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Scientists in China's Hubei Province have announced they are looking for additional members for its special team tasked with tracking down the creature. The Hubei Wild Man Research Association (HWMRA) is recruiting researchers internationally to join the group's search in the Shennongjia forest region, according to state-run news agency Xinhua.
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Friday 6th August 2010 the Swedish adventurer Fredrik "Fripp" Ericsson (35) died when he fell from K2 in the Himalayas. Fredrik Ericsson is a professional skier and mountaineer from Sweden, popularly called Fripp. His body rests at about 7000 meters, and now his parents have requested that it will be remained in the mountains he loved.
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Beatles is immortal. Who can forget them? The International Beatle Week Festival 25th - 31st August 2010 is organised by Cavern City Tours. This annual celebration of the music of The Beatles features more than 50 bands from all over the world performing at various venues in Liverpool.
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All the rumours in the 1960s about that Paul McCartney had died, must be one of the greatest rock and roll conspiracies of all time! Since I heard the radio programme "Is Paul McCartney dead?" of Yoav Kutner in the late 70s, I have wondered about all the mysterious clues The Beatles plant in their music and inside their album covers. Why did the Beatles do that?
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Going for an adventure in a city? Mexico city, Lima, Toronto, Bangkok, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Vancouver, Cape town, Rome, Venice, Vienna or other cities? Based on Traveler magazine’s acclaimed Places of a Lifetime series, National Geographic’s Ultimate City Guides give you ideas and usefull information to plan your next journey to one of the world's great cities.
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Google announced in a Press Release 1st July 2010 that they have signed a definitive agreement for acquire ITA Software, Inc. for $700 million in cash, subject to adjustments. ITA is a flight information software company, who has developed technology for organising flight information. It makes this information on Internet more available for users through new search tools.
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"Fearless" is the title of the third track on Meddle by Pink Floyd from 1971. The composer Roger Waters` lyric is about madness. It`s said the lyric is not about the founder of Pink Floyd, Syd Barret, who became insane, but it`s believed it has some connection to him. Syd Barret, but why did Pink Floyd add a sound recording of Liverpool supporters singing the hymn "You'll Never Walk Alone" on this song? It makes it even more strange knowing that Roger Waters supports Arsenal. What`s the story behind the song?
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From the late 1890s, it was built a number of forts in Norway along the Swedish border from Kongsvinger in the north to Svinesund in the south. This was part of efforts to break Norway from the union with Sweden. If the dramatic negotiations broke, Norway was well prepared for a Swedish invasion. Bjørnåsbatteriet, Torbjørnrød skanse, Bjørnåsen fort in Moss,also called Torbjørnrød skanse, was one of the forts used to protect Norway.
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Blue colour is usual considered as cold, but the sunset on Monday 31 May 2010 in Moss was not cold at all. In the beautiful summer weather, I ran through the Moss forest, past Molbekktjernet and further down to the shoreline at Mossesundet, the Strait of Moss. In front of me it revealed an inferno in blue.
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In the region of Moss, Norway, there are 83 registered archaeological heritages before 1537. These are automatically protected and subject to Cultural Heritage by the curator in Østfold County. Stone Age settlements, burial mounds from the Bronze Age, caves and rock carvings, traces from the Viking age.
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Near Gjerrebogen in Moss, Norway, beneath an overhanging rock wall called "Heller", I could observe the only Stone Age settlement to have been found on the mainland part of Moss. It`s from the latter half of the Late Stone Age.
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Google Earth played a role in the discovery of a new hominid fossil at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa. Researchers use of this software tool has resulted in several amazing disoveries in the previous years, and now a new discovery is done.
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In response to the widespread chaos caused by the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, Lonely Planet is offering 13 of its European iPhone guides free.
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True supporters support their club in both good and bad times. One of the best ways to support their beloved club is singing encouraging songs. Learn these songs and become the 12th man on the team. In a period with poor performance by the Liverpool football team and a critical financial situation in the club, it`s possible to differ between loyal and not loyal supporters. Every true supporter going to Anfield Road should know the songs that are chanted on the Kop - for supporting the club and team as best they could!
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Behind the big white house we could observe the ruins of the Vaerne Monestary, Værne kloster, Rygge, Moss, in Norway. The monastery is located in a big green garden with tall oak trees and beautiful avenues. In November previous year it was reported a sensational archeological discovery on the site near the mentioned ruins: a stone building, about fifty meters long, was found underground. It lies west of the main building on Vaerne. Is it really a Knights Hospitaller monastery that has been found there?
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Meeting the Mudmen in Papua New Guinea

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