Austrian police find dozens dead inside lorry

Thursday, August 27, 2015 Austrian police today found an estimated 20–50 decomposing corpses in an apparently abandoned lorry. Roadworkers who spotted the vehicle, which had been there since yesterday at least, alerted police. Responding officers found it full of corpses. The lorry is on the so-called “Eastern Motorway”, the A4, close to the Hungarian border. […]

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Burning debris from satellites spotted over several US cities

Sunday, February 15, 2009 On Tuesday, February 10, the American civilian communications satellite Iridium 33, launched in 1997, and the defunct Russian military communications satellite Kosmos-2251, launched in 1993, collided over Siberia. Five days after the collision, reports have surfaced that burning debris from the collision has been spotted over several U.S. cities from New […]

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Category:Science and technology

This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 19 May 2017: 17 million accounts’ hashed passwords, emails stolen, Zomato says 18 May 2017: Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water 10 May 2017: Cyberattack, not HBO comedian, caused website wipeout, says FCC 28 April […]

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Category:Science and technology

This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 19 May 2017: 17 million accounts’ hashed passwords, emails stolen, Zomato says 18 May 2017: Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water 10 May 2017: Cyberattack, not HBO comedian, caused website wipeout, says FCC 28 April […]

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2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center

Saturday, July 19, 2008 This year’s Leisure Taiwan trade show (a.k.a Taiwan Sport Recreation and Leisure Show) started yesterday, with 131 companies participating including sports media companies such as ESPN and VideoLand Television, businesses selling sports equipment and fitness clubs. There were also a variety of sports being played in the arena built for the […]

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Delta II launches GPS IIR-19 satellite

Saturday, March 15, 2008 A Delta II rocket launched at 06:10 GMT this morning, with the GPS IIR-19 navigation satellite. The spacecraft, which forms part of the US Air Force’s NAVSTAR Global Positioning System, has been successfully delivered into a Medium Earth orbit. The rocket flew in the 7925-9.5 configuration, with 9 GEM-40 solid-rocket boosters, […]

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Paedophilia claims made against “living god”

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 Allegations of paedophilia made against Indian guru, Sathya Sai Baba are back in the limelight again, after the UK’s Sai Youth movement was recognised as an accredited partner of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. The Baba’s followers deny the allegations, and the Sai Youth UK’s National Co-ordinator called them “totally […]

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