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ISRO spy case
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New twist to two-decade-old Isro spy case The nearly two-decade-old Isro espionage case continues to haunt the Congress with a retired state police officer, who investigated the case, expressing suspicion that the late former Prime Minister PVNarasimha Rao had sabotaged the case. [url=http:/...
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Rinderpest
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Rinderpest (also cattle plague or steppe murrain) was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and some other species of even-toed ungulates, including buffaloes, large antelopes and deer, giraffes, wildebeests and warthogs. On 14 October 2010, the United Nations Food and Ag...
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Cuban missile crisis
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On October 14, 1962, a United States Air Force U-2 plane on a photoreconnaissance mission captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba. Read moreSpoiler
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Senghenydd Colliery Disaster
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The Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, also known as the Senghenydd Explosion, occurred in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales on 14 October 1913, killing 439 miners. It is the worst Mining accident in the United Kingdom, and one of the most serious in terms of loss of life globally since. Re...
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Operation Totem nuclear test
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Operation Totem was a pair of British atmospheric nuclear tests which took place in October 1953. The only ones conducted at a temporary site in Australia, Emu Field, they followed the Operation Hurricane test of the first British atomic bomb which had taken place at the Montebello Islands a year pr...
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ISRO intruder
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The 10 Additional Metropolitan Magistrate court on Friday extended Judicial custody of Buela Sam to 25 of this month. Ms. Sam was caught for intruding into ISRO campus on fake ID card posing as environmental scientist, hoodwinking the CISF security. [url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/citi...
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Delft Explosion
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The Delft Explosion, also known in history as the Delft Thunderclap, occurred on 12 October 1654 when a gunpowder store exploded, destroying much of the city. Read more
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New York's High Line
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Why cities want parks in the sky Once an elevated freight railway track, New York's High Line is now an oasis for pedestrians. It has been so popular that other cities are following suit, with plans to replicate the formula in London. What is the secret of its success? [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...
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Alpha coal mine
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Rinehart's coal mine wins approval Gina Rinehart's massive Alpha coal mine has been granted Federal Government approval, reigniting a political and environmental stoush between stakeholders. In approving the project federal environment minister Tony Burke hit back at previous comments by...
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The Mary Rose
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The Mary Rose was a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. After serving for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany and after being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she saw her last action on 19 July 1545. While leading the attack on the galleys of a Fr...
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Orenburg air base
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Explosion at Russian military test site In Russia, thousands of tonnes of ammunition have exploded at a military base close to the industrial city of Orenburg, near the border with Kazakhstan. Read more
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The Windscale fire
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The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in Great Britain's history, ranked in severity at level 5 on the 7-point International Nuclear Event Scale. Read more
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Vrouw Maria
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Vrouw Maria (Lady Mary) was a Dutch wooden two-masted merchant ship carrying a valuable cargo of art objects, captained by Raymund Lourens, that sank on October 9, 1771, in the outer archipelago of the municipality of Nagu, Finland, 11 kilometres south-east of the island of Jurmo. Read more
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USAF flying saucer
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Air Force Planned a flying saucer Recently declassified documents from the U.S. Air Force reveal a Cold War-era plan to build a round, vertical take-off and landing aircraft that can only be described as a flying saucer. The disk-shaped craft was designed to reach a top speed of Mach 4 and reach a ceil...
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Post Office Tower
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The BT Tower is a tall cylindrical building in London, United Kingdom, located at 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia W1T 4JZ, London Borough of Camden. It has been previously known as the Post Office Tower, the London Telecom Tower and the British Telecom Tower. The tower was topped out on 15 July 1964 an...
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