Новости за 21.01.2016

HENGELO De verbouwing, de herinrichting en het aan elkaar schakelen van de Wilhelminaschool en het naastgelegen Dikkerscomplex in verband met de fusie van Techniekmuseum HEIM en Crea gaat 4,2 miljoen euro kosten.

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William Hernandez, tired and aching, had just finished a 24-hour shift as a coroner examining more than a dozen corpses in the capital of El Salvador, victims of gang warfare that has made the Central American country one of the most violent in the world.

In more than 20 years at the National Forensics Institute, Hernandez has never dealt with so many violent deaths nor seen attacks as vicious in San Salvador, he said.

"There have always been violent deaths, but not like now. Читать дальше...

According to Australian newspaper 'Perth Now', when Faulkner missed a chance to run Kohli out, the Indian vice-captain did not miss an opportunity to ask the Aussie as to why was he "fast asleep".

According to Australian newspaper 'Perth Now', when Faulkner missed a chance to run Kohli out, the Indian vice-captain did not miss an opportunity to ask the Aussie as to why was he "fast asleep".

The three-year-old lioness, Tapasya, which died at the Etawah lion safari on January 9 lost her life after she was bitten by a tick. Brought along with lioness Jessica and a male named Pataodi from Sakkarbaugh zoo in Gujarat to the Etawah safari on December 28, the lioness had developed severe anemia due to the action of protozoa named ‘babesia’ which destroyed the RBCs in the animal.

Reports by The Sun strongly suggests that a major crisis might be imminent in Kogi state due to some political hiccups that threatens the peace of the state. Sources say the All Progressive Congress (APC) governor -elect, Yahaya Bello seems unsettled over who to chose as his deputy ahead of his inauguration scheduled for Wednesday, January […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary - A Budapest court has sentenced a Hungarian man to three years' probation because he publicly denied that the Holocaust happened.

Fair play.

The ranking relied on surveys from 16,248 people from 36 countries in the Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa. Of those, more than 8,000 were 'informed elites'

The on-again, off-again saga concerning who and when questioning of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is apparently off again, according to multiple news reports. Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for more than...

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Why is lobster so expensive?

Can dogs eat grapes?

Why does chicken soup make you feel better?

If you search for your favorite foods on Google, you'll see people have been asking lots of curious questions about their number one meals.

We rounded up some of our favorites and tried to answer the questions that may have stumped Googlers.

Are apples ... good for dogs?

Yes, but skip the seeds.

Can babies ... eat eggs?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's nominee to be the Army's top civilian official is worried about plans to reduce the Army's size to 450,000 active-duty troops. Eric Fanning tells the Senate Armed Services Committee that improving the Army's state of readiness is challenging because of the threat posed by Islamic State militants and other demands. Fanning says he worries about the size of the Army today. The committee is considering Fanning's nomination to the Army secretary shortly after he stepped down as the acting Army secretary.

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs has promised "dramatic steps" would be taken address the diversity woes that have surfaced in an ugly way across this year's Oscar nominees, in which 95.3% of those going for a trophy are white. And while Isaacs has already promised that Academy membership will be consciously expanded to include more people of color, even more measures are being considered to ensure that next year, a batch of nominees more reflective of society at large will be named. READ MORE... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — Al Avila says it was around Christmas that the Detroit Tigers' offseason changed.

DETROIT (AP) — Al Avila says it was around Christmas that the Detroit Tigers' offseason changed.

DETROIT (AP) — Al Avila says it was around Christmas that the Detroit Tigers' offseason changed.

DETROIT (AP) — Al Avila says it was around Christmas that the Detroit Tigers' offseason changed.

DETROIT (AP) — Al Avila says it was around Christmas that the Detroit Tigers' offseason changed.

Bay Area gearing up again for heavy rain, high winds and surf A brief break from the wet weather should come Friday afternoon before another band of rain hits in the evening. The weather service warns that more rainfall on already saturated soils will likely bring debris flows or landslides in steep terrain areas, particularly in the North Bay or Santa Cruz mountains. The combination, Anderson said, could cause a lethal hazard along the coast with water sweeping over previously dry areas people think are safe. Читать дальше...

Continuing its rising streak for the second straight day, gold prices rose by Rs 85 to reach Rs 26,380 per ten grams at the bullion market on Thursday due to demand from jewellers amid weak global cues.

D.C. mayor apologizes for city's response to icy gridlock ahead of heavy snowfall that's predicted to pummel mid-Atlantic region

Worries over a British exit from the European Union weighed on participants at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, with France's prime minister warning that it would be a "tragedy" that could prove an inspiration to populists around the region at a time when many countries are contending with massive numbers of refugees.