33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 271 of 333.
“The Knowledge Emporium will appear in Notting Hill from 19 July to 1 August.”
“Ditch is on at the Old Vic Tunnels until 26 June.”
“They came out and there was an almighty bang and 2,000 people hit the deck.”
“The 687-member parliament - known as the Supreme People's Assembly - usually meets just once a year.”
“The special session of parliament, announced on 18 May, was called to discuss "organisational matters", KCNA said.”
“Three ministers - of light industry, foodstuffs and physical culture - were replaced, and six new vice-premiers appointed.”
“Wales has a higher proportion of older people over 50 than any other country in the UK.”
“Ten fire crews were called to deal with the incident”
“set sail from the Welsh capital early on the afternoon of 15 June, 1910.”
“crowds of around 60,000 joined Scott's widow Lady Kathleen and young son Peter to welcome her back.”
“The ship went laden with with 100 tonnes of coal, 300 tonnes of fuel made from coal dust mixed with bitumen”
“part of a 35lb load of geological specimens”
“just 11 miles from a supply depot in March 1912”
“The display will close on 14 June, marking the date the Terra Nova returned to Bute Dock at the close of the expedition 97 years ago.”
“from 14 July until 10 October 2010”
“left from Cardiff 100 years ago this June”
“Three years later, crowds of around 60,000 joined Scott's widow Lady Kathleen and young son Peter to welcome her back.”
“The exhibition includes a handful of rocks, part of a 35lb load of geological specimens found on a sledge with the bodies of Scott and two of his polar companions.”
“Exhausted, cold and hungry, they died just 11 miles from a supply depot in March 1912”
“It will then be shown at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea from 14 July until 10 October 2010.”
“The five arrived back at Dublin airport on Monday morning”
“Their ship, the Rachel Corrie, was the last vessel in a flotilla which tried to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.”
“It comes a week after nine pro-Palestinian activists died in an Israeli raid on a Turkish ship - the Mavi Marmara - trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.”
“Foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev told the BBC that Israel had had an agreement with the Irish Republic for the Rachel Corrie to go to the Israeli port of Ashdod to be checked”
“some nine million years ago”
“only about 6,000 Sumatran orangutans”
“as few as some 700 mountain gorillas”
“On 17 December two attacks on militant targets were said to have killed more than 30 militants.”
“US President Barack Obama telephoned his Yemeni counterpart, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, to offer his congratulations.”
“Cluster bombs were also apparently used in the attack, which Amnesty described as "grossly irresponsible".”
“The fact that so many of the victims were actually women and children indicates that the attack was in fact grossly irresponsible, particularly given the likely use of cluster munitions.”
“At the end of 2009 Yemen suddenly stepped up its offensive against al-Qaeda militants.”
“A Mexican man has been accused of giving his two children away to cancel a 25,000 peso (£1,300; $1,900) debt, then pretending they had been abducted.”
“He initially claimed they were snatched in a violent street attack in Tepito in Mexico City on 18 May.”
“It's set in 2010 - no deerstalker or pipe in sight.”
“We came tonight a bit hungover to be honest. We had the final of Britain's Got Talent last night - went to bed about 4-ish. Woke up, had a bacon sandwich, put a different black suit on, got in the car and said 'at least we won't win' and t…”
“These techniques were banned by the Geneva Conventions and by a government ruling in 1972 following an investigation into interrogation in Northern Ireland.”
“fire occurrence rates had increased in 59% of areas with reduced deforestation.”
“As deforestation accounts for about 20% of emissions resulting from human activity”
“previous studies showed that fires in the region increased after large-scale droughts in 1998 and 2005.”
“The Glasgow to Oban service derailed shortly before 2100 BST on Sunday, near the Falls of Cruachan power station by Loch Awe.”
“Both carriages caught fire and came to rest over a 15-metre embankment. All 60 passengers were safely rescued.”
“Driver Willie Dickson, a railwayman for 30 years, said: "It was a real team effort after the train came to a halt." The 60-year-old said he had applied emergency brakes on seeing "two huge rocks on the track."”
“It felt like it was a few minutes or so, but it must have been only about 20 seconds," he said.”
“In addition to the line closure, the A85 is closed at the junction with the A819, but there is still access to Loch Awe village. The A85 is also closed at the junction with the A828.”
“The coach could slip further down the embankment on to the roadway," he said.”
“He added: "I stayed at the controls until the train came to rest. I then entered the front carriage and tried to calm passengers down before taking people by the hand and leading them off the train."”
“Insp David McEwan from BTP said that the front coach of the train was "sitting in a precarious position overhanging the roadway". "The coach could slip further down the embankment on to the roadway," he said.”
“died on Saturday at the age of 71.”
“whom he married in 1998.”
“We knew each other for 20 years”
“the 16th Duke of Hamilton.”
“spent two periods in a psychiatric hospital.”
“Born in London in 1938,”
“breaking 47 land speed records and winning more than 60 British national and international land speed and racing titles.”
“The traps will remain in situ for the time being.”
“In 2002, mother Sue Eastwood reported that her baby boy, Louis, was injured when a fox crept into their house in Kent while she slept. The fourteen-week-old suffered bite marks on his head after the animal darted into the sitting room of t…”
“Since the incident pest controllers set fox traps in the back garden of the house. A fox was discovered in one of the traps on Sunday night and was destroyed by a vet.”
“It is the star's third number one album, after 2005's In Between Dreams and 2006's Sleep Through The Static.”
“French DJ David Guetta has also scored a new entry at the top of the singles chart, with the rowdy dance anthem Gettin' Over You.”
“The song narrowly missed out on the top 40 last week, when it landed at 41.”
“Guetta displaced last week's number one, Dizzee Rascal's Dirtee Disco, which dropped to number four.”
“Rapper B.O.B. - also known as Bobby Ray - held firm at number two with Nothin' On You, and also scored a new entry at 23 with Airplanes.”
“Other new hits came from Miley Cyrus, whose first post-Disney release, Can't Be Tamed, debuted at 13.”
“Last week's Eurovision winner, Lena, also scored a new entry at 30 with her single, Satellite.”
“The UK's entrant, Josh Dubovie, has failed to make the chart after coming last in the competition.”
“Miller himself entered the charts at 12 with a greatest hits compilation”
“Mr MacKenzie entered 35 tweets into the competition because it "was hard to choose one as when I come up with a good one, I'm proud of them".”
“The Chickerell Road junction and the mini-roundabout on Rodwell Road will also be altered during the first phase of works, the council said.”
“The council is also working to improve Weymouth's bus stops and is constructing three new cycleways and completing "an accelerated road maintenance schedule" in the borough.”
“Lorraine Head, 46, known as George to friends, was found at the bottom of the stairs at her house in Rogate, Chichester, on Friday at 2130 BST.”
“Ms Head is believed to have died in the three-hour period before her body was discovered at her cottage in King's Head Mews.”
“One estimate made by an organisation called Trade Hub, says a journey that would take five days in the US - say between Chicago and Newark - would take two to three weeks in West Africa, and cost $4,800 compared with $650 in the US. This i…”
“One journey which did have between 15-20 road blocks has been reduced to four or five.”
“I watched a taxi driver load 50 sacks of rice into his creaking old black and orange cab at the border between Ivory Coast and Ghana.”
“The group did not specify why they were pulling out of the show, which was due to take place in Tel Aviv on 9 June.”
“Last month, Elvis Costello pulled out of two gigs in Israel...”
“The band, whose albums include Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, were due to be headliners at the Pic.Nic festival.”
“Other acts - including UK band Gorillaz Sound System - have also withdrawn from the event.”
“Concert promoter Shuki Weiss, who has been responsible for bringing artists such as Madonna to Israel, is the driving force behind the Pic.Nic festival.”
“Tornadoes and thunderstorms have killed at least seven people in the US state of Ohio, officials say.”
“At least 50 houses were destroyed and many more damaged in north-western Ohio, local firefighter chief Todd Walters told AP news agency.”
“Several people were taken to hospitals as the storm left an eight-mile (13km) path of destruction, hitting Lake Township particularly hard.”
“and 30 buildings had "major structural damage".”
“Some buses were thrown across the school car park, Superintendent Jim Witt said.”
“Streator Mayor Jimmie Lansford told a news conference that 17 people had been taken to a local hospital for treatment - and 30 buildings had "major structural damage".”
“US justice officials say state and federal law enforcement agents have been investigating Mr Alessa, of North Bergen, New Jersey, and Mr Almonte, of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, since 2006.”
“Al-Shabab was designated a terrorist group by the US in 2008.”
“The pair face charges of conspiring to kill, maim, and kidnap persons outside the United States by joining al-Shabab, a militant group based in Somalia and linked to al-Qaeda.”
“The two men are alleged to have planned their trip to Somalia for several months, saving thousands of dollars, practicing for combat at paintball facilities and using virtual-reality games, and acquiring equipment and clothing they could u…”
“This apparently refers to an alleged comment by Mr Alessa, who reportedly said: 'We'll start doing killing here, if I can't do it over there.'”
“The government of Somalia has welcomed the arrests, with a spokesman for the ministry of information telling AP: 'Foreign terrorists here are an obstacle to lasting peace in Somalia. So we welcome the move and we are calling on all governm…”
“The arrests follow two failed attacks in the US in recent months: an attempted car bombing in Times Square last month and the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner.”
“The work has been completed in the Glenfield, Kirby Muxloe, Groby, Ratby, Desford, Bagworth and Thornton, Peckleton, Newbold Verdon and Cadeby areas.”
“Up to 40 firefighters have tackled a large blaze at a vehicle recycling plant in Belfast's docks area.”
“The fire at Clearway's premises began at 2100 BST on Saturday night and took six hours to extinguish.”
“500 tonnes of shredded rubber and plastic were alight.”
“Five fire engines, a command unit, high reach appliance and high-volume pumping unit were used to fight this large fire.”
“We had to put two fire breaks in place that stopped the fire spreading to a warehouse and their multi-million pound machinery operation.”
“It produced large plumes of thick, black acrid smoke which spread to the Titanic Quarter area and the Odyssey area.”
