Nuclear power to generate energy: Is it feasible?
Global warming is caused by nature itself as
well as man-made problems. One natural cause is the release of
methane gas, a greenhouse gas, from arctic tundra and wetlands. The
other is caused by the earth going through a cycle of climate change
which lasts about 40,000 years.
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Plenty of food but none reaching the hungry
In 1996, around 840 million people - or nearly
one in seven of the world’s population - were estimated to lack
access to the food they need for adequate and regular nourishment.
This constituted 18 percent of the population in the Third World and
34 percent of the population in Africa.
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Tribute to Yuri Gagarin:
Fiftieth anniversary of first human flight to space
Yuri Gagarin was born in 1934 in a small village
100 miles west of Moscow. His father was a carpenter, bricklayer and
farmer, and his mother was a milkmaid. Yuri completed six grades of
secondary school and then joined a four-year technical school, where
he got a chance to join a flying club. So began the realization of
his dream to become a pilot. In 1957 Yuri Gagarin graduated with
honours from the Air Force Academy and became a military fighter
pilot.
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