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  • Independent Publishing Houses in Mexico Promote Democratization of Books at Annual Fair

    MEXICO CITY, MEXICO Gustavo Barr?n, 22, glances at the books on display at the Feria del Libro Independiente, a book fair featuring independent publishing houses in Mexico City, Mexicos capital. While perusing the selection, Barr?n, a university student studying history, holds a book about guerrilla groups in Mexico in the 1970s and the transition to democracy. The publisher is Ce-Acatl, a ...

  • With Russian Help Europe Prepares to Search for Life on Mars

    PARIS The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials said at the Paris Airshow this week. Until last year, the ExoMars program was a joint project between ESA and the U.S. space agency NASA. But NASA dropped out, citing budget problems. The Russian space ...

  • Wang Yaping demonstrates pendulum movement in space

    Wang Yaping shows a small ball tied with a string to a holder fixed on a metal plate. She lets the ball go and the ball suspends. Then she pushes the ball gently and the ball moves in a circular ...

  • Astronaut gives lecture in space

    (18 mins ago) A special lecture began Thursday morning, given by a teacher aboard a space module about 340 km above her students on Earth, the first such attempt by Chinese. Female astronaut Wang Yaping, one of the three crew members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, greeted about 330 primary and middle school students at a Beijing high school, through a live video feed system, Xinhua news agency ...

  • Chinese students wait for class from space

    About 330 primary and middle school students at a Beijing high school are eagerly waiting for their teacher to begin a class from the space on Thursday morning.The special lecture will begin in a few minutes, given by female astronaut Wang Yaping, one of the three crew members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, through a live video feed system.The students are gathering at the High School Affiliated to ...


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The Art of Amália

Bruno de Almeida's The Art of Amália is a documentary about the extraordinary 60-year career of the Portuguese singing sensation Amália Rodrigues, who died in October 1999, a week before the completion of the film. After first gaining fame in her native Portugal by singing the Fado, a traditional form of Portuguese music that stresses the hardships of life through lament, she ... ...

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  • Official stresses scientific planning for ecological drive

    China's top political advisor Yu Zhengsheng has called for scientific planning and effective measures to ensure the progress in the construction of the country's eco-environment.Yu, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), made the comments Wednesday at the closing meeting of the second conference of the 12th CPPCC ...

  • Chinese astronaut to deliver first space lecture

    A special lecture will begin at about 10:00 a.m. Beijing time Thursday morning, given by a teacher aboard China's space module Tiangong-1 to students on Earth.Female astronaut Wang Yaping, one of the three crew members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, will give the lecture to about 330 primary and middle school students in Beijing, through a live video feed system.More than 60 million students ...

  • Coming soon Chinas first space lecture

    Wang Yaping, the female crew member among three ';taikonauts,'; will broadcast a lecture to students throughout China about physics from a space ...

  • Teachers disciplined for duct-taping mouths sex and gross stories

    (Fotolia) VANCOUVER -- A Vancouver teacher is being reprimanded for having chatty ...

  • Dozens of children removed from tiny Mennonite community

    File photo of cattle. IAN KUCERAK/QMI AGENCY WINNIPEG - Dozens of children have been removed from a small Manitoba Mennonite community as an investigation continues into allegations many of them were physically abused. A man and woman were arrested Monday and charged with 27 counts of assault and assault with a weapon. They appeared in Brandon court Tuesday and were released on bail. The two ...

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