33,203 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 317 of 333.
“Argentina, which has sometimes matched Brazil despite only having a fifth of its population.”
“It starts on 11 June, with the final match played on 11 July.”
“The consultancy firm has been studying the results of the past 80 years.”
“We have agreed that there will be a transition of detention centres to the Afghan authority (from) January of next year.”
“if Mullah Omar - the Taliban leader and a major US target - were to ask for peace talks then he would offer him protection. The international community would then have two choices, he went on: "Remove me, or leave if they disagree. And bot…”
“Our round-the-clock efforts are focused on how to hatch plots and plant discord among ourselves... by contrast, our properties increase day by day. "To whom do these deluxe and luxurious buildings and houses belong to? They either belong …”
“he struck a similarly complacent note, claiming that the "Western media" had "blown corruption totally out of proportion in Afghanistan".”
“We want our prisoners kept in Afghan prisons. Period. We've told them [the Coalition] that.”
“We can't prevent the Coalition from bombing... our children are dying because of this. This is cruelty of the highest level.”
“His overall verdict: "Mr Karzai's phrasing was very diplomatic indeed - showing the care both sides had put into making sure the visit was a success." President Karzai uses the phrase "peace process" three times in his first answer. ... Mr…”
“BA will seek an injunction in the High Court on Monday, just 24 hours before the first of four five-day walkouts is due to be held.”
“Cabin crew will walk out for four separate five-day strikes in May and June. The first strike is scheduled to begin on 18 May, ending on 22 May, with the three further strikes beginning on 24 May, 30 May and 5 June.”
“Nigeria is the world's 12th-largest oil producer and the eighth-largest oil exporter.”
“Chance's video was recorded at a talent show in Edmond, a suburb of Oklahoma City, on 12 April.”
“Chance said he had been learning piano for three years, but had never received vocal coaching.”
“Asia, the most promising market for aluminium”
“We believe China's aluminium demand can grow nearly 20% this year.”
“Thousands of homeless people live in cardboard and plastic shelters in public parks in Japan.”
“Homeless people have been moved from the park, but dozens of activists have since moved in to oppose the plan.”
“The Football Association announced in January there would be no official England song for the tournament.”
“It is the first time since 1966 that there has been no song to mark the campaign,”
“Producer Horn, who has replaced the terrace chants at the start of the 1996 original with an operatic opening, said the remake 'had to be done'.”
“3 Lions was first released as the anthem for the Euro 96 tournament and topped the charts.”
“It returned to the top spot two years later.”
“Gary Lightbody and Peter Buck were talking to BBC 6 Music reporter Matt Everitt.”
“Hana Tajima Simpson is a fashion designer who converted to Islam five years ago.”
“gets as many as 2,300 visits a day”
“I started two-and-a-half years ago”
“converted to Islam five years ago”
“Transport expert Christian Wolmar, author of the book Down the Tube, told the BBC that the London Underground, with 3.5 million passenger journeys a day, would probably also be able to make annual profits, if it had no need for improvement…”
“However, Mr Gayev stresses that the London Underground is 1.6 times larger than the Moscow one.”
“Moscow Metro system, one of the busiest in the world, celebrates its 75th anniversary on Saturday.”
“With more than 6.5 milllion passenger journeys a day on average in 2009, it still manages to operate like clockwork.”
“There are no zones in the Moscow Metro and a standard single trip would cost you 26 roubles (60 pence),”
“a single trip in central London costs £1.80 if you have an Oyster card, or much more with a paper ticket.”
“There are 270 tube stations in operation in London, while in Moscow there are 180 of them.”
“that is not the case in the Russian capital, as the Moscow Metro carries 60% of all Muscovites who use public transport.”
“The Moscow Metro, opened in 1935, differs from most other underground systems, thanks to the museum-like looks of its stations.”
“The Over The Rainbow host takes over the Saturday morning slot on 2 October.”
“He will leave the radio show in July.”
“Ross, who has been a regular on Radio 2 since 1999, is leaving the BBC after deciding not to renew his contract.”
“I'd like to thank Jonathan for making the Saturday morning slot on Radio 2 such a success over the past 11 years and, during that time, contributing fully to the renaissance of Radio 2.”
“Ross announced in January he planned to quit the BBC once his current contract was up.”
“In 2008, the presenter was suspended for making a series of lewd phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs on Russell Brand's Radio 2 show.”
“Only Men Aloud, winners of the BBC's Last Choir Standing, won with Band of Brothers, beating Alma Mater's Music From The Vatican, featuring the Pope.”
“Only Men Aloud's win saw them beat 14-year-old Faryl Smith, a finalist on Britain's Got Talent in 2008.”
“Teenager Smith also lost out in the young British classical performer category to violinist Jack Liebeck.”
“The soundtrack of the year was awarded to the Oscar-nominated Revolutionary Road by American composer Thomas Newman, while Thomas Ades won composer of the year for the Tempest.”
“Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony hosted by Myleene Klass at London's Royal Albert Hall.”
“The critics' choice award went to Verdi's Messa Da Requiem performed by the Roma Orchestra Dell' Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia.”
“Claudel will share the £10,000 prize money with US translator John Cullen.”
“The Ashmolean received a £15m grant for its renovations”
“The UK's oldest public museum, which reopened last year after a £61m redevelopment, has been shortlisted for the £100,000 Art Fund Prize.”
“The work doubled the size of the gallery space, and created 39 new galleries, an education centre, conservation studios and a rooftop restaurant.”
“The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum relaunched in October 2008 following a £20m redevelopment of the existing building to create an atrium, seven new permanent galleries, a History Centre and other visitor facilities.”
“The Ulster Museum reopened in October 2009 with a landmark retrospective exhibition by world renowned abstract artist, Sean Scully.”
“The winner will be announced on 30 June at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London.”
“The four finalists were whittled down from a longlist of 10, following visits by the judges.”
“even though it's taken 250 years to collect”
“Wedgwood was founded in 1759, but Waterford Wedgwood was created in 1987 when it merged with the well-known Irish brand Waterford Crystal.”
“Both Qatar and Australia have won some high level publicity for their bids in the past six months.”
“Whatever decisions are made between now and December with regards to 2018 and 2022”
“He authorised 50 letters for the boiler rooms between December 2005 and March 2007.”
“The first edition of Junior Apprentice attracted an audience of 4.1m”
“less than half the main show's debut of 8.3m viewers last year”
“The BBC One programme was preceded by Holby City with 4.3m viewers”
“while the News at Ten pulled in 4.5m people”
“Five's screening of Fulham's Europa League final clash, meanwhile, attracted 3.6 million viewers”
“Jordan De Courcy, 16, became the first candidate to be fired by Lord Sugar”
“The programme saw the debut of football executive Karren Brady on the panel alongside Lord Sugar”
“The fault, which left the sound out of sync, was on a special edition disc on sale in the US, UK and parts of Europe.”
“The freephone number is 0800 0852 613.”
“BT operates in 170 countries and says one of its key plans involves investing in its global services business.”
“Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Deutsche Bank, told German television that the success of the Greek austerity measures required "unbelievable efforts" from the Greek people”
“He was more upbeat about Italy and Spain, saying they were "strong enough to service their debt"”
“but said the situation in Portugal was "more difficult"”
“Between April and September 2009, 35,300 UK student visas were issued in India, compared with 20,294 in the same period the previous year.”
“In Nepal, for these months, the number of student visas surged from 369 the previous year to 6,658.”
“There were 351,000 applications for UK student visas in 2008-09 - with 236,000 visa being issued.”
“There are about 200,000 students from India and China alone in the United States - out of a total of about 670,000 overseas students.”
“Reports in the US have claimed that Chinese students have paid thousands of dollars each to agents to get a university place - with the university also paying a fee to the agents.”
“As such, she said, it was vital that the small proportion of dishonest agents were stopped.”
“the Chinese authorities envisage a total of 30 million players by 2020.”
“The 51-year-old director”
“There are 19 movies to be judged this year”
“along with eight other judges”
“The panel of nine met over dinner to become acquainted and to set out their schedule for the next 11 days.”
“Del Toro's film about revolutionary Che Guevara was shown at Cannes in 2008”
“The 16 European states in the eurozone, which include struggling Greece, account for 15% of US exports.”
“The deficit with China rose 2.4% to $16.9bn in March, the highest level since January and the largest trade gap with any country.”
“Born in Edinburgh in August 1967, Mr Gove was adopted when he was four months old by a family in Aberdeen.”
“one billion Suns”
“one galaxy”
“A replacement for Simon Cowell on the American Idol judging panel will not be announced until after the 26 May season finale, according to reports.”
“Bank rate remaining at a record low of 0.5%”
“The Bank rate stood at 6% when overdraft costs were last above 14%.”
“When food was scarce, the team found that the spiders built larger webs to improve their chances of catching prey, but at the expense of the plants.”
“The fieldwork was carried out in wetlands habitats in Florida, where both pink sundews - a small plant with a "rosette" of leaves with a sticky substance at the end to trap prey - and funnel-web-building wolf spiders were found.”
“To support the fieldwork, the researchers also carried out a laboratory experiment involving 40 glass tanks, each containing six sundew plants from soil collected from a nearby bog.”
“The team then equally divided the tanks into five scenarios: spider and high food supply; spider and low food supply; no spider and high food supply; no spider and low food supply, and no spider and no food.”
