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A Devon mine that is believed to be one of the world's largest sources of tungsten and tin is to be reopened after more than 60 years. Australian-based Wolf Minerals plans to start mining reserves at Hemerdon mine, Plympton to meet UK demand and exports. The company said global demand for tin and tungs...
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HILLS AND VALLEYS IN EARTH'S LARGEST SALT 'FLAT' Using a new twist on standard Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, a team of scientists has found that Earths largest salt flat is rougher than expected, according to a new report led by Adrian Borsa of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at U...
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A strong magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred at 19:00:19 (UTC) on Thursday, November 29, 2007, in the Martinique region, Windward islands, 23 km NNW from Le Morne-Rouge, Saint-Pierre, Martinique, at a depth of 143.1 km. Location 14.951°N, 61.241°W
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Cecil Commerce Centre
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Cecil Commerce Centre, named after a Navy pilot, may soon become a commercial spaceport where civilians would be sent into space.
The Florida Space Authority, an economic development agency at Cape Canaveral, US, will discuss making the former Navy base a spaceport in a December 7 teleconfer...
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Pandavula Metta
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An ancient mound-cum-hillock with links to the Mahabharata lore and the Buddhist past of the region lies neglected in East Godavari. With Samalkot Junction as the nearest railhead, the place has great accessibility. Also, it is located close to Peddapuram town on the busy ADB Road that links Kakin...
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Concepcion volcano
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The Concepcion volcano in Nicaragua sent huge columns of ash into the sky in eruptions that prompted a ripple of small earthquakes, local seismologists said Sunday. The volcano, one of two on an island in the region's largest lake, erupted Saturday night and related earthquakes continued to rattl...
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Bath
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The Romans turned the Celtic druids shrine into one of the major therapeutic centres of the West. Read more
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Typhoon Mitag
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Typhoon Mitag is forecast to make landfall in the Philippines in about 30 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% probability for TS is 70% Daet (14.2 N, 122.9 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 66 hours probability for TS is 60% in about 42 hours 09:59...
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Eskdalemuir Observatory
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Eskdalemuir Observatory is situated in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is on a rising shoulder of open moorland in the upper part of the valley of the river White Esk. It is surrounded by young conifer forests with hills rising to nearly 700 m to the NW. The observatory is 100 km from Edinburgh and 2...
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Super Cyclonic Storm Sidr is forecast to make landfall in India in about 24 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 60% probability for TS is 75% Bangladesh in about 24 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 60% probability for TS is 75% Kolkata (22.5 N, 88.3 E) ...
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Al-Tair island
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A search for survivors is under way after a volcano erupted on a Red Sea island near Yemen. The western part of the tiny al-Tair island, used as a military base, collapsed following the eruption, Yemen's defence ministry said. Coastguards and a Canadian frigate are searching for nine Yemeni soldier...
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Terak coalfield
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An underground coal fire has been snuffed out in China after decades of burning. Nature News finds out what happened. This fire was in the Terak coalfield of Urumqi, in the Xinjiang region of China. It was the coal that was on fire and had been for at least 50 years. [url=http://www.nature.com/news/...
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Typhoon Hagibis
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Typhoon Hagibis is forecast to make landfall in Vietnam in about 30 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% probability for TS is 75% in about 18 hours 09:59 UT 22 November 2007
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Troll Station
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Norwegian Troll Station in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Latitude: 72°00.12'S Longitude: 002°32.03'E Webcam Expand (82kb, 560 x 420) Expand (62kb, 560 x 420)
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Long Man of Wilmington
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Style gurus Trinny and Susannah sparked a major protest with their plan to transform the Long Man of Wilmington into a female for a television stunt. The celebrity duo found themselves at the centre of controversy when they invited women of Sussex to go along to the Sussex landmark on Sunday and Monda...
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