ninewells Hospital for around 30 years”
“Knighted in 1997, he was made a peer two years later”
“Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid, 30, who was awarded a posthumous George Cross after being killed by a makeshift bomb last October”
“Lord Patel, 71, who is Chancellor of Dundee University, said he was 'delighted' to receive his honour”
“The council voted 12 to two, with one abstention, in favour of a fourth round of sanctions, including tighter finance curbs and an expanded arms embargo.”
“I gave one of the [world powers] a message that the resolutions you issue are like a used handkerchief which should be thrown in the dustbin. They are not capable of hurting Iranians.”
“They also toughen rules on financial transactions with Iranian banks and increase the number of Iranian individuals and companies that are targeted with asset freezes and travel bans.”
“The deal Iran had earlier agreed with Turkey and Brazil would see Tehran deposit 1,200kg of low-enriched uranium with Turkey in return for reactor fuel.”
“the deal 'would still leave Iran with substantial stocks [of low-enriched uranium], decreasing the confidence-building value of the original proposal'”
“up to 100 youths went on the rampage”
“Two people were detained but later released.”
“The trouble began on Monday after a group of youths in a suburb with a mainly immigrant population were refused entry to a school dance.”
“Fourteen contestants have entered the Big Brother house for the 11th and final series of the Channel 4 show.”
“Don't be sad because over the next 13 weeks we're going to go out with an almighty bang.”
“They only found out they were going into the house when their names were read out live on air. [...] from a shortlist of more than 80 hopefuls who were at the Big Brother studios.”
“It was announced earlier that, after the winner of Big Brother 11 is decided, he or she will be joined by a number of ex-contestants for a further two weeks.”
“Kabuki dates from 1603”
“Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees which was originally performed in 1748”
“In the mid 1800s actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII was even banned from the city of Edo (now Tokyo) for seven years”
“As well as starring in Kabuki plays, 32-year-old Ebizo”
“the London version has been reduced to three acts lasting just two hours”
“I respect people who write plays nowadays but they can never quite match the plays that were written 250 years ago”
“Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees is on until 15 June”
“120 arrests have been made in the past year.”
“There has been three generations of Jacksons living in the Fountain”
“There has been three generations of Jacksons living in the Fountain and we're not about to get up because boys are throwing stones at us.”
“Kalinic, who was born in Croatia, was admitted to a hospital in the Croatian capital Zagreb on Tuesday with gunshot wounds.”
“Ratko Mladic has been on the run from the UN's War Crimes Tribunal since 1995 and faces genocide charges in connection with the 1992-95 Bosnia war.”
“Mrs Mladic was detained on Tuesday and questioned by a local judge, over arms that were recovered at the family's house in 2008.”
“over arms that were recovered at the family's house in 2008.”
“Gen Mladic's arrest is seen as crucial for Serbia's hopes of joining the European Union.”
“Sir Andrew was British Ambassador to Israel from 1992 to 1995”
“Six million Jews were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust during World War II”
“Sir Andrew was British ambassador to Israel from 1992 to 1995 and resigned as chairman of the Anglo-Israel Association in 2005”
“The work was part of a nine-week scheme to renovate and strengthen the Thames Maidenhead Bridge, in Maidenhead.”
“The pavement was replaced with York stone and approved by English Heritage as part of the makeover, over four nights .”
“This work is not affecting traffic on the bridge.”
“The fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran has added a number of companies and an individual to the list of "entities" already under sanction.”
“The 56-year-old faces an international travel ban and his assets will be frozen under the new resolution.”
“He was listed by the European Union in April 2007 as an "entity" linked to Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems.”
“According to announcements in the local Iranian media, the university's faculties have also worked to provide research and expertise in developing weapons, including submarines.”
“According to Iranian exile opposition groups, the university has also been a key player in developing stocks of biological weapons.”
“The university has been included in the new sanctions because it has refused to allow inspectors from the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to interview staff or see documents in its mission to clarify if indee…”
“Analysts have suggested that, as this is the only bank to be placed under sanction that it is not connected to business deals involving those countries.”
“The fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran has added a number of companies and an individual to the list of 'entities' already under sanction.”
“He was listed by the European Union in April 2007 as an 'entity' linked to Iran's development of nuclear weapon delivery systems.”
“He reportedly worked with nuclear scientist Masud Ali-Mohammadi, external, who was killed in a bomb blast in Tehran in January.”
“One of the researchers at the university was Shahram Amiri, the scientist who disappeared last year, the Iranians say.”
“Unnamed US officials quoted in a report by ABC news in March said he defected to the US along with information about its nuclear weapons programme.”
“Row for Heroes pair Nick Dennison and Hamish Reid are 20 miles south of Cape Wrath in the north west Highlands.”
“but it has allowed them to get 10 hours sleep for the first time since setting off.”
“Capt Dennison said until now they had managed two to three hours rest.”
“Hoping to meet their target of completing the row in 45 days”
“they took with them enough food for 60 days”
“They have just passed the half way mark on their journey.”
“The deterioration in the relationship between Turkey and Israel over the past year-or-so is a matter of concern”
“The launch of a passenger ferry service connecting south Wales and Devon has been put off until 2011.”
“Crossings between Swansea and Devon would take about 50 minutes”
“The company said it had conducted successful sea trials of the catamarans that will cross the Severn Estuary.”
“Initially Severn Link had said it hoped to start sailings at Easter.”
“Announcing the launch in said the passenger-only ferries would run all-year round boosting the economies both sides of the Bristol Channel.”
“So, while it is possible that we may be able to run some limited trial services it is with huge regret that we will have to postpone the full launch until next year.”
“Ms Figueres is to assume her post on 8 July”
“Analyses suggest that pledges made in Copenhagen, if implemented fully, would put the Earth on course for 3C or even 4C of warming since pre-industrial times, rather than the 2C that many countries say they want to stay below.”
“[The pledges] are not ambitious enough to protect the most vulnerable of the Earth, and they need to grow”
“Mistakes had been made, she said, at December's Copenhagen summit, which was intended to provide a comprehensive package of measures to combat the causes and impacts of climate change - the conclusion to a commitment made by all government…”
“This meeting ends on Friday, and will be followed by one or two more sets of negotiations before the Cancun summit in November and December.”
“At Bali, we had the mandate to complete our task at Copenhagen," he said. "Unfortunately, we couldn't deliver at Copenhagen; and if we can't deliver at Cancun... it will be unfortunate, it will be tragic, it will be a holocaust.”
“From the public side, there was such a wide gap betwen the expectations at Copenhagen and what it delivered that it was very damaging indeed.”
“the 2012 Paralympics”
“IPC Athletics World Championships in 2011 and then the games in London”
“The controversial bypass for Kingskerswell has been debated for more than 50 years”
