…ses and how these preconceptions form at a very early age Interestingly enough, these differences became even more exaggerated as the children grew older. The researchers conducted the same study with 10-year-old children, and in both groups, the children overwhelmingly said that people with Northern accents were “smarter” and “in charge”, while those with Southern accents were “nicer”. But what w…
…tremor. Sunday’s quake was the worst to hit the country since the L’Aquila tremor killed nearly 300 people in central Italy in 2009. The earthquake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10km just after 04:00 a.m. local time. It was felt across a large swathe of northern Italy, including the cities of Bologna, Ferrara, Verona and Mantua and as far away as Milan and Venice. The tremor…
Queen Elizabeth II and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness shook hands for the first time The last day of Queen Elizabeth’s two-day visit to Northern Ireland was marked by an historic handshake and a huge party. Her Majesty and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness shook hands for the first time. The meeting between the Queen and Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister took pla…
…cal media. The middle-age women, believed to be from County Down, Northern Ireland, were murdered late last night in a forest, near the city of Izmir, about 75 miles from the Kusadasi resort. A 17-year-old Turkish youth, who seemed to be the boyfriend of a daughter of one of the women, has been arrested. Two women believed to be from Northern Ireland have been stabbed to death by a teenage…
…e Agency which aims to help the public experience the wonder of the Northern Lights. AuroraMAX project has been timed to coincide with the next solar maximum, the period when solar activity reaches an 11-year high, forecast to come in February 2013. An amazing picture of the aurora borealis – the Northern Lights – shows how the phenomenon can light up the sky near the North Pole The solar maximum…
…ising the forensic examinations. An independent investigation means that all aspects are carried out by IPCC investigators. “We are in close contact with Mark Duggan’s family and supported 14 family members and friends in viewing and formally identifying Mr Duggan’s body. We have been in telephone contact with close family tonight and have further meetings with them tomorrow. …
…ard the plane, including two pilots, had died. Officials earlier said they had found wreckage believed to be that of the singer’s Learjet in Nuevo Leon state. Jenni Rivera, born in California in 1969 to Mexican parents, has sold more than 15 million records of Norteno music. She is a judge in the popular television programme La Voz (The Voice). “Everyone was lost,” Jenni Rivera t…
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…he region. Aftershocks have been reported. Rescue teams are now combing the area amid reports that a number of people may be buried under rubble. The earthquake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km just after 04:00 a.m. local time. Northern Italy is frequently rocked by minor earthquake, but the country is well-prepared to deal with them. The last major quake to hit the country killed nea…
…sed. Please allow us to address the problem,” AFP news agency quoted VK Agrawal, the general manager of the northern grid, as saying. The two grids together serve more than half of India’s 1.2 billion people. The breakdown has hit a large swathe of the country including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan states in the north, and West Bengal, Bihar, Or…
…the attacker’s hat. A crazed commuter launched an apparently random attack on a young woman, pushing her on to the tracks of the London Underground The incident took place on Friday, September 16, at about 11:20 p.m., but police are so keen to find the man they have re-appealed again for more information on the back of the BBC’s documentary. The woman suffered a wound to her side and…
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…lt in Milan and Bologna, where office workers were evacuated. The quake struck 40 km north of Bologna and 60 km east of Parma, at a depth of 9.6 km (six miles), Reuters reports. The tremor happened at 09:03 local time. There are no reports of major damage or injuries. A new earthquake has shaken northern Italy, centred on the Emilia region, where a quake on May 20 killed seven people and damaged…
…nd travel bans slapped on coup leaders and their supporters. The coup and Tuareg rebellion have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis in Mali and some neighboring countries, with aid agencies warning that 13 million people need food aid following a drought in the region. …
…eption that there was a linear evolution from monkey to ape to modern human. The research has been published in the journal Nature. Anthropologists have discovered three human fossils that are between 1.78 and 1.95 million years old. The specimens are of a face and two jawbones with teeth. Researchers have discovered that fossils from Northern Kenya show that a new species of human lived two mill…
Mali’s army has been fighting Islamist rebels in the northern city of Timbuktu after a suicide bomber attempted to attack an army checkpoint. The bomber was killed before he could detonate his bomb on Saturday evening. This was followed by militant attempts to infiltrate the city. The army, backed by French air power, then moved against the Islamists. Mali’s army has been fighting Islamist rebel…
…8217;s work Art writer Susan McCulloch told the Sydney Morning Herald that the destruction of the trees was “appalling and a tragic act of cultural vandalism”. Albert Namatjira was born in 1902 at the Hermannsburg Mission in the Northern Territory and was a traditional custodian of the lands of the Arrernte people in that area. Growing up, Albert Namatjira made sketches of scenes aroun…
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Robert Mood, the former head of the UN observer mission in Syria, says it is “only a matter of time” until President Bashar al-Assad’s government falls. But Norwegian Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, who left Syria last week, said Bashar al-Assad’s fall would not necessarily mean an end to the 16-month-old conflict. Syrian forces renewed their assault on the northern city of Aleppo,…
…n. Two police cars and a double decker bus were torched and several local stores were looted by violent rioters last weekend in northern London, Tottenham. Riots began Saturday evening after more than 120 people marched from Broadwater Farm to Tottenham police station to demand “justice” over the Thursday deadly shooting of a young black man, Mark Duggan, by the police. Forensic tests on Mark Dugg…
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…known to have died and another 350 were hurt in the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Italy yesterday After the second quake, the number of people made homeless has now gone up from 6,000 to 14,000, the Italian government says. A woman who was saved in the small town of Cavezzo reportedly spent 12 hours in the rubble in her kitchen. The 65-year-old managed to survive because a piece of f…
…y the flame. About 3,000 invited guests, including Paralympians, representatives from disability groups and local residents, attended Tuesday evening’s ceremony at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. Some 150 local residents took part in a lantern procession and formed a guard of honor for eight torchbearers who carried flames representing England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The children wh…
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Izmir murders updates. Shannon Graham at mother’s funeral. Izmir murders latest updates. Turkey murders latest news. Recep Cetin charged with stabbing to death his girlfriend’s mother. Two women from Northern Ireland murdered near Izmir, Turkey. Recep Cetin, the 17 year-old Turkish waiter who killed two women from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland appears in court. The two women…
Britain faces second day of worst storms since 1996. Britain was hit today by the worst storm since 1996, as the swirling remnants of Hurricane Katia have crossed the Atlantic and reached the land in the morning, sweeping across large swathes of the country. Weather forecasters warned that gusts of up to 80 mph (c 135 km/h) would batter buildings, uproot trees and cause travel chaos. They also…
…the regular journey. The owners say that changing climate conditions and a volatile gas market make the Arctic transit profitable. Built in 2007 with a strengthened hull, the Ob River can carry up to 150,000 cubic metres of gas. The tanker was loaded with LNG at Hammerfest in the north of Norway on 7 November and set sail across the Barents Sea. It has been accompanied by a Russian nuclear-powere…
…he Irish Daily Star and most recently, in Italian gossip magazine Chi. The three magistrates presiding over the civil case in Nanterre are expected to announce whether an injunction will be granted at 11:00 BST on Tuesday. In court in Nanterre on Monday, the royal couple's lawyer said the photos' publication Closer magazine had breached their privacy In court on Monday, Aurelien Hamelle,…
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A bomb planted by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan has destroyed 22 NATO fuel tankers carrying supplies to coalition forces, local officials say. The vehicles were hit by a pre-dawn explosion which triggered a huge fire that engulfed them in flames, they say. At the time, the trucks were parked overnight in Samangan province, as they headed from Uzbekistan towards NATO forces in the south. Pol…
Cheick Modibo Diarra, Mali’s prime minister, has resigned on state television, hours after being arrested by soldiers who were behind a military coup in March. Cheick Modibo Diarra was detained on Monday at his home in the capital Bamako, reportedly on the orders of the coup leader, Capt Amadou Sanogo. He had been due to travel to France. Cheick Modibo Diarra, 60, was made prime minister of an in…
