33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 301 of 333.
“Running until 6 June, the festival is expected to attract 100,000 people.”
“now in its 23rd year”
“Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2009”
“Staff moral at NI's 26 councils is at "rock bottom" amid uncertainty over amalgamation plans, public service union Nipsa has said”
“South Korea's one-day submarine exercise, taking place off the west coast town of Taean, follows the sighting of South Korean K1 tanks on Tuesday conducting an exercise to prepare for a possible surprise attack by North Korea.”
“An international investigation last week found that the South Korean ship, the Cheonan, was sunk by a torpedo from the North, but this has been denied by Pyongyang.”
“South Korea has meanwhile announced a package of measures, including a halt to most trade. It is also seeking action via the United Nations Security Council.”
“North Korea announced late on Tuesday that it was cutting all ties with the South. It has also banned South Korean ships and planes from its territory.”
“It has said it will close the last road link between North and South if South Korean loudspeaker broadcasts of propaganda across the border resume.”
“She said there was 'overwhelming' evidence that North Korea was to blame, and urged Pyongyang to halt its 'policy of belligerence'.”
“Officials travelling with Mrs Clinton, on her visits to Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul, say they believe that China appears to be moving closer to South Korea's position.”
“Mrs Clinton said on Wednesday.”
“China's new ambassador to Britain has said his country's top priority at present is to avoid a violent conflict between North and South Korea, and guarantee stability in the region.”
“Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun earlier said his country was still evaluating information on the sinking of the Cheonan.”
“At least 158 people died when the Air India Express Boeing crashed.”
“hurricane season officially starts on 1 June.”
“The results of the public consultation are in and the Home Office admits that more than 5,000 of the 7,000 responses were against the scheme.”
“The first cards would be issued in 2008 and Mr Blunkett suggests Parliament could decide in 2011 or 2012 whether to make it compulsory for everybody to own one, although not to carry it.”
“But it is still pressing ahead with the main elements of the ID card scheme - from 2011, British citizens aged 16 over who apply for a passport will automatically be registered on the national identity database.”
“People living in Greater Manchester become the first UK residents able to buy an identity card. The biometric ID card costs £30 and can be used to travel passport-free across the EU.”
“A total of 15,000 cards are in circulation. But the cards will soon be useless as the coalition announces it will scrap the scheme.”
“Some 200,000 cards - known as biometric resident permits - have already been given to migrant workers, foreign students and family members.”
“The ID card system for foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area will remain in place.”
“The ID card system for foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area will remain in place. Some 200,000 cards - known as biometric resident permits - have already been given to migrant workers, foreign students and family membe…”
“Ms Sanclemente won the popular title of Coffee Queen in 2000, but had to return it when it was discovered she was married, in breach of the beauty pageant's rules.”
“The Argentine press, who have dubbed her "Narco Queen", say she moved to Mexico in 2005 where she became romantically involved with a well-known drug trafficker known as The Monster.”
“She is believed to have moved to Argentina in 2009.”
“An arrest warrant was issued for her after a 21-year-old model was found carrying 55kg of cocaine boarding a flight to Cancun.”
“So far we've released four families of animals into the wild here at Knapdale.”
“Three of them have settled really well and have gone on to build lodges to show that they've settled in.”
“three beavers have turned a "fairly small marshy puddle" into a little loch”
“This weekend marks one year since beavers were released into the wild in Scotland for the first time since the 17th century.”
“We're really happy with the way things have gone to date. So far we've released four families of animals into the wild here at Knapdale.”
“She said: 'We have concerns about the beavers long term because we're worried that they will create such a huge impact on the environment.' Mrs Allan added that three beavers have turned a 'fairly small marshy puddle' into a little loch an…”
“Beavers have to cut down trees on a regular basis to eat. They have to eat a huge amount of vegetable matter to keep themselves going...”
“Robert Bradnock interviewed more than 3,700 people in Indian- and Pakistani-administered Kashmir to assess their views on various issues.”
“Nearly half of those interviewed said they wanted independence.”
“It revealed that on average 44% of people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir favoured independence, compared with 43% in Indian-administered Kashmir.”
“Dr Bradnock said that in the Kashmir valley - the mainly Muslim area at the centre of the insurgency - support for independence is between 74% and 95%.”
“But in the predominantly Hindu Jammu division to the south, support is under 1%.”
“80% of Kashmiris on both sides of the LoC say that the dispute is important to them personally”
“Concern over human rights abuses stands at 43% on the Indian side and 19% on the Pakistani side”
“Concern over unemployment is strong across the territory - 66% on the Pakistani side and 87% on the Indian side”
“Few are optimistic over peace talks - only 27% on the Pakistani side and 57% on the Indian side thought they would succeed.”
“The Kashmir insurgency has raged for 20 years”
“The official death toll of civilians in Tivoli and its neighbouring communities at the time of writing is said to be 44”
“In a burnt-out building, they found two charred bodies apparently missed by the security forces in their search”
“if 10% is true then we will have some issues to address from a humanitarian standpoint”
“Residents haven't been allowed out of their homes since the operation began on Monday”
“In a burnt-out building, they found two charred bodies apparently missed by the security forces in their search — an indication that death toll is likely to rise.”
“Residents haven't been allowed out of their homes since the operation began on Monday.”
“documents torture in 111 countries.”
“no-one had been brought to justice,”
“The Obama administration has unveiled a new national security strategy, saying armed conflict should be a last resort when diplomacy is exhausted.”
“It also highlights home-grown terrorism for the first time.”
“We are shifting from mostly direct exercise and application of power to a more sophisticated and difficult mix of indirect power and influence”
“there were 'very serious' disagreements with Brazil and Turkey over how to tackle its controversial nuclear programme”
“The agreement would see Iran trade uranium for ready-enriched reactor fuel.”
“the deal would only serve to buy time for Iran to pursue its nuclear ambitions”
“the new strategy also explicitly recognised the threat posed by 'individuals radicalised here at home'”
“We've seen individuals, including US citizens, armed with their US passport, travel easily to terrorist safe havens and return to America, their deadly plans disrupted by co-ordinated intelligence and law enforcement”
“Domestic terrorism did not feature highly in previous strategies. Bill Clinton did not mention the domestic terrorism issue in his 1998 strategy, despite the Oklahoma City bombing three years earlier, while George W Bush made only passing …”
“Four walkers have been injured in lightning strikes in the Lake District in three separate incidents.”
“The first call came in to Cockermouth Mountain Rescue team just after 1500 BST.”
“It was reported that a man in his 50s had been struck by lightning at Lad Hows, Grasmoor, blown 30 ft (9m) and left unconscious for a short time.”
“Meanwhile, the Keswick Mountain Rescue team received a call about an incident at Crag Hill, near Braithwaite, where lightning had hit the ground between two people, blowing them off their feet.”
“At 1535 BST the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue was called to the third incident at Whiteless Pike in Buttermere.”
“It was reported a woman in her 30s had been struck on the head by lightning and had singed hair.”
“The fossils of Ajkaceratops kozmai were found at a mine by a Hungarian team in summer 2009.”
“And among some 10,000 bones I finally discovered four other specimens that could be related to ceratopsians.”
“The newly found herbivore is a lot smaller than its American and Asian relatives, reaching only about a metre in length.”
“This was the last stage of dinosaurs' evolution before they went extinct. ... during the Late Cretaceous, some 100 to 65 million years ago.”
“Palaeontologists have been working at the site since 2000.”
“This was the last stage of dinosaurs' evolution before they went extinct.”
“Since the conflict in Darfur began in 2003, some 2.7 million people have fled their homes and the UN says about 300,000 more have died.”
“The girl was found suffocated, wedged at the foot of her own bed, nine days after she went missing, and her death declared an accident.”
“Paulette, who had difficulty walking and talking, was reported missing from her family's flat in Huixquilucan, an upmarket suburb of Mexico City, on 22 March.”
“But on Friday, investigators said the girl's death had been accidental. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Mr Babaz said that the investigation had been conducted 'in strict compliance with the law'. Only a week earlier, he had said…”
“The first stage of the project will begin on George Street South in June and is due to be completed by the end of 2010.”
“the improvements will make the street 'more attractive and accessible'”
“Environment Agency Wales opened part of a bed for six days in the Dee Estuary, on the border of north Wales.”
“It is expected the beds will then open as normal on 1 July.”
“The agency is allowing 60 tonnes of the smaller cockles to be harvested from an area measuring 100m x 30m (328ft x 98ft).”
“At the time, the agency said warm weather was responsible for the highest number of deaths, with up to 20% on the densest part of the beds suffering 'post-spawning heat-related stress'.”
“For over two decades he has shown a bold eagerness to take risks, engaging and enthralling audiences,”
“It's fantastic for us, six films in with two more to go, to still be getting this kind of recognition.”
“six films in with two more to go”
“last two movies”
“other two gongs”
“During a BBC investigation an undercover journalist purchased two grams of mephedrone from a dealer for £55 on the university campus.”
“50 miles (80km)”
“at least 7 million gallons (26.5 million litres)”
“Some 600 photographs of charabancs, omnibuses and coaches carrying tourists to Rhyl and other Edwardian beauty spots in north Wales have been sold.”
“Mr Nickels, who worked for Rhyl council's tourist office, died in 2000 at the age of 80.”
“Paul Chandler, 60, and Rachel Chandler, 56, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, were kidnapped while sailing in the Indian Ocean in October.”
“The pair spoke to a Somali journalist at the weekend, ITV News reported, adding that the kidnappers had not benefited financially from the interview.”
“The couple said they had been kept apart for almost 100 days of their captivity.”
“In an interview in March, they said they had been whipped, and Mrs Chandler had been hit with a rifle butt.”
“Then Prime Minister Gordon Brown raised their case when he met Somali President Sharif Ahmed in the UK in March.”
“The review highlighted 15 recommendations to improve services.”
