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In the first few days after the Soviet invasion of August 1968, staff at Czechoslovak Radio managed to continue broadcasting from their headquarters in central Prague even though tanks had been stationed outside the building. Radio Prague announcer: “All the transmitters which we had at our disposal.... |
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Tuesday, November 5 Barmoor Field, Ryton. For more details on this Gateshead fireworks display, which will include a bonfire and funfair, contact Joanna Jackson on 07817 368 554. Time: Bonfire from 6.30pm; fireworks at 7pm. Admission: Free. Friday, November 8 Washingwell Fundraisers Bonfire.... |
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The concrete and glass tower of the headquarters in Clase, Swansea , has dominated the skyline for 50 years. If you’ve got a driving licence, your application was probably processed by one of the more than 5,000 workers who pass through its gates each week. |
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ELMIRA, N.Y. — Off the main stre et of this small upstate city, there is a crumbling three-story mansion with an overgrown lawn and peeling paint. The roof droops. The banisters are splintered. There is no marker, but this is a kind of sacred ground, the site of an unlikely spiritual revival happening today. |
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“Ghosteen” Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. *** 1/2. “I’m transforming, I’m vibrating, I’m glowing, I’m flying, look at me now,” Nick Cave sang six years ago on the pivotal “Jubilee Street.” The six-minute track planted the seeds of the fully realized 68-minute song cycle that is “Ghosteen.” Cave has done a little transforming himself. |
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Students across the region and nationally will be able to choose Mandarin Chinese as a leaving cert subject from September next. The first exam in the subject will be in 2022, according to the Irish Independent. It's one of four languages being added to the second level curriculum, along with Lithuanian, Polish and Portuguese. |
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In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 31. What we are watching in Canada … Actress Pamela Anderson is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take meat and milk off prison menus.... |
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Church leaders are calling for prayers in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that rocked Kidapawan City in North Cotabato and Davao City, from where reports of earthquake damage are still coming in. "We raise our minds and heart to the Lord and sincerely offered prayers for those people in great.... |
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- Mowzey passed on at Case Clinic where he was receiving treatment after sustaining head injuries following a bar brawl in Entebbe, Uganda. - The bouncer will spend 13 years with an year less after being in custody for over an year. Godfrey Wamala, alias Troy, a bouncer who was convicted for.... |
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In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 31. What we are watching in Canada … Actress Pamela Anderson is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take meat and milk off prison menus.... |
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Actress Pamela Anderson is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take meat and milk off prison menus to help the planet and the health of federal inmates — and save taxpayers some cash, to boot. The former "Baywatch" star makes the pitch in a letter to Trudeau as part of her work with the animal-rights group PETA. |
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