LTTE:
The collapse and after
Many people now believe that the LTTE is on its
last legs. If so, what were the factors that led to the collapse of
an organisation that enjoyed an army, a large territorial base and
even an air force?
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Arctic ice is melting:
Over 30-year decline is accelerating, shows data
Make no mistake, Arctic Sea ice is melting.
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the maximum extent of the
winter sea ice cover for 2008-09 was the fifth-lowest on record.
Underscoring their point, the agencies added, “The six lowest
maximum events since satellite monitoring began in 1979 have all
occurred in the past six years (2004-09).”
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What is Lightning?
Lightning is a natural atmospheric phenomenon,
which is caused by the instability of charge distribution within a
cloud. It also occurs due to charge separation in masses of ash and
dust ejected in a volcanic eruption or a nuclear explosion.
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