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301 | en | New York boasts the largest number of billionaires, with 40 residing in the Big Apple. The world's youngest billionaire is 22-year-old Hind Hariri, daughter of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. | The number of billionaires increases. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
302 | en | Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, an event that wouldn't have been possible without the Liberty ships. The volunteers hope to raise enough money to sail the O'Brien to France for the big D-Day celebration. | 50th Anniversary of Normandy Landings lasts a year. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
303 | en | Nicholas Burns stated in an exclusive interview for "Utrinski Vesnik" from Pristina that it would be disgraceful if Athens puts a veto on Macedonia's application for membership in the European Union and NATO. | Greece and Macedonia are in dispute over name. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
304 | en | Nick Leeson was jailed for fraud following the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995. He had run up losses of 850m on the Far East stock markets. | Nick Leeson was arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
305 | en | Northwest Strikes: If Northwest flight attendants go on strike on the 15th, what does that mean for travelers? I have a trip booked on the 24th. Will NW rebook us with other airlines? | Italian flight assistants go on strike. | 2 | NO | IR | short |
306 | en | Oh Eun-sun was the first Korean woman to climb Mt. Everest solo. For all the hardships she must have endured, she merely says that she was lucky. She now reminisces about the days she spent in that mountain. | A woman succeeds in climbing Everest solo. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
307 | en | On 24 March 1992, the number 3 power generating unit at the Leningrad Atomic Power Station in Sosnovyi Bor underwent an emergency shutdown. The plant suffered a steam leak, which spewed a total of some 3 thousand curies into the atmosphere. | Nuclear Power Plant of Sosnovyi Bor suffers an emergency shut down. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
308 | en | ON 29 June the Dutch right-wing coalition government collapsed. It was made up of the Christian-democrats (CDA) led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the right wing liberal party (VVD) and the so-called 'left-liberal' D66. | Three parties form a Dutch coalition government. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
309 | en | On February 1, 1990, during a spacewalk, Alexander Serebrov dons an experimental flying armchair that had been delivered to Mir with Kvant 2. Unlike U.S. astronauts, who flew untethered flights with a similar device, the Soviet cosmonaut remains attached to the station with a safety tether, since there is no space shuttle to pick him up in case of an emergency. | US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
310 | en | On July 12 Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio asks Pedro Santana Lopes to form a government. The new government is sworn in on July 17 and includes António Monteiro as foreign minister, Daniel Sanches as interior minister, and António Bago Flix as finance minister; Paulo Portas remains defense minister. | New Portuguese prime minister is elected. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
311 | en | On June 29, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis made history when it docked with the Russian Mir space station, as shown in this photograph. | US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
312 | en | Oscar-winning director Franco Zeffirelli has been awarded an honorary knighthood for his "valuable services to British performing arts". | Italian director is awarded an honorary Oscar. | 2 | NO | IR | short |
313 | en | Over a course of days, the bank went from apparent strength to bankruptcy. Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank. It had financed the Napoleonic wars, the Louisiana purchase, and the Erie Canal. Barings was the Queen's bank. | Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
314 | en | People who are deaf or have hearing impairments, those who are blind or have vision impairments, and those with mobility impairments may face unique challenges in an emergency. Their ability to detect a fire or escape its effects may be hindered by their impairments. As a result, people with these impairments are at a greater risk of death or injury due to fire. | Deaf people encounter problems in the social community. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
315 | en | Political parties in PNG lack ideological conviction and rely almost exclusively on patronage politics, personalism, and regional bases. Several parties have emerged in Papua New Guinean politics. In the House of Assembly elected in 1973, the Pangu Pati, headed by Michael Somare, formed a coalition government with the People's Progress Party, and Somare became prime minister. | Several new political parties emerged. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
316 | en | President Chirac has been advised that his resumption of nuclear testing would precipitate an international boycott of French products. | International pressure is exerted to end French nuclear tests. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
317 | en | President Fujimori was first elected in 1990, and then re-elected in 1995 under a new constitution. | President Fujimori was re-elected in 1995. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
318 | en | President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to track down the killers of Anna Politkovskaya, while her colleagues at Novaya Gazeta pledged to continue her work despite dangers. | Anna Politkovskaya was murdered. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
319 | en | Prime Minister Jos Manuel Duro Barroso resigns. He is to assume the presidency of the European Commission later in the year (the European Parliament approves him on July 22). | New Portuguese prime minister is elected. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
320 | en | Rabies is a viral disease of mammals and is transmitted primarily through bites. Annually, 7,000 to 8,000 rabid animals are detected in the United States, with more than 90 percent of the cases in wild animals. | Rabies is fatal in humans. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
321 | en | Rabies virus infects the central nervous system, causing encephalopathy and ultimately death. Early symptoms of rabies in humans are nonspecific, consisting of fever, headache, and general malaise. | Rabies is fatal in humans. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
322 | en | Research workers of the German archaeological institute have discovered a mummy in permafrost at excavation work in Mongolia of approximately 2,500 years old. | Altai ice maiden triggers major dispute. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
323 | en | Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Silva is quite simply one of the greatest strikers in the history of world football, capable of leaving an entire team for dead with his darting runs and dribbling ability, voted FIFA World Player of the Year on three occasions and already a double FIFA World Cup winner. | FIFA selects world football player of the year 1994. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
324 | en | Russia doesn't excel in auto manufacturing, but it is tops in other areas. The country's great wealth in oil, natural gas, and metals, in addition to generating revenue for the government, is creating a new middle class that craves European, Japanese and American cars. | European cars sell in Russia. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
325 | en | Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov set the record for the longest continuous amount of time spent in space, a staggering 438 days, between 1994 and 1995. | Russians hold record for longest stay in space. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
326 | en | Seal hunting has been a tradition in Norway for thousands of years, but has dwindled recently with only about half the annual 1,200 quota being killed each year. | Seal-hunting endangers species. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
327 | en | Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Nane Annan are greeted by President Fidel Castro upon their arrival at Jose Marti Airport in Havana on April 10. | Castro visits the UN. | 2 | NO | IR | short |
328 | en | September 26 - Trial against former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, accused of Mafia connections, begins. | Andreotti collaborates with the Mafia. | 2 | NO | IR | short |
329 | en | September 26 - Trial against former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, accused of Mafia connections, begins. | Andreotti is accused of Mafia collusion. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
330 | en | Sida does not take any new decisions on support to projects in the Baltic states. | Baltic Countries join the EU. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
331 | en | Speaking about the papal visit, Castro also said the government had agreed to make available half of its transport to ensure people can attend masses the pope will celebrate in the cities of Havana, Santa Clara, Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba. Cuban church authorities have been concerned there will not be enough transport. | Papal travel is affected by political concerns. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
332 | en | Stony Brook, NY (1/10/02)- The discovery of paleolithic art in a cave in South Africa is causing researchers to consider an older and less Euro-centric view of the origins of what is considered 'modern behavior'. | Prehistoric art discovered in South Africa. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
333 | en | Strong support was given to water conservation, recycling and demand reduction options, while storage augmentation (dam building) was rejected on the grounds that there would not be sufficient water to fill any new dams. | Dam building prevents life-threatening situations. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
334 | en | Thanks to the thirty Heads who responded to my question about maternity leave. Clearly, the amount of maternity leave offered to teachers at international schools varies greatly from school to school. | Maternity leave varies in Europe. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
335 | en | The accident in the Ukrainian nuclear power plant at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986 brought along great harm for many people. There were immediate damages and consequential burdens for human beings, the environment and the economy over long distances. | Nuclear Power Plant of Sosnovyi Bor suffers an emergency shut down. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
336 | en | The agreement also stated a period of transition for the Baltic countries to last until December 31, 1999. This was a much shorter period than that which was assigned to the Central European countries (their transition periods were declared to be 10 years). Estonia declined the transition period, Latvia received a transition period of four years, and Lithuania received a transition period of six years. | Baltic Countries join the EU. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
337 | en | The British tabloids portrayed Nicholas Leeson as a working-class villain who single-handedly brought down Barings PLC, a 233-year-old London merchant bank that helped finance the Napoleonic wars. | Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
338 | en | The chain of events which led to the collapse of Barings, Britain's oldest merchant bank, is a demonstration of how not to manage a derivatives operation. | Barings was Britain's oldest merchant bank. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
339 | en | The conference found that many Australians experience discrimination through the Governmental, penal, legal and health care systems because of their mental health, race, skin colour, sexuality, sexual formation or refugee status. | Mental health problems increase in the young. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
340 | en | The Dayton Peace Accords for Bosnia and Herzegovina was the first major peace agreement adopted after the Beijing conference, in December 1995. | The Dayton Peace Treaty was formulated to end the war in Bosnia. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
341 | en | The discovery is based on velocity measurements of a whirlpool of hot gas orbiting the black hole. | Hubble discovers black holes. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
342 | en | The discovery of the body of a warrior - thought to have died in battle more than 2,000 years ago - could help archaeologists to pinpoint the site of an ancient holy site. The young warrior, aged about 30, with his spear, a sword, his belt and scabbard, stunned archaeologists who found his stone coffin. | Altai ice maiden triggers major dispute. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
343 | en | The Ebro Delta (delta de l'Ebro) is the largest humid zone in Catalonia. It is the second most important natural aquatic habitat in Spain after the Doana National Park. The Delta is of international importance for its plant species and its fauna. | The Ebro Delta is used for farming. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
344 | en | The ecological problems stem in large part from the fact that the brackish water and productive coastal wetlands and natural areas are often supplied with nutrient-rich irrigation return water, sometimes from rice farming. The Ebro Delta and its wetlands suffer similar water quality problems since they lie around the fringes of the large Delta farm region. | The Ebro Delta is used for farming. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
345 | en | The eighth Paralympic Winter Games are set to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah. For only the second time the Games are being held outside Europe, following the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan. And for the first time ever, there is just one combined organising committee for both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Just 10 days after the Winter Olympics concludes, the Paralympics will begin in the same venue. | The 2002 Olympic Winter games took place in Salt Lake. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
346 | en | The first dinosaur remains in south-east Asia were found in Laos as early as 1936, but little else eventuated until the 1980s. Much of the area is heavily vegetated, and although difficult to explore, promises many significant finds in the future. Thailand has provided the best finds, particularly from the Khorat Group, which covers the period from the late Triassic to the early Cretaceous . | Dinosaur remains were found in Asia. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
347 | en | The first half of 1997 has been a year of considerable progress for East Timor in the international arena. In April, a majority of members of the UN Commission on Human Rights voted in support of a strong resolution on East Timor, criticising the Indonesian government for its lack of progress on human rights in East Timor and calling for concrete steps to be taken to address the continuing violations. | Guerrillas increase activity in East Timor. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
348 | en | The floods were exceptional since they affected an extensive area across Europe from the UK to Spain and as far east as the Black Sea coast. Economic losses amounted to EUR 9.2 bn in Germany, EUR 2.9 bn in Austria and EUR 2.3 bn in the Czech Republic. Total economic damage exceeds EUR 15 bn. | Flooding in Europe causes major economic losses. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
349 | en | The ghost shirt was then donated to the Glasgow Museum in 1892 by an Indian interpreter and has remained a visitor attraction for 100 years. It became the subject of an ownership wrangle when descendants of the Sioux tribe petitioned for its return in 1995. The Wounded Knee Survivors Association including a Lakota elder had it returned to the tribe. | A Sioux ghost shirt was returned by a Scottish museum. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
350 | en | The golden jewellery, found in an intact Royal Macedonian tomb in 1977, is exquisite. It is now the prize exhibit in the archaeological museum in Thessaloniki and the label says that it came from the tomb of Philip II, Alexander the Great's father. | Alexander the Great's Tomb remains undiscovered. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
351 | en | The group, along with a broad coalition of disarmament, environmental, peace, and religious organizations, expects the boycott to put pressure on French companies to exert their economic influence and encourage Chirac to end all nuclear weapons testing. | International pressure is exerted to end French nuclear tests. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
352 | en | The increased amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the primary causes of the human-induced component of global warming. | Greenhouse effect changes global climate. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
353 | en | The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. raised $19.07 billion Friday after pricing its initial public offering at HK$3.07 (39 cents), the top end of its indicative price range, to become the world's biggest ever IPO. | The merger of Japanese Banks creates the world's biggest bank. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
354 | en | The International Olympic Committee has leapt to the defence of the drug-testing lab at the centre of the Merlene Ottey doping case. Athletics' governing body, the IAAF, last week cleared Ottey of accusations of steroid use and lifted a two-year ban after their arbitration panel said the IOC-accredited lab in Lausanne improperly tested Ottey's urine sample. | Sportswomen have been accused of doping. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
355 | en | The investigation came about following the collapse of Barings Bank, when one of its traders based in Singapore, Nick Leeson, amassed losses of the order of 600-700 million without the bank being aware of it. | Nick Leeson was arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
356 | en | The Italian air transport sector features many typical causes of industrial conflict, including: the troubled economic situation of Alitalia, Italy's flagship airline (IT0404304F); a set of specific factors concerning services delivery; and a marked fragmentation of trade union representation. | Italian flight assistants go on strike. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
357 | en | The Italian parliament may approve a draft law allowing descendants of the exiled royal family to return home. The family was banished after the Second World War because of the King's collusion with the fascist regime, but moves were introduced this year to allow their return. | Italian royal family returns home. | 2 | NO | IR | short |
358 | en | The liner notes to the CD surmise that Farrakhan is the author of three selections, "Is She Is, or Is She Ain't", "Don't Touch Me Nylon," and "Female Boxer" and that is quite possible. The most interesting is the first of these three, a topical number on Christie Jorgensen, the subject of a series of sex change operations. While such transexual operations have since become more common, this was the first to receive high publicity. | Sex-change operations become more common. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
359 | en | The Longest Day ever lengthens. The 25th anniversary celebration of the first Normandy landing lasted three days; the 50th will spread out over a year. | 50th Anniversary of Normandy Landings lasts a year. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
360 | en | The longest mission which the Russian Salyuts supported was 63 days. The second generation Salyuts would fly missions much longer and would need to be resupplied from time to time. | Russians hold record for longest stay in space. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
361 | en | The longest mission which these Salyuts supported was 63 days. The second generation Salyuts would fly missions much longer and would need to be resupplied from time to time; therefore, a supply ferry was mandatory to maintain a fully operational Salyut for two years with 40,000 pounds of fuel, food, clothing and water. | Russians hold record for longest stay in space. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
362 | en | The magazine said the number of billionaires worldwide increased by 102 people in 2006 to 793, a record number, largely due to bullish global stock markets. Their total net worth jumped 18 percent to $2.6 trillion. | The number of billionaires increases. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
363 | en | The main institutionalised forms of recognition for those who have made a significant contribution in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, as well as for those working for peace (and more recently in the area of economics), are the Nobel prizes. | Nobel Peace Prize candidates have been chosen. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
364 | en | The most recent figures from UNAids show a continent divided in two. In north Africa, up to 0.5% of the population has been infected with HIV. In sub-Saharan Africa, that figure is 8.8% but rising to almost 40% in some countries. In four countries - Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe - at least one in three of the population is HIV positive. | AIDS spreads in Africa. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
365 | en | The mystery of Alexander the Great's tomb still has not unraveled, and locating the burial of Alexander seems to have become an impossible mission for archaeologists. | Alexander the Great's Tomb remains undiscovered. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
366 | en | The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible for the selection of the candidates and the choice of Prize Winners for the Peace Prize. The Committee is composed of five members appointed by the Storting (Norwegian parliament). The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway and not in Stockholm, Sweden like the other Nobel Prizes. | Nobel Peace Prize candidates have been chosen. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
367 | en | The optimal style of dam building is specific to the particular macroproject, the nature of the geophysical worksite (Anon., 2005) as well as social uncertainty, the undertaking management organizations experience, the operational complexities of many kinds of construction machinery and worker nationalities, the macroprojects situational geography and the logistics of its required compositional materials. | Dam building prevents life-threatening situations. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
368 | en | The original spelling reform of 1996, which was meant to harmonize the spelling rules across the German-speaking countries, turned out to be a major embarrassment if not outright failure. | A spelling reform was approved in all German speaking countries. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
369 | en | The papers presented show that all European countries are experiencing rapidly aging populations that will cause sharp increases in the cost of retirement income over the next several decades. | National pension systems currently adopted in Europe are in difficulties. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
370 | en | The party system increased in importance during the Second Republic. Large, strong parties were fostered under the d'Hondt method of proportional representation, and parties soon began to receive state subsidies. | Several new political parties emerged. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
371 | en | The policy focused on coca eradication from the territories of Peru and Bolivia. During the years of 1996 and 2000, much of the resources of "Andean Initiative" where utilized in intense aerial fumigation in coca producing areas. | Peru debates border region with Ecuador. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
372 | en | The presidents of Ecuador and Peru say they have agreed to work together to try to find a peaceful solution to their long-running border dispute. | Peru debates border region with Ecuador. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
373 | en | The royal tombs at Vergina were identified as the ancient capital of Aigai in the 1930s. A royal tomb identified as possibly Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander the Great's father, was found in 1977 by Manolis Andronikos. | Alexander the Great's Tomb remains undiscovered. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
374 | en | The Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics will take place from February 8th to February 24th 2002. The Paralympics will take place in Salt Lake City from March 7th to March 16th 2002. | 2002 Olympic Winter games take place in Salt Lake. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
375 | en | The Sioux Ghost Shirt was a feature of Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum for more than 100 years before being repatriated to its land of origin. | A Sioux ghost shirt was returned by a Scottish museum. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
376 | en | The son of Italy's last king returned to his homeland Monday, ending more than a half-century of exile. Victor Emmanuel and his family landed at a military airport in Rome in a private plane and headed immediately for an audience with Pope John Paul II. | Italian royal family returns home. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
377 | en | The spread of AIDS in Africa is driven not by unsafe sex but by unsafe medical practice, according to research published last week. | AIDS spreads in Africa. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
378 | en | The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, its lights flashing like a beacon, smoothly docked with Russia's space station Mir Wednesday on its mission to pick up U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid, who has spent a record-breaking six months in orbit. | US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
379 | en | The world's fast-growing thirst for water can only be met by purifying sea water as rivers and reservoirs become unable to meet demand, Spain said last week unveiling a major program to fight its own chronic shortages. | The Ebro Delta is used for farming. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
380 | en | Then China rolled out the fake Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, a teenager chosen as the reincarnation of a major lama by the atheist Communist leaders and trained since childhood to spout nationalist slogans while wearing robes. Newspapers reporting on the debacle generally tried to present both sides, but it seems fair to say there's really only one side to this sham and that pretty much nobody in the Tibetan community accepts Norbu as the real Panchen Lama. The Dalai Lama's choice for Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, has been in secret Chinese custody since 1995. | Dalai Lama and the government of the People's Republic of China are in dispute over Panchen Lama's reincarnation. | 0 | YES | IR | long |
381 | en | There are four identified subtypes of Ebola virus. Three of the four have caused disease in humans: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, and Ebola-Ivory Coast. The fourth, Ebola-Reston, has caused disease in non-human primates, but not in humans. | The Ebola epidemic breaks out in Zaire. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
382 | en | There are many motives for suicide attacks: religious beliefs, nationalistic ideologies, obedience to charismatic and authoritarian leaders, or desire for political change. The modus operandi may vary, whether to use one or several suicide bombers, whether to use men or women. | People were killed in Tamil suicide attacks. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
383 | en | This coalition took seven months to form, the longest deadlock in Dutch history. It occurred only after negotiations between the CDA and the PvdA failed, first over tax issues, then over the issue of abortion. | Three parties form a Dutch coalition government. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
384 | en | This course helps students pursuing an AOS or AAS degree, gain an understanding of the experiences of Black people from hearing and deaf communities in America. | Deaf people encounter problems in the social community. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
385 | en | This is a kind of homework from last year's Halifax Summit. Discussions have taken place on how to rationalize and coordinate the various activities of the international organizations. | Financial reforms have been proposed at the G7 summit in Halifax. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
386 | en | Three leading Japanese banks have announced an alliance forming the world's largest financial group. Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo and the Industrial Bank of Japan say their operations will be integrated by the spring of 2002. | Merger of Japanese Banks creates the world's biggest bank. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
387 | en | Thus, China's President repeatedly sent letters and envoys to the Dalai Lama and to the Tibetan Government asking that Tibet "join" the Republic of China. | Dalai Lama and the government of the People's Republic of China are in dispute over Panchen Lama's reincarnation. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
388 | en | Two of Japan's biggest financial institutions on Friday announced plans to merge and create the world's largest bank, underscoring growing sentiments that the country's long troubled banking system has significantly improved. | The merger of Japanese Banks creates the world's biggest bank. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
389 | en | Typhoon Chanchu, packing winds up to 170 kph (106 mph) and the strongest typhoon on record to enter the South China Sea in May, made landfall between the cities of Shantou and Xiamen and was advancing northeast, the Hong Kong Observatory said. | A typhoon batters the Philippines. | 2 | NO | IR | short |
390 | en | Typhoon Xangsane lashed the Philippine capital on Thursday, grounding flights, halting vessels and closing schools and markets after triggering fatal flash floods in the centre of the country. | A typhoon batters the Philippines. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
391 | en | Typhoon Xangsane was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved inland from the central Vietnam coast, where it killed two people, injured at least 80 others and damaged hundreds of homes, officials and state-controlled media reported. | A typhoon batters the Philippines. | 2 | NO | IR | short |
392 | en | U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew concluded their pursuit of the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday and docked with the orbital outpost at 12:05 EDT (1605 GMT). | US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station. | 2 | NO | IR | short |
393 | en | UFJ Holdings Inc. said it wants to merge with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc., a combination that would surpass Citigroup Inc. as the world's biggest bank and accelerate Japan's attempts to clean up bad loans. | The merger of Japanese Banks creates the world's biggest bank. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
394 | en | Unlike seal hunting in Canada, where pups are hunted for fur, poachers in China catch seals primarily to sell to zoos or to use the genital organs for traditional Chinese medicine. | Seal-hunting endangers species. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
395 | en | We present a novel approach to enhance avalanche companion rescue using wearable sensing technologies. The time to find and extricate victims is most crucial: once buried by an avalanche, survival chances drop dramatically already after the first 15 minutes. | Robots are used to find avalanche victims. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
396 | en | While the Baltic countries are set to join the European Union soon, their economies are already in good shape. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania boast the fastest economic growth in the entire Baltic Sea region, for example. | The Baltic Countries will join the EU. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
397 | en | With the publication of Sophie's World in 1991, Gaarder gained international fame. Sophie's World spent three years as the best selling book in Norway. His first book to be translated into English, Sophie's World was also the top-selling book in Germany, France, and Great Britain. | Sophie's World is a best seller. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
398 | en | Without a natural greenhouse effect, the temperature of the Earth would be about zero degrees F (-18C) instead of its present 57F (14C). | Greenhouse effect changes global climate. | 0 | YES | IR | short |
399 | en | Worldwide, child labor is most prevalent in the agricultural sector, where children are widely used as day laborers. Working long hours, children working in agriculture are often exposed to harmful pesticides, dangerous machinery, backbreaking loads, and many other hazardous conditions. | Child labor is widely used in Asia. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | short |
400 | en | Zinedine Zidane has beaten Thierry Henry and Ronaldo to the Fifa 2003 World Player of the Year award. | FIFA selects world football player of the year 1994. | 1 | UNKNOWN | IR | long |
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