April 12, 2011
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It Was 50 Years Ago, Today …when mankind left the gravitational confines of our Earth. A poor boy from the steppes, Yuri Gagarin, simultaneously became the first man in space and the first man to leave Earth and orbit it … Continue reading
June 28, 2010
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French Resistance: de Gaulle in London. (This posting originally released on 16 Dec 2007. Reposted and edited because of the subject’s death.) This is a BBC News article on the women of the French Resistance who worked with De Gaulle … Continue reading
March 15, 2010
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Students die in India as bus plunges into river The above headline is awful enough for the people involved, but in reality, it’s subject, a road crash, is common enough in my own country, the UK. What is really bad … Continue reading