33,211 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 315 of 333.
“It's not yet at the stage of a discovery or an explanation, but it is a very tantalising hint of what might be.”
“It certainly means that LHCb will be eager to look for the same effect, to confirm whether it exists and if it does, to make a more precise measurement.”
“LHCb was specifically designed to shed light on this central question in particle physics. [...] which is based at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva.”
“Commenting on the latest findings, Dr Tara Shears, a particle physicist at the University of Liverpool who works on LHCb and CDF, said:”
“Brig Sudantha Ranasinghe said about 20 couples were expected to be involved in the ceremony, probably by mid-June.”
“At the end of the war all the couples were separated as the 10,000-odd former rebel fighters were put in camps, or 'rehabilitation centres', for either men or women.”
“The government says that each of its centres houses about 500 former Tigers and aims to pave their way back to society by developing everyday skills.”
“It says a small percentage of those held will be put on trial but that most are being released after one year.”
“died from cancer at the weekend, aged 67.”
“Dio replaced Osbourne as the Black Sabbath singer in 1980.”
“At 11pm, most of us left, leaving Wendy [Ronnie's wife] her privacy to say her last farewell.”
“On Monday, at a gig in Switzerland, Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley led fans in a chant of former Black Sabbath singer Dio's name.”
“Nearly 45,000 people have left tributes to Dio on Facebook.”
“two senior al-Qaeda figures, killed in April.”
“al-Qaeda's number two man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mr Qahtani said.”
“In 2006 a Danish newspaper published 12 cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad”
“hideout used by two senior al-Qaeda figures, killed in April”
“in which top al-Qaeda in Iraq operatives Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi were killed”
“Mr Qahtani arrived in Iraq from Saudi Arabia in 2004 after the US invasion”
“Mr Qahtani arrived in Iraq from Saudi Arabia in 2004”
“In 2006 a Danish newspaper published 12 cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, including one that showed a bomb in his turban.”
“The 55-year-old, who is married to Canadian singer Diana Krall, has released more than 40 albums during his career.”
“Elvis Costello performed at the New Orleans Jazz Festival last month.”
“The musician, who was due to perform later this summer, said:”
“as I'm now 67 and time speeds up”
“Manville - with whom he's worked nine times”
“2004's Vera Drake”
“which he also won for Secrets and Lies in 1996”
“The Palme d'Or will be announced on Sunday”
“We are in agreement with Germany on the need to halt the abusive use of naked short selling”
“Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou has regularly claimed that traders betting on Greek government bonds had added to the woes of his debt-hit country.”
“If policy does not hold sway and we simply let markets and ultimately forces behind markets take the decisions, we will go towards a world of great flux and possible crises, even conflict”
“Two years ago, this delicate bloom went extinct in the wild due to over-exploitation of its habitat.”
“The world's biggest species of waterlily can have pads that grow to around 3m (10ft).”
“By contrast the thermal lily is just a centimetre wide - with tiny satin white flowers with a butter yellow centre.”
“Governments are to meet to set new targets at the UN's convention on biological diversity in Japan in October.”
“A recent study showed that world governments won't meet the internationally-agreed target of significantly curbing the loss of species by this year.”
“Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD) - 2010 Target”
“both the Unite union and the airline's supporters are ratcheting their rhetoric all the way up to 11.”
“BA Heathrow services were badly hit by a seven-day strike in March”
“Google said it was contacting authorities in the 30 countries where it has Street View to determine what must be done with the data.”
“"Google has demonstrated a history of pushing the envelope and then apologising when its overreach is discovered," said John M Simpson, of the group.”
“The Consumer Watchdog said this would be like " getting to pick and pay the referees in a championship basketball game".”
“20% grade - that Iran says it has been producing itself for the Tehran reactor”
“At that time, 1,200kgs of uranium made up the bulk of Iran's stocks.”
“It may now possess more than 2,000kgs of enriched uranium.”
“On Monday, Iran signed a deal with Brazil and Turkey, under which a large part of Iran's stocks of enriched uranium would be shipped to Turkey in exchange for new fuel for a Tehran research reactor.”
“But despite that, on Tuesday US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced agreement among the permanent five members of the security council on a new draft UN Security Council resolution on sanctions.”
“It is not clear whether the 10 non-permanent members of the council will support the draft. They include Brazil and Turkey, who have both said new sanctions are not now necessary.”
“But Mrs Clinton's comments strongly suggest that the hard-won support of China and Russia for the sanctions has withstood the blandishments of Mr Ahmadinejad. At the same time Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while calling on t…”
“Another point made by the ISIS is that the situation has changed since the original deal in October. At that time, 1,200kgs of uranium made up the bulk of Iran's stocks.”
“But since then Iran has been busily enriching. It may now possess more than 2,000kgs of enriched uranium.”
“Meanwhile in New York, US officials are confident they have the votes they need for new sanctions - in other words, they have the support of nine members of the security council, and no vetoes from the permanent members.”
“It has always been assumed that no vote would come forward this month while Lebanon is chairing the Security Council, because of the influential role of Iran's Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.”
“If it does slip to June, then the Americans have to decide whether they feel a vote would be productive in the sensitive days running up to the first anniversary of Mr Ahmadinejad's re-election on 12 June.”
“a mile-long (1.6km) tube”
“from 10% to 19%”
“Italy's civil aviation authority (Enac) said it knew of 178 cases of passengers who did not receive mandatory help, such as food, between 17 and 22 April.”
“The ash cloud paralysed many airports and left an estimated eight million tourists and business travellers stranded.”
“Three aid workers, including a US woman and two Sudanese nationals, have been kidnapped in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, officials say.”
“He said the kidnappers made off with the group's two vehicles, and that they were probably being held for ransom.”
“Last month, four South Africans from the African Union peacekeeping mission were kidnapped in Nyala.”
“In a separate development, a major rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem), has released 44 prisoners.”
“About 300,000 people have died since fighting began in 2003, and some 2.7 million people have fled their homes as a result of the conflict.”
“India uses about 1.4m electronic voting machines in each general election.”
“However, for their system to have any impact they would need to install their microchips on many voting machines, no easy task when 1,368,430 were used in the last general election in 2009.”
“India's Deputy Election Commissioner, Alok Shukla, said even getting hold of machines to tamper with would be very difficult.”
“"Before the elections take place, the machine is set in the presence of the candidates and their representatives. These people are allowed to put their seal on the machine, and nobody can open the machine without breaking the seals."”
“The researchers said the paper and wax seals could be easily faked.”
“But some 10,000 people accused of fighting for the Tamil Tigers are still being detained by the government.”
“The government says it has rehabilitated more than 2,400 former rebels and is in the process of rehabilitating others.”
“More than 10,000 are still in custody. Of these, 1,350 are classified as 'criminals' and the government says they will be 'dealt with according to the law'.”
“He told me he has not had a bath for more than 10 days due to a shortage of water.”
“They used to allow 10 minutes for the meeting. We have to stand across barbed wire fence.”
“Wimal says his 22-year-old daughter was forcibly taken by the LTTE and served in the organisation for about two years.”
“He says two of his other children were killed in shelling.”
“but the patent licensing fees would have cost around $5m (£3.5m) per year”
“the early days of the iPhone, when Apple struck an important deal with Google, the parent company of YouTube. The deal saw YouTube convert all of its content so it was compatible with a specialised iPhone YouTube application.”
“a recent change by Apple to the iPhone and iPad developer's agreement effectively prevented developers from using the technology”
“aimed at protecting two-thirds of Canada's vast forests from unsustainable logging.”
“Over 72 million hectares are included in what will become the world's largest commercial forest conservation deal.”
“The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) brings together FPAC's 21 member companies and nine environment groups.”
“The total protected area is about twice the size of Germany, and equals the area of forest lost globally between 1990 and 2005.”
“This year, seven employees have killed themselves and two have tried.”
“Since 2001, Spain has reported 14 confirmed cases of clerical sex abuse to the Vatican.”
“He has since been charged with three counts of sexual abuse.”
“three other staff members, including Brother Manolo, are now under investigation.”
“We heard about it at the end of April. There were certain accusations, charges of sexual abuse,”
“Three in four Spaniards call themselves Catholic”
“The survey, carried out last month and based on 3,000 parents and 1,000 children across the UK, looked at the perceptions of children and parents of family life.”
“For boys, family was much more of a popular choice - chosen by 73% of boys, compared with 53% of girls.”
“National Family Week runs from 31 May to 6 June.”
“based on 3,000 parents and 1,000 children across the UK”
“chosen by 73% of boys, compared with 53% of girls.”
“only 6% selecting it in their top three things in their lives, compared with 40% of girls.”
“A study of eight to 15-year-olds for National Family Week found 40% of girls identified Facebook as one of the most important things in their lives - compared with 6% of boys.”
“It's time to make more effort, it's time to be more ambitious”
“It is time to be more transparent and it's time to be more inclusive”
“not transparent and not inclusive enough”
“climate change was now "at the top of every political agenda in every country"”
