33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 269 of 333.
“Nine people died when Israeli commandos stormed the Turkish Mavi Marmara ship on 31 May”
“One of the selling points of plastic lasers is that they're expected to be relatively low cost, as polyfluorene is widely available, added the scientist.”
“15 years after they last recorded together.”
“will be released on 4 October.”
“Williams left Take That in 1995”
“More than 180 marriages, mainly between non-EU nationals and EU nationals, were allegedly carried out at the Rev Alex Brown's church in St Leonards-on-Sea.”
“The case is expected to last up to six weeks.”
“L/Cpl Cochran enlisted in 2006 and had previously served in Northern Ireland and in Iraq.”
“He died along with Cpl Terry Webster, from Chester, in an exchange of fire with insurgent forces in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.”
“who won the award in 1997”
“to mark 15 years of the Orange Prize”
“The six-strong panel of A-level and university undergraduates”
“The Youth Panel award will be presented by the Duchess as part of the 15th birthday celebrations of the Orange Prize”
“First awarded in 1996”
“Ben Osu, 17, set up a Facebook campaign to make Liverpool the host city.”
“She was booed by fans at the Mobo Awards in 2008 after failing to turn up to pick up two prizes.”
“The nominations for 2010 will be announced in September and the ceremony takes place at the Liverpool Echo Arena on 20 October.”
“We are all very excited about celebrating Mobo's 15th birthday in Liverpool and bringing the awards to this vibrant city," said Mobos founder, Kanya King.”
“Pop trio N-Dubz scooped two awards at last year's Mobos, winning best UK act and best album.”
“X-Factor runners-up JLS also picked up a pair of awards for best song and best newcomer.”
“Five of London's buses will run on the same system from later in the year.”
“For the past 18 months Christians have been worshipping in Lawley School in Telford, a town with fewer than one in 100 regular church-goers in 2005.”
“It was officially opened by the Bishop of Shrewsbury Mark Rylands on Sunday.”
“He said there were also plans to establish two more churches in Telford by the autumn.”
“The Glasgow to Oban service left the tracks near the Falls of Cruachan power station by Loch Awe shortly before 2100 BST on Sunday.”
“The 60-year-old from Grangemouth, who has been a train driver since 1992 and has worked on the railways for 30 years, also told how it "was a real team effort" to free passengers from the overturned train.”
“Both carriages caught fire and came to rest over a 15-metre embankment.”
“Mr Hinde, who has worked for ScotRail for almost three years, said: "My initial thought was that it was surreal but we immediately helped all passengers leave the train."”
“Conductor Angus MacColl, 54, of Oban, said he was in the rear coach when the train came to a halt.”
“Steve Montgomery, ScotRail's managing director, paid tribute to the train crew saying: "This incident could have been more serious but for their actions. They did a tremendous job in difficult circumstances are a credit to the company."”
“heard shots at 1033 BST on Wednesday.”
“Bird also wounded 11 others as he drove for 45 miles through the Cumbrian countryside.”
“probably about 10 or 15 yards behind”
“He said 42 armed officers from across the county were ordered to go to the scene within minutes of the first call.”
“A multi-million pound forensic laboratory providing many of the latest crime-fighting technologies has been opened in Dundee.”
“The facilities are spread across five storeys of a purpose-built facility, with the latest technology at the scientists' fingertips.”
“The laboratory will also be home to Scotland's DNA database.”
“A containment cap on a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is now funnelling off 10,000 barrels of oil a day, BP's chief executive Tony Hayward says.”
“Formerly called the Highland Housing Fair, the expo will be held during the whole of August.”
“The city's provost Jimmy Gray said: ... The properties are being built on a site near Milton of Leys in Inverness. ... Formerly called the Highland Housing Fair, the expo will be held during the whole of August.”
“Thirty four cars have been damaged during a 10-hour rampage in Suffolk.”
“This mindless damage has caused a great deal of cost, inconvenience and upset to the owners of these vehicles, some of which were parked on driveways.”
“Several of the windows have small holes in them and officers are considering if a bb gun or air rifle could have caused the damage.”
“the final series should have been a competition between the show's 10 previous champions.”
“The final series of Big Brother launches on Wednesday evening at 2100 BST.”
“The full interview with Craig Phillips and Nick Bateman will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme on Tuesday 8 June from 1915 BST.”
“Brian Laithwaite, 65, from Wigan, and mother-of-two Emma Bramley, 31, from Top Valley in Nottingham, died at Langar Airfield on Friday at 1530 BST.”
“The canopies of the two parachutists became entangled at 3,000ft (914.4m)”
“Miss Bramley was celebrating her 250th jump on the day she died.”
“Mr Laithwaite had 40 years of skydiving experience and had been a parachuting instructor.”
“Lola and Isabella Koupparis were attacked as they slept in their cots at about 2200 BST on Saturday.”
“A vet was called to establish if it was safe to move the animal. It was determined it was not and the fox was humanely killed by the pest controller at approximately 12.15am.”
“In Argentina, there have been more than 240 football-related deaths since 1924, according to Salvemos al Futbol (Let's Save Football), an Argentine non-governmental organisation.”
“The next day, Argentine authorities gave South Africa a list of 800 known hooligans, saying it had "no interest in seeing these people travel to the finals".”
“Up to 3,200 English fans known for disruptive behaviour have had their passports held by authorities to prevent them travelling.”
“the first withdrawal on the two stolen cards was made about two hours after the crash, in the city of Smolensk, where the Polish government plane crashed on 10 April.”
“other withdrawals took place over the next three days.”
“More than 80 people were killed in the 7 April violence that ousted Mr Bakiyev.”
“Terry, of Croydon, his uncle Paul Maddix and Darren Liston beat and stabbed the senior lab technician 15 times when he tried to throw them out.”
“When the victim tried to throw them out they attacked him with up to six of 17 knives found at the scene.”
“Jason Terry, then 15, broke into Tony Fernandes's flat in Croydon last July with his uncle and another man.”
“More than 400 were bought in January as a £1.5m urgent operational requirement.”
“The semi-automatic weapon - the first new infantry combat rifle in more than 20 years - is more accurate over long distances with higher calibre rounds.”
“The new semi-automatic weapon fires a 7.62mm round, larger than the SA80's 5.56mm bullet.”
“I have fired over 1,000 rounds on the rifle in training; accurately hitting targets over 800m (2,625ft) away.”
“Aaron had been celebrating his eighth birthday with a large group of family members.”
“Aaron's brother Josh, 13, who was with him in the water, said:”
“The community on the southern shore of Loch Ness has a population of about 230 people.”
“The event attracted more than 35,000 music fans last year.”
“This summer's RockNess will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.”
“One video posted to the site shows a US Apache helicopter killing up to 12 people - including two Reuters journalists - during an attack in Baghdad in 2007.”
“Two children were also seriously injured in the attack.”
“I have never once turned them in, even when the FBI offered me a deal.”
“At the moment he gave me the information, it was basically a suicide pact.”
“Wikileaks has not confirmed Mr Manning as the source of the video and has said it never collects personal information on sources.”
“It said that it has not been sent 260,000 classified US embassy cables that Mr Manning reportedly leaked to the site.”
“25 people have already signed up to lead them”
“about six more”
“The 2010 Isle of Man Walking Festival will be the busiest since 2006”
“Around 25 walk leaders will be bringing their local knowledge to the festival and while that number is adequate I could ideally do with half a dozen more.”
“The warning was far too late, the Environment Agency knew of the situation and people have been left in a complete mess.”
“It was very difficult for us to predict exactly where it was going to fall and issue the warnings. That said, however, we did manage in these difficult circumstances to get the warnings out within slightly more than half an hour, I think i…”
“The number of children looked after by Scottish councils is more than 15,000”
“The number of children who are looked after by Scottish councils has risen every year since 2001 and currently stands at more than 15,000.”
“In Renfrewshire alone there are about 200, but it changes every day.”
“Carers need to be 21, but there is no upper age limit.”
“Margaret has been fostering for 36 years, and at 72 she has no intention of stopping.”
“Over the years she has looked after 115 children, adopted two more and is the legal guardian to a third, as well as having two of her own.”
“Almost half of all sex offences are committed against children, despite them making up just 21% of the population, the BBC has learned. The 19,250 offences made up 47% of the total in 2008/9”
“There were also 111,000 violent crimes against under 18s, figures obtained via freedom of information requests reveal.”
“A similar survey conducted by the NSPCC in January suggested more than 21,618 sex offences - or 60 a day - had been committed against children in 2008/9.”
“The charity found that one in seven victims were younger than 10”
“while 1,000 cases involved children aged five or under, with some so young they did not understand what had happened to them.”
“The latest figures, obtained by BBC Radio 5 live, suggest youngsters are the victims in 15% of violence cases.”
“However, until last year it only interviewed people aged 16 and older about their experiences of crime. That has now been extended and from this year the figures will include children from 10 years old.”
“I have found that the legislation we have today emulates that of legislation passed in 1938 by Hitler's Germany.”
“Thousands of homes had their water supply cut off - some for more than a week - after there were complications with a repair last month.”
“The firm is meeting with the council at 1500 BST.”
“They tried a leafleting campaign, it failed miserably in my opinion not everybody was in receipt of one of the leaflets, it was just awful.”
“United Utilities has confirmed that affected residents will be compensated, but said a full investigation would be carried out.”
