Category: World News
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London Olympics – Now and Then
London is preparing full-time for the upcoming Olympics. The Olympic games are now so close, you can hardly wait for them to start – but it’s not the first time the ‘greatest show on earth’ has come to the capital. They’ve been held in London twice before, the first time, over 100 years ago! It…
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Super Earth Found
“NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light coming out from a ‘Super-Earth’ planet beyond our solar system for the first time.” NASA reported. Do you know what a Solar System is ? Let us refresh, Solar System consists of a star and all the objects going around it. Something like this in the picture. Sun is…
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The Upside Down House! So True!
You must be thinking that we are joking. Nah! Two architects Irek Glowacki and Marek Rozhanski, in the western Austrian village of Terfens have done it for real. They have been working on it for past eight years and now it is open for people to go have a look at it. It opened for public…
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Hollande becomes New French President
Francois Hollande emerged victorious in French Presidential Election on Sunday. He will be now the new French President. From the beginning Mr. Hollande appeared to have a lead ahead of Mr.Sarkozy. In the end, as expected he won as he got more number of votes. You might remember this from the movie Spiderman – “With great…
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Super Moon Dazzled Again !
Tell me that you looked at the moon yesterday! It was the Super Moon of year 2012. What does that even mean? The Moon yesterday was a Full Moon and way bigger than usual. A Full Moon is a phase of the Moon when you see it as a perfect circle. This happens about once…
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Cutest Kitty Planes Ever !!
We are not talking about a Hello Kitty toy plane. This is real!! See for yourself! Eva Airlines,Taiwan, has recently launched three Hello Kitty-themed aircrafts .The new Hello Kitty planes are called Apple Jet, Global Jet and Magic Jet.These planes are painted with beautiful kitty cartoons outside. The journey starts with Hello Kitty boarding passes and baggage…
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French Elections 2012 – Final Debate between Sarkozy and Hollande!
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy is preparing to meet his Socialist challenger, Francois Hollande, in their first and only debate of the election campaign. BBC news reported. This might be the final chance for Mr. Sarkozy to regain lead in the elections. Mr. Hollande is ahead in the elections by 7% more votes. It will…
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Titanic II to sail in 2016 !
Titanic has been known in the history as the most luxurious ship which unfortunately sank on its first journey as it hit an iceberg. Recently an Australian billionaire, Clive Palmer, has announced that he has asked a chinese company to build a ship identical to the Titanic but with all the modern technology. This announcement…
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Ball lost in Japan Tsunami, Found in Alaska!
This is so true!! A soccer ball that was washed away in last year’s japan Tsunami, has been found 5100km away in Alaska. The man who found it, David Baxter, lives on the coast of Middleton Island. The ball was covered with japanese writings which his wife Yumi, who hails from Japan, was able to read.…
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There it Goes! Space Shuttle Enterprise!!
The Space shuttle carries astronauts to the space and back. Created by NASA, Space Shuttle Enterprise never went into space, but rather performed tests that were very important to the shuttle’s development and operation. Enterprise particularly helped to understand the glide tests (tests related to the landing of the aircraft) and showed that the spacecraft…
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French Elections 2012
With only two weeks left before the final voting starts on 6th May 2012 for the election of new french president, the current president Nicholas Sarkozy who is running for the second time for this post is behind in the race as more number of people seem to like Françcois Hollande. Are you scratching your head…
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A Sinking Historical Treasure
Venice, a northeast city of Italy, is built on 117 small islands that are separated by 150 canals. A canal is a kind of “road of water” made by humans to get things from one place to another. People cross the canals by many small bridges. They can also be taken for rides along the canals…