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Wales News: Wrexham supporters' plea for calm
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Wrexham supporters plea for calm. 30 July 2011 Last updated at 14:03 GMT. Wrexham Supporters' Trust want the club run as a community venture Wrexham Supporters' Trust (WST) has called for calm over cash-strapped Wrexham FC's future. Around 115 staff at the club, including the players, have not been paid and two pre-season friendlies were called off. WST said it "appreciated" the emotions and passions that have raised in the "rollercoaster week". Discussions Glyndwr University is ...
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Science & Environment: Biophilia
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Monday, August 1, 2011. 28 July 2011 Last updated at 08:18 GMT By Liam Allen Arts reporter, BBC News. Biophilia will be Bjork's seventh studio album Biophilia, Bjork's fusion of nature and machines, marks the singer's latest foray into electronic music. The ambitious project, from Iceland's most famous export, includes a forthcoming album with 10 songs - inspired by the natural world - with corresponding iPad and iPhone applications. Continue reading the main story. So I would be up until early morning&#...
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Science & Environment: Dolphin hunts with electric sense
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Monday, August 1, 2011. Dolphin hunts with electric sense. 26 July 2011 Last updated at 23:23 GMT. By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News. The depressions, or crypts, are the site for this newly-discovered sensory ability A South American dolphin is the first "true mammal" to sense prey by their electric fields, scientists suggest. The researchers first showed that structures on the animal's head were probably sensory organs, then found it could detect electric fields in water. And echoloca...
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Poetry: The First Congo War
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Sunday, July 17, 2011. The First Congo War. Perhaps it is only a function of a weak and feeble mind. That we may often attempt to integrate a single horrific event. Into a historical mishmash of individual tales of epic proportion. And deep in the heart of the Congo,. We might find the greatest example. It is Hundu against Tutsi, Nande against Hutu,. And Hundu, Nande and Nyange against the Banyamelenge. But what is the cause of such horror and strife? Great sanctity of the human soul. Were slaughtered by...
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Society Guardian: 'Kidflation' leaves children counting the cost of rising prices
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Monday, August 1, 2011. Kidflation leaves children counting the cost of rising prices. Sweets, chocolates and soft drinks prices have risen over the last three years, while some families have reduced pocket money. Photograph: Valentin Flauraud. Children have been among the biggest losers in the economic recession because of a huge rise in the cost of items they buy and a reduction in pocket money. Children are seeing the costs of their everyday purchases rising at a very worrying rate, and parents are al...
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Science & Environment: 'Tonne of ivory' smuggled to US
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Monday, August 1, 2011. Tonne of ivory smuggled to US. 26 July 2011 Last updated at 21:39 GMT. An art dealer has been arrested and accused of smuggling a tonne of African ivory into the US for sale at his Philadelphia store. Victor Gordon, 68, paid a conspirator to fly to Africa, purchase raw ivory and have it carved to his specifications, prosecutors said. The conspirator dyed the carvings in order to make them appear old before smuggling them into the US, they said. We all have a responsibility to prot...
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Science & Environment: Pollinators 'lured away by farms'
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Monday, August 1, 2011. Pollinators lured away by farms. 31 July 2011 Last updated at 00:30 GMT By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News. The researchers say their findings could be applied to habitats around the globe A study has challenged the idea that areas such as farmland provide pollinating insects with a "corridor" between fragmented habitats. Researchers suggested that the pollinators in their survey were "fickle foragers" and would concentrate on areas rich in pollen and nectar. However, D...
