33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 282 of 333.
“Mr van der Sloot was questioned but never charged in the disappearance of Ms Holloway, an American student who went missing in Aruba five years ago this week.”
“The New Lanark site is one of five Unesco World Heritage sites in Scotland.”
“A lightning bolt has struck nine people waiting to see the Old Faithful geyser erupt at Yellowstone National Park in the US state of Wyoming.”
“One of the nine people hurt was taken to hospital in Idaho for treatment.”
“Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash told the Associated Press news agency that the 57-year-old man was to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday evening.”
“Seven others were treated at Old Faithful Clinic for tingling, numbness and shortness of breath.”
“According to Yellowstone National Park, Old Faithful erupts every 35 to 120 minutes for between one-and-a-half and five minutes at a time.”
“He has visited 20 states and 8 countries; given over 65 speeches; launched the George W Bush Presidential Center; participated in 4 policy conferences through The Bush Institute; finished the first draft of his memoir, "Decision Points"; a…”
“Mr Bush's entry into social media comes a month after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged former Cuban President Fidel Castro and Bolivian leader Evo Morales to join him on Twitter.”
“The security forces in Colombia say at least nine people have died in clashes between two left-wing rebel groups.”
“But with a waning number of members, down from its 1999 high of 4,000 to an estimated 1,500, its members are believed to be forging closer links with drug-traffickers to finance their war against the Colombian state.”
“Clashes between the Farc and the ELN have been intensifying since the beginning of the year.”
“The poster campaign was launched in the city on Wednesday”
“more than 30 years ago”
“first authentically aligned stone circle built in Britain in about 3,000 years”
“There are still four stones hidden away on Broomhill in Sighthill Park”
“Two were planned to be due east and west marking the sunrise and sunset at the equinoxes”
“Mr Lunan will be holding an illustrated talk on the Sighthill Stone Circle at the Ogilvie Centre, St Aloysius Church, Rose Street, Glasgow, at 1930 BST on Monday 21 June”
“It was claimed to be the first authentically aligned stone circle built in Britain in about 3,000 years.”
“There are still four stones hidden away on Broomhill in Sighthill Park.”
“Two were planned to be due east and west marking the sunrise and sunset at the equinoxes.”
“Mr. Lunan will be holding an illustrated talk on the Sighthill Stone Circle at the Ogilvie Centre, St Aloysius Church, Rose Street, Glasgow, at 1930 BST on Monday 21 June.”
“The crop was harvested in the drought- and famine-prone Eastern Province”
“heavy rains last year prompted a bumper harvest”
“It is understood that about 10 parents took part in the protest at Gartsherrie Primary School in Coatbridge.”
“The Keswick school bus crash 10 days ago, in which three people died, is still recent and raw.”
“Along with Seascale it is in the shadow of the Sellafield nuclear plant which, with 10,000 staff, is the area's major employer.”
“forensic teams on the ground in 30 different locations”
“the Appleby Horse Fair, the biggest gathering of travellers in Europe.”
“Mr Alston reserves particular criticism for CIA-directed drone attacks, which he said had resulted in the deaths of "many hundreds" of civilians.”
“President Barack Obama has increased the use of Predator drones to attack militants in Pakistan.”
“The drones programme is effective in terms of getting terrorist operatives in places where there's limited reach or where, if you were to do it any other way, the political cost or the human cost would be too high.”
“Lee Rose, 21, died when his friend crashed a van after drinking nine pints of lager.”
“Cardiff Crown Court heard Isherwood was three times over the limit when the van he was driving clipped a kerb at 45mph.”
“He was also banned from driving for 10 years for the crash, which happened at around 0200 GMT on Sunday 16 August last year.”
“But Mr Rose's family are angry that he was able to continue driving for seven months while awaiting trial.”
“It was sealed 97 years ago, in 1913, to mark the creation of a children's home for Craigleith Hospital and Poorhouse.”
“Copies of three different newspapers were then slid inside the bottle, along with a signed diary and a copy of the ceremony's order of service, which included speeches and hymns.”
“More than 1,000 youngsters from 11 schools in Birmingham, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire will watch four mock accidents caused by railway pranks in Off The Rails 2.”
“It takes place in Long Marston, Warwickshire, on 20 and 21 July.”
“Insp Lee Gordon said the start of the holidays saw a rise in offences such as trespassing, stone throwing and objects being placed on the rail line.”
“The first Off The Rails event was held in July 2008”
“when around 400 children witnessed a mock train crash caused as a result of youngsters - played by actors - trespassing on the tracks.”
“There is no anonymity for defendants in Scotland and Northern Ireland.”
“Current indications are that twelve people have died, plus Derrick Bird. And a number of people are also receiving treatment in hospital.”
“The body of Derrick Bird was located in a wooded area near Boot at around 1:40pm today”
“Throughout the day we have been dealing with a very fast paced operation that stretched over three hours”
“The arrest is part of an investigation into three assaults, two on 6 May and one in November.”
“Officers said the arrest followed a call from a member of the public on Tuesday evening.”
“Partner Debbie Glasse, 37, told the BBC: [...] she feared she and twin daughters Abigail and Amber, 20 months, may never see him again.”
“The court heard that the items were seized three days after Mr Moffett, 43, was shot on Shankill Road.”
“the death of two schoolchildren in a coach crash last week”
“Plans to convert Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's former home in Surrey into eight homes are to be considered.”
“The future of Grade-II listed Undershaw at Hindhead will be looked at by Waverley Borough Council on 9 June.”
“The property, now boarded-up and owned by a developer, was built for the creator of Sherlock Holmes in 1897.”
“Waverley Council said two applications submitted by current owners, British Virgin Islands-registered Fossway Ltd, would go before a planning committee next week, one for listed building consent and the other for the actual development.”
“Under the proposals, the main house would be converted into three homes and a second wing would be built to provide five town houses.”
“They have also promised a public pavilion "to allow the interpretation of the links with this site and the famous writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle".”
“The Victorian Society has objected to the plans and said it would prefer Undershaw to remain as a single dwelling, which it said would be less damaging to the historic interest of the building.”
“The council has also received three petitions opposing the plans, one from the campaign group Save Undershaw.”
“The future of the building has been in doubt since 2004 when a hotel which occupied the building closed down.”
“Mr Parsons' funeral will be held in Christchurch on Friday.”
“To be taken from us at the age of just 19 must mean that he is needed to help and do good elsewhere.”
“about a month”
“Kazakhstan is one of the largest countries in the world by area, but has a population of just 15.6 million.”
“A law court has been in the castle for more than 900 years”
“The exhibition is planned for the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta in 2015.”
“Twelve people have been killed and 25 injured after a gunman opened fire in several areas of west Cumbria.”
“The county was already reeling from the deaths of three people when a coach carrying Keswick School pupils crashed with a car on 24 May.”
“The 78-year-old says she is keeping only one letter private, which the actor wrote days before he died, asking her for another chance.”
“The final letter only reached the Oscar-winning actress in California after she returned from his memorial service in 1984.”
“The couple, who divorced twice and were eventually married to different people, met on the set of the film Cleopatra in 1962.”
“Foreign Secretary William Hague has said 37 British nationals, including 11 with dual nationality, were involved. Five have already been deported.”
“Activist Hasan Nowarah, from Glasgow, said he was the first to be sent home because he had injured his leg during the raid.”
“only nine miles (15km) from Pensacola”
“as soon as Friday”
“five sand barriers, or berms”
“on 20 April”
“killing 11 workers”
“two relief wells ... until August”
“The slick, containing thousands of tar balls, is only nine miles (15km) from Pensacola on the Florida "panhandle".”
“Forecasters suggest the oil spill may reach Florida's shores as soon as Friday.”
“The goal is to remove that oil from near shore waters and prevent or minimise any potential impacts on our state, he told reporters.”
“The oil began leaking into the Gulf of Mexico on 20 April when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, leased to BP, exploded, killing 11 workers.”
“Three young drivers have been charged with dangerous driving after they were caught racing at speeds approaching 130mph on a Fife road.”
“Two Kirkcaldy men, aged 21 and 22, and a 24-year-old man from Markinch, were caught on the Thornton bypass on the A92 on Saturday at 2330 BST.”
“A 19-year-old Leslie man was also caught allegedly doing 114mph on the Thornton Bypass on the A92.”
“A young driver who had only passed his test in March 2010 was stopped on Tuesday allegedly driving at more than 100mph on the A92 near Kirkcaldy West Interchange.”
“Of further concern was that 10 young drivers were stopped over the weekend and reported for failing to wear seat belts.”
“Isle of Man Steam Packet vessel Mona's Queen III was sunk by a German mine on 29 May 1940, with the loss of 24 crew.”
“Seventy years on, its anchor was raised in Dunkirk to mark the role of Manx ships in the evacuation.”
“Four were lost - Mona's Queen, the Fenella, the King Orry and the Tynwald.”
“A ceremony marking the 70th anniversary took place in Dunkirk, which the Chief Minister attended.”
“Saudi Arabia has started issuing new marriage contracts that require the age of the bride to be given, in an attempt to stop underage girls from marrying.”
“In February a 12-year-old girl decided to stay married to an 80-year-old man, after initially filing for divorce.”
“A $22,600 (£14,174) dowry had been paid to her father just months before.”
“In 2008, the case of an eight-year-old girl who was married to a 50-year-old man was revealed when the child's mother tried to annul the marriage.”
“The marriage of underage girls has been in the limelight for the past three years”
“A number of lawsuits have also been filed to stop fathers marrying off their underage girls to older men.”
“A recent survey for the charity Barnardo's found that more than half of UK adults have yet to write a Will.”
