Character-building effect of text on a nation
The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts - Written on Bamboo and Silk
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Tying together a rope of sand
The Quest for Identity
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Janez POTOCNIK, European Commissioner for Science and Research, How Europe can benefit from Increased Globalisation of R&D -- Royal Technology Forum
Stockholm, October 2005 Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, First allow me to say how pleased I am to have been invited by the Academy to give this speech. I am equally pleased to be able to listen to...
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Two billion will live in the path of extreme floods by 2050, researchers warn
Brussels, 15 Jun 2004 The number of people living under the threat of devastating floods is set to double from one billion today to two billion by 2050 unless more attention is paid to prevention and...
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Today's news
High Court blocks international student employment The High Court has upheld a Home Office ruling that international students may not work to complete their studies. Financial Times Women MPs bullied...
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The evolution of revolution's Great Leader
Mao's Road to Power
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EuroNews launches TV space magazine with ESA
Paris, 02 Apr 2004 Today sees the launch of a special TV magazine dedicated to Space, produced by EuroNews in collaboration with ESA. The topic of the first show is on preparations for Galileo. This...
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Department for International Development
Deadline: 31/08/2001
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Open market in the empire of the word
Publishing in China
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S&T key figures reveal China breathing down EU's neck
Brussels, 20 Jul 2005 The European Commission published its 'Key Figures 2005 on science, technology and innovation' on 19 July, revealing stagnation in research and development (R&D)...
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A view of the gap between the godly and government
Politics and Religion
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Future's bright for basic thread of a silken past
Traditional Textiles of Cambodia
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Successful Ariane launch
Paris, 18 Dec 2002 Just after midnight an Ariane 4 soared into the sky above Kourou in French Guiana to place a new telecommunications satellite into orbit. This is the 113th successful Ariane 4...
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Partition ghosts haunt old rivals
India-Pakistan in War and Peace