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Bucharest to host its first ever CowParade

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Bucharest, the capital of Romania, will become the first southeastern European city to host CowParade. Between June 1 and the end of August this year, the city will be flooded by herds of decorated cow sculptures, exhibited at well-known landmarks, such as The Palace of the Parliament, Europe’s largest building, as […]

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Stem cells used to cure paralysis in rats

Monday, June 26, 2006 Dr. Douglas Kerr, a neurologist at Johns Hopkins University, has recently led a research team to identify enough of the chemicals necessary to regrow motor neurons. They have succeeded in partially restoring paralyzed rats‘ ability to walk. These results represent major progress towards curing many nerve-related problems in humans, such as […]

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Two divers’ bodies found in Scapa Flow, Scotland

Thursday, June 20, 2013 Two bodies have been discovered in Scapa Flow in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, 40 metres away from the wreckage of the SMS Brummer, a German war vessel scuttled during the aftermath of World War I. A Police Scotland spokesperson said the sighting, which was reportedly made by divers from the local area, […]

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New Zealand medical student funding to be reviewed

Monday, February 20, 2006 The New Zealand government has announced that it will be reviewing funding for medical and dentistry students at Otago and Auckland Universities to certify the institutions’ standards and help staff retention. The dean of Auckland University’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Professor Iain Martin says the review “can’t come soon […]

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Coretta Scott King passes away

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Coretta Scott King, wife of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. has died at the age of 78. Coretta King, tireless crusader for civil rights, died in her sleep. Mrs. King, who had been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, died late on Monday in Mexico, where she had been […]

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