33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 297 of 333.
“Studio SP has hip music-lovers lining up every week to enjoy a vast array of music: rock, dub, new Brazilian pop, folk, electronic.”
“Ceu has been praised in US publications such as Spin and Rolling Stone. She has toured extensively abroad, playing in major events such as the North Sea Festival in Holland, and Coachella in the US.”
“Only five years ago, it was mainly gawdy strip joints, transvestite salons and dilapidated buildings. These are all still there, but they have been joined since by dozens of trendy clubs, bars and live venues, making Baixo Augusta Sao Paul…”
“Sao Paulo is one of the coolest cities in the world right now. As it is relatively far from the world's main metropolises, the culture has developed on its own terms, say Laima Leyton and Iggor Cavalera who together deejay and produce elec…”
“Gareth Swift, 19, a hooker at Featherstone Rovers, was killed when the car he was travelling in with team-mate Charlie Tosh crashed in Normanton.”
“Mr Tosh, 19, who plays for the team's reserve side, was seriously injured in the crash.”
“Mr Tosh suffered severe neck and spinal injuries in the crash on 24 April.”
“being severely damaged during the May blitz”
“Women in full-time work in Scotland earn 12% less than male colleagues, a study marking the 40th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act has found.”
“Women's salaries were found to be up to 55% less than those of men in similar full-time positions.”
“The EHRC said full-time female workers earned, on average, £113 a week less than men.”
“The gap widened considerably when comparing the earnings of part-time workers, with women receiving on average 32% less than men.”
“The gap fell by just 2% last year, compared with the previous year.”
“Although it's encouraging that the pay gap between men and women is closing, it is nevertheless very slow progress - 40 years since the Equal Pay Act and women are still paid on average 12% less than men in full-time employment in Scotland.”
“130-minute Bollywood film Kites”
“cut it down to a 90-minute version”
“Rush Hour (1998)”
“opens across the UK on Friday 28 May”
“made his Bollywood debut in 2000”
“Koi... Mil Gaya (2003)”
“Ms Veale grew up in the Midlands and moved to Anglesey five years ago.”
“The Australian government says it will lodge formal proceedings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague next week.”
“Japan, which kills hundreds of whales ever year, says the hunt is carried out for scientific research purposes.”
“There has been a ban on commercial whaling for 25 years, but a Japanese whaling fleet heads to the Southern Ocean each southern summer to harpoon hundreds of whales as part of what it calls lethal research, which is allowed.”
“Australia had tried to negotiate an end to these forays and had given Japan until November to stop this form of whaling.”
“The move comes ahead of a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Morocco next month, where agreement is being sought on a new approach to whaling, which would allow commercial hunting but with strict quotas.”
“Japan is Australia's second biggest trading partner, and Canberra says it hopes the move will not damage their friendly relations.”
“The Japanese fisheries ministry has described the legal action as 'very disappointing'.”
“"We will continue to explain that the scientific whaling that we are conducting is lawful in accordance with article eight of the international convention for the regulation of whaling," said the ministry's deputy press secretary Hidenobu …”
“The Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the two countries have agreed to treat the matter as 'an independent legal arbitration of a disagreement between friends'.”
“There has been a ban on commercial whaling for 25 years, but a Japanese whaling fleet heads to the Southern Ocean each southern summer...”
“The move comes ahead of a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Morocco next month...”
“US President Barack Obama has ordered a tripling of manpower in coastal areas where oil has washed ashore or threatens to within 24 hours.”
“He said 20,000 people had already been deployed to contain and clean up the spill.”
“He said the outcome would not be clear for another 48 hours.”
“He said the new 'top kill' effort - untested before at this depth of 5,000ft (1.5km) - was 'going pretty well according to plan'.”
“New estimates from a panel of US scientists said at least 12,000 barrels (504,000 gallons) were leaking into the gulf every day, making it the worst spill in US history.”
“The thick crude oil has already permeated more than 110km (70 miles) of Louisiana's coastline, threatening fragile wetlands and putting the vital fishing industry at risk.”
“Thousands of barrels of oil have been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico after a Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank last month, killing 11 employees.”
“In a shake-up of the offshore oil industry, Mr Obama on Thursday suspended test drilling on 33 rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as halting exploratory deepwater drilling for another six months.”
“Home to more than 1,000 hours of live music a week, performed to countless thousands of customers, is the London Underground network.”
“the Tube conducts its first round of auditions in two years for its licensed busking scheme.”
“six weeks of auditions that will consider 168 candidates - those already whittled down from more than 400 applications.”
“The busking scheme, which currently supplies about 200 performers to 38 pitches across 25 Tube stations,”
“He enjoyed the audition so much that he took a three-minute song and just kept playing,”
“I probably played a six-minute song there.”
“Talented performers at top pitches in stations like Leicester Square and Canary Wharf can earn a fair amount of money in their two-hour slots, Mr Reffin suggests.”
“London Underground says a number of performers have secured record deals while members of the busking scheme, which launched in 2003.”
“Maybe one of 2010's new buskers will one day find another.”
“In a joint statement, the US and Japan said they had "confirmed the intention to locate the replacement facility at the Camp Schwab Henoko-saki area and adjacent waters".”
“Following a telephone conversation with US President Barack Obama, Mr Hatoyama told reporters the two countries had been able to come to an agreement, reaching his self-imposed deadline of the end of May.”
“The new deal is similar to one reached in 2006 which Mr Hatoyama had vowed to tear up.”
“Stephen Griffiths, 40, is accused of murdering prostitutes Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage, and Susan Rushworth.”
“He will next appear at the crown court via video link on 7 June.”
“who had lived in Barkston Walk, Allerton, and was last seen on 21 May.”
“He is accused of murdering Ms Blamires, 36, between 20 May and 25 May”
“murdering Ms Rushworth, 43, between 22 June, 2009, and 25 May this year”
“body parts found in the River Aire on Tuesday were from Ms Blamires”
“During this appearance, which lasted only 10 minutes”
“Hear more from the researchers on Science in Action on the BBC World Service on Friday 28 May.”
“Britain's Sebastian Faulks, whose Devil May Care was published in 2008 to mark the centenary of Fleming's birth.”
“The Bone Collector, filmed in 1999”
“occurs over a short period of time and finds Bond in three or four exotic locations around the globe”
“Deaver won the Crime Writers' Association's Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for his book Garden of Beasts in 2004”
“since Fleming's death in 1964”
“One day in 1995, after 11 years on the streets, she heard on TV that a relative - and fellow sex worker - had been murdered.”
“Mother-of-one Fiona, 40, who withheld her surname, was drawn into prostitution aged just 15, having left home after a family dispute.”
“There have been many changes since Sutcliffe was caught in 1981.”
“With her organisation reporting more women - particularly young mothers - turning to prostitution for financial reasons, she says the authorities need to respond to that change.”
“The demonstration has been proposed for 19 June.”
“Sales of striped socks have raised about £5,000 to help protect some of Britain's rarest insects.”
“In February, a project involving the trust was named the winner of a £25,000 conservation prize.”
“The project was chosen as the winner in an online vote from a shortlist of six UK initiatives.”
“just 20 minutes after leaving the visitor centre on the 1,344m (4,409ft) ascent.”
“They can be there for up to two years, just sitting around.”
“This weekend - as she does every three months”
“We go up maybe four times a year with work parties.”
“Each person will take down a full bag from the summit - 10 bags in each of the work parties.”
“At one point conservationists estimated that there were more than 1,000 banana skins on the summit.”
“In the summer up to 20,000 people a month come to Fort William to scale the mountain.”
“Lorna Moon, who died in 1930”
“Moon was born Nora Helen Wilson Low in 1886.”
“Four unions are staging 24-hour strike action on Friday and Monday over a pay freeze and changes to overtime.”
“Two previous strikes have closed the Kelvingrove Museum, the Burrell Collection and the People's Palace.”
“Two previous 24-hour strikes in the past month have closed some of the city's most popular attractions.”
“A third day of action on Friday closed all Glasgow's museums.”
“The cities libraries were also closed with the exception of Woodside Library and Cardonald Library.”
“Community centres were also closed with the exception of Barlanark, Tollcross, Shettleston, Govanhill and Darnley.”
“More than 100 people are now known to have been killed in a train crash in eastern India.”
“At least 145 people were injured - many critically - when two trains collided overnight in West Bengal.”
“A railway spokesman said 78 bodies had been recovered, but that more than 30 remained trapped in three carriages that were crushed by the freight train.”
“Officials said rescue workers were still working to free survivors from the wreckage in the Jhargram area of West Midnapore, about 150km (90 miles) west of Calcutta.”
“The incident happened at 0130 local time (2000 GMT) when it was still dark, which meant the driver had failed to see the damaged track, rail officials said.”
“There were 13 carriages - including 10 sleeper coaches and a coach with unreserved seating - on the passenger train, the Times of India reported.”
“Railway spokesman Soumitra Majumdar said five coaches of the passenger train, the Gyaneshwar Express, had been derailed due to missing 'fish plates'.”
“The rebels had called for observance of a 'black week' of protests from Friday to Wednesday in five states - including West Bengal - where they wield considerable influence.”
“He said a 46cm (1.5ft) portion of the train track was missing.”
“Railway spokesman Soumitra Majumdar said five coaches of the passenger train, the Gyaneshwar Express, had been derailed due to missing 'fish plates' - which join rails together.”
“At present, a quarter of FTSE 100 companies have no female board members.”
“Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone said: "Half of all consumers are female but only 12 per cent of FTSE 100 directors are."”
