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June 18, 1178: English Monks Observe 'Lunar' Explosion 1178: Just after sunset, according to the English monk and chronicler Gervase of Canterbury, five monks watch the moon explode into flames. Gervase said the observers were looking at a new crescent moon when the upper part "suddenly split in two. From the midpoint of this division a fla Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 18, 1178: English Monks Observe 'Lunar' Explosion 1178: Just after sunset, according to the English monk and chronicler Gervase of Canterbury, five monks watch the moon explode into flames. Gervase said the observers were looking at a new crescent moon when the upper part "suddenly split in two. From the midpoint of this division a fla Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 3, 1657: William Harvey Taken Out of Circulation 1657: The blood stops circulating in the body of the scientist who definitively established that blood indeed circulates. William Harvey is dead. Most scientists and physicians in Harvey's time were still blindly following the second-century Greek physician Galen, who proved that arteri Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 3, 1657: William Harvey Taken Out of Circulation 1657: The blood stops circulating in the body of the scientist who definitively established that blood indeed circulates. William Harvey is dead. Most scientists and physicians in Harvey's time were still blindly following the second-century Greek physician Galen, who proved that arteri Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Monks Protest During Press Tour of China - New York Times Gulf TimesMonks Protest During Press Tour of ChinaNew York Times - 1 hour agoAndy Wong/AP By DAVID BARBOZA SHANGHAI - Weeping and yelling, “Tibet is not free,†a group of red-robed monks on Thursday disrupted a carefully scripted tour for foreign journalis Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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June 30, 1908: A Very Close Encounter of the Second Kind 1908: A fireball streaking across the sky and a massive explosion in the Siberian hinterlands marks the largest recorded collision ever between Earth and an object from space. The Tunguska event flattened 80 million trees covering 830 square miles of sparsely populated (but not unpopula Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 30, 1908: A Very Close Encounter of the Second Kind 1908: A fireball streaking across the sky and a massive explosion in the Siberian hinterlands marks the largest recorded collision ever between Earth and an object from space. The Tunguska event flattened 80 million trees covering 830 square miles of sparsely populated (but not unpopula Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Don't miss the total lunar eclipse - CNET News.com EarthtimesDon't miss the total lunar eclipseCNET News.com - 4 hours agoOn Wednesday, February 20, 2008, beginning at 7:01 pm PST, the moon will move completely under the shadow of the Earth in a total lunar eclipse.Viewer's guide: Total lunar eclipse on Wed. USA To Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Myanmar monks a vital lifeline for cyclone survivors - AFP Canada.comMyanmar monks a vital lifeline for cyclone survivorsAFP- 6 hours agoYANGON (AFP) - A Buddhist monk in his maroon robe silently guards boxes of noodles, while another monk tries to plot an aid route to cyclone survivors using satellite print-outs of Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Dec. 24, 1968: Christmas Eve Greetings From Lunar Orbit 1968: The crew of Apollo 8 delivers a live, televised Christmas Eve broadcast after becoming the first humans to orbit another space body. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders made their now-celebrated broadcast after entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, which might help expla Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Dec. 24, 1968: Christmas Eve Greetings From Lunar Orbit 1968: The crew of Apollo 8 delivers a live, televised Christmas Eve broadcast after becoming the first humans to orbit another space body. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders made their now-celebrated broadcast after entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, which might help expla Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Catholic nuns and monks decline The Vatican has reported a further dramatic fall in the number of Roman Catholic monks and nuns worldwide. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Catholic nuns and monks decline The Vatican has reported a further dramatic fall in the number of Roman Catholic monks and nuns worldwide. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Google lunar challenge gets under way - CNET News.com NewsOXYGoogle lunar challenge gets under wayCNET News.com - 9 hours agoGoogle and the X Prize Foundation kick off their Google Lunar X Prize, announcing the first 10 registered competitors. By Stefanie Olsen MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.Google, X Prize Foundation Attract 1 Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Buddhist Don Juan? Monks May Flirt Online Thai government investigates claims that Buddhist monks are flirting online. Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police Violence erupted in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, as monks and other ethnic Tibetans clashed with security forces. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Lhasa monks accuse China of lying over unrest BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibetan monks stormed a news briefing at a temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing officials of lying about unrest and embarrassing Chinese authorities during a stage-managed tour by foreign reporters. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Monks disrupt Tibet media visit Tibetan monks disrupt a tour by the first foreign journalists to visit Lhasa since protests erupted, witnesses say. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Monks disrupt Tibet media visit Tibetan monks disrupt a tour by the first foreign journalists to visit Lhasa since protests erupted, witnesses say. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Monks defy China crackdown to protest in Lhasa
(AFP) AFP - Monks from one of Tibetan Buddhism's most sacred temples defied China's crackdown to protest in front of visiting foreign reporters in Lhasa on Thursday, voicing their support for the Dalai Lama. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |