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SRI LANKA
On November 17th, Sri Lankans all across the island went to the polls to vote for their new President where the two presidential candidates were Ranil Wickramasinghe and Mahinda Rajapakse. Mr. Rajapakse won the presidential elections ending the Presidential term for Chandrika Kumaratunge. The new President, Mr. Rajapakse appeared on headlines of world news today after demanding to see a review of a ceasefire deal with Tamil Tiger rebels.
For more on this story and the situation in Sri Lanka, visit:
S Lanka leader urges truce review - BBC World News
CHINA
An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Jilin City on the 13th of November has caused extreme pollution of one of China's main River - The Songhua. The town of Harbin is been evacuated as water was cut off to the city on 21st November after authorities found dangerous levels of benzene in the water. The Benzene limit is said to be in dangerous levels to humans which is a carcinogenic. It is reported that 100 tonnes on benzene are believed to have entered the river. Russia has expressed its concerns about this as the river also flows alongside the country and the Russian name for the river is Amur. Currently people are been evacuated from the suburbs of Harbin as 3.8 million people in the city centre endured a third day without mains water. The water supply is not expected to be back on atleast until Sunday.
For more on this story and the situation in China, visit:
Evacuations follow China spillage - BBC World News
ISS - International Space Station
On 22nd November, 2005, the 2 astronauts aboard the ISS, McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev watched Harry Potter's newest release - The Goblet of Fire. The screening made into space on request by the Commander McArthur was enjoyed by the 2 crew members. Earlier this same month, Paul McCartney performed 2 songs for the 2 crew which was probably the world's first musical performance beamed into space. The crew is said to enjoy the US Thanksgiving holiday with irradiated smoked turkey, dehydrated green beans and a thermo-stabilised cranberry-apple dessert! (Bon Apetit!)
For more on this story, visit:
Space screening for Potter movie - BBC World News
All articles were referred to from the BBC World News site. All images used are from the articles and copyright their respectful publisher[s]
On November 17th, Sri Lankans all across the island went to the polls to vote for their new President where the two presidential candidates were Ranil Wickramasinghe and Mahinda Rajapakse. Mr. Rajapakse won the presidential elections ending the Presidential term for Chandrika Kumaratunge. The new President, Mr. Rajapakse appeared on headlines of world news today after demanding to see a review of a ceasefire deal with Tamil Tiger rebels.
For more on this story and the situation in Sri Lanka, visit:
S Lanka leader urges truce review - BBC World News
CHINA
An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Jilin City on the 13th of November has caused extreme pollution of one of China's main River - The Songhua. The town of Harbin is been evacuated as water was cut off to the city on 21st November after authorities found dangerous levels of benzene in the water. The Benzene limit is said to be in dangerous levels to humans which is a carcinogenic. It is reported that 100 tonnes on benzene are believed to have entered the river. Russia has expressed its concerns about this as the river also flows alongside the country and the Russian name for the river is Amur. Currently people are been evacuated from the suburbs of Harbin as 3.8 million people in the city centre endured a third day without mains water. The water supply is not expected to be back on atleast until Sunday.
For more on this story and the situation in China, visit:
Evacuations follow China spillage - BBC World News
ISS - International Space Station
On 22nd November, 2005, the 2 astronauts aboard the ISS, McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev watched Harry Potter's newest release - The Goblet of Fire. The screening made into space on request by the Commander McArthur was enjoyed by the 2 crew members. Earlier this same month, Paul McCartney performed 2 songs for the 2 crew which was probably the world's first musical performance beamed into space. The crew is said to enjoy the US Thanksgiving holiday with irradiated smoked turkey, dehydrated green beans and a thermo-stabilised cranberry-apple dessert! (Bon Apetit!)
For more on this story, visit:
Space screening for Potter movie - BBC World News
All articles were referred to from the BBC World News site. All images used are from the articles and copyright their respectful publisher[s]
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