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Advanced Revelation
Database Management System Advanced Revelation is an award winning DOS development environment that is distinguished by unrivaled flexibility in application development and robust, multi-user data access.
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Yearbook of International Organizations
The Yearbook of International Organizations is a reference work on non-profit international organizations, published by the Union of International Associations. It was first published in 1908 under the title Annuaire de la vie internationale, and has been known under its current title since 1950.
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EWPHP: Editing Platform
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a wide ranging group of diseases and can have severe... Asthma is a disease involving airway inflammation. It is characterised by airway...
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'Cashpoint aid' and Africa: Who benefits?
Across Africa the news that a former colonial power, the UK, is to take a more strategic, political, hard-nosed approach to the way it spends its overseas aid budget, has been greeted with a mixture of frustration and cynicism.
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One-fifth of Earth's ocean floor is now mapped
We've just become a little less ignorant about Planet Earth. The initiative that seeks to galvanise the creation of a full map of the ocean floor says one-fifth of this task has now been completed.
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Gelsenkirchen: Controversial Lenin statue erected in German city
The tiny Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD) installed the statue in front of its headquarters in the western city of Gelsenkirchen. City authorities had attempted to stop the statue being installed and launched an online hashtag saying there was "no place for Lenin".
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Terorista v Kábule: Ten, čo sa potí a mrmle si Korán
Rozhodnutie o zvýšení múru padlo potom, ako sme zistili, že aj dieťa by s trochou šťastia mohlo z ulice dohodiť granátom až ku stolu vedúcej afganskej misie slovenskej organizácie Človek v ohrození Kataríny Macejákovej.
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Ukrajina 2000
UKRAJINA (25.8. - 3.9. 2000) 3:39 Poprad - Michalovce vláčik. Hodinový beh cez celé mesto na autobusovú stanicu. Lístok do Užhorodu stojí 80 Sk. Cestuje s nami ešte zopár Ukrajincov.
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RUMUNSKO / BULHARSKO / TURECKO 2000
Vyrážame na cestu a nenechávame sa odradiť ani prvými neúspechmi na samotnom počiatku. Potom, čo nám zlyhal autobus do Burgasu, sa bezváhania, ale ležérne balíme, nakupujeme životne dôležité suroviny ( rum..
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Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property
For most, losing a wallet or purse is more than an inconvenience. While smartphones now let us make contactless payments, hold our travel cards and help us to find our way home, there’s still something reassuringly secure about carrying physical ID and bank cards.
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Why the vegan diet is not always green
It has all the makings of a delicious smoothie – a dollop of almond butter, an avocado, a few slices of mango, a handful of blueberries, a sprinkle of cocoa powder and perhaps a glug of soya milk.
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The strange science inside your sourdough
In a room of refrigerators in Belgium live more than 110 jars of flour, water, and magic.
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Why hasn’t AI changed the world yet?
When Kursat Ceylan, who is blind, was trying to find his way to a hotel, he used an app on his phone for directions, but also had to hold his cane and pull his luggage. He ended up walking into a pole, cutting his forehead.
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How the humble potato changed the world
In his 1957 essay collection Mythologies, the French philosopher and literary critic Roland Barthes called chips (la frite), a food that comes from a crop native to the Americas, “patriotic” and “the alimentary sign of Frenchness”.
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Vatican opens archives of Holocaust-era Pope Pius XII
The Vatican has opened its archives on the wartime papacy of Pius XII, kept secret for decades amid accusations that he turned a blind eye to the Holocaust. Critics say Pius XII, sometimes labelled "Hitler's Pope", knew Nazi Germany was murdering Jews but failed to act.
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Has another interstellar visitor been found?
An amateur astronomer has discovered a comet that could come from outside our Solar System. If so, it would be the second interstellar object after the elongated body known as 'Oumuamua was identified in 2017.
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Bizarre shape of interstellar asteroid
An asteroid that visited us from interstellar space is one of the most elongated cosmic objects known to science, a study has shown. Discovered on 19 October, the object's speed and trajectory strongly suggested it originated in a planetary system around another star.
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Bill Clinton claims Monica Lewinsky affair was to 'help anxieties'
Former President Bill Clinton says his affair with Monica Lewinsky was a way of managing his anxieties. He made the remarks as part of a documentary series titled "Hillary" which looks at the public life of 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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The healthiest countries to live in
The fight at the frontlines of Covid-19 is being waged in clinics and hospitals around the world. But the success of that fight has, in large part, depended on the effectiveness of the healthcare systems in each country.
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A city with too much history to handle
Naples has a history problem: there’s just too much of it. Greek cemeteries, Roman ruins, medieval castles, Renaissance churches… it’s more than one city can maintain, and some sites will inevitably crumble – unless passionate locals take matters into their own hands.
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