Belgium is about to dump Flanders

19:53 07/09/2010

Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, Laurette Onkelinx, of the Francophone Socialist Party, has predicted that Belgium is about to split.

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Armed Acacias, or ants against elephants
20:26 03/09/2010
Biologists have found that ants deter elephants from eating African Acacia trees, balancing the ecosystem between the forest and prairies, according to an article in Current Biology magazine.
Day of Knowledge in Russia
18:45 01/09/2010
September 1 in Russia is traditionally marked as the Day of Knowledge.
Sober Nights
20:14 31/08/2010
On August 18, 2010 the authorities in Moscow decided to limit the sales of alcohol at night.
Opera Honey
18:17 31/08/2010
Famous soloists of the Vienna Opera House have extracted some 30 kg of honey from a beehive put on the building’s roof in spring, Austrian media have reported.
Struggle of tobacco plants and caterpillars
19:16 30/08/2010
Researchers Silke Allmann and Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany have discovered that tobacco plants possess unusual defense mechanisms.
Brave Mice
17:44 27/08/2010
Researchers at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy have discovered specific cells in the brain of mice that switch the modes of behavior in danger, making the rodents either freeze in fear or search for the source of danger and the way to avoid it.
Secret of ‘beer goggles’ uncovered
17:56 25/08/2010
A study has revealed why drunk men find women more attractive after consuming alcohol.
Canned cat
17:07 24/08/2010
Latvian rescuers recently freed a cat who got his head stuck in a can, the press service for the State Fire and Rescue service of the Baltic republic said.
Secret of an ideal vacation
18:56 23/08/2010
American scientists have found that vacationers are happier when their vacation is divided into four parts, The Telegraph reported. The shorter the holiday is and the more often it repeats, the more memories it brings to people, specialists believe.
Ice cream helps Russians beat the heat
15:01 18/08/2010
The abnormal heat wave in Russia has increased the demand of Russians for ice cream.
Modern-day Icarus
14:40 17/08/2010
On August 14-15 Worthing hosted the annual competition of human 'birdmen' called Worthing International Birdman.
Puck Fair or the Goat Festival
14:31 13/08/2010
Traditionally on August 10-12, the residents of the Irish community of Killorglin in the county of Kerry, celebrate the Puck Fair street festival.
Banderas turns 50
17:21 10/08/2010
Antonio Banderas, whose full name is Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas was born on August 10, 1960, in the city of Malaga, southern Spain.
Is it easy being a single father?
15:27 09/08/2010
A single father makes for a good movie character but in reality this is rather exotic.
Birthday without cake
14:48 05/08/2010
U.S. President Barack Obama celebrated his 49th birthday with friends at Graham Elliot restaurant in Chicago. The security service did not allow the cake into the restaurant for the celebration.
Highest paid actress in Hollywood
18:39 04/08/2010
Sandra Bullock became the highest paid actress of the United States. She earned $56 million last calendar year (from June 2009 to June 2010). The 47-year-old Hollywood star is at the head of the Forbes rating.
Fighting bad habits
19:24 03/08/2010
A group of U.S. scientists established that there is no special zone in the human brain responsible for controlling addictions, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said.
Russians are greatest fans of British monarchy
18:09 29/07/2010
Russians are the greatest admirers of the British monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II in the world, the VisitBritain tourism organization has said.
Bullfighting banned in Catalonia
13:40 29/07/2010
On July 28, Catalonia became the first region in Spain to outlaw bullfighting on the grounds that it is cruel and outdated.

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