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Happisburgh Lighthouse in Happisburgh on the North Norfolk coast is the only independently operated lighthouse in Great Britain. It is also the oldest working lighthouse in East Anglia. The lighthouse is painted white with three red bands and has a light characteristic of Fl(3)30s (3 white flashes, repeated every 30secs) at a height of 135 ft (41.1 m) with a range of 14 miles (22.5 km).[1]
Early Human Life   Happisburgh   Happisburgh footprints   Photos   Wikipedia: Happisburgh		  The Examiner 
800,000-year-old footprints in England: 5 human footprints include 2 children
Fri 7 Feb 2014
The 800,000-year-old footprints in England, which were found in an ancient estuary mud, are “the earliest evidence of human life in northern Europe” and indicate that a group of people consisting of... (photo: Creative Commons / BetacommandBot)
Victoria Nuland, permanent representative of the U.S. to NATO, gestures while presenting the U.S. vision for the NATO Alliance in the 21st century to the Macedonian leadership in the capitalSkopje
Fuck the EU   Photos   United States - European Union   Victoria Nuland   Wikipedia: United States–European Union relations		  National Journal 
State Department Official Apologizes for E.U. Comments
Fri 7 Feb 2014
A senior State Department official --who appeared to say "fuck the EU" in a leaked phone call -- has apologized to her European counterparts, a spokesperson said Thursday. What appears to be a private... (photo: AP / Vangel Tanurovski)
CALENDRIER du 10 au 16 février 2014 (European Commission)  noodls  Fri 7 Feb 2014
CALENDRIER du 10 au 16 février 2014 (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) 11/2 General Affairs Council Mr Jo sé Manuel Durão BARROSO and Mr Günther H. OETTINGER receive Mr Stephan WEIL, the Minister President of Lower Saxony Mr José Manuel... (photo: European Community / EC)
EU   Economy   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: European Commission
File - Victoria Nuland, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, answers a question selected from the Department’s official Chinese Twitter on January 6, 2012.  The Times of India  Fri 7 Feb 2014
Washington red-faced after top US diplomat caught on tape saying ‘f*** the EU’
KIEV, Ukraine: The United States tried to contain fallout on Friday from a leaked phone conversation in which a top diplomat uses the f-word regarding the European Union's handling of the crisis in... (photo: US DoS)
EU   Photos   US Diplomacy   Ukraine Protest   Wikipedia: Victoria Nuland
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2100 year old human footprints preserved in volcanic mud near the lake in Managua, Nicaragua. They are called Huellas de Acahualinca. BBC News Fri 7 Feb 2014
Earliest footprints outside Africa discovered in Norfolk
Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of human footprints outside of Africa, on the Norfolk Coast in the East of England. The footprints are more than 800,000... (photo: Creative Commons / Dr d12)
Archaeology   Humans   Norfolk   Photos   Wikipedia: Footprint
Power lines, Germany BBC News Fri 7 Feb 2014
Power lines: No child leukaemia risk
Children who live near overhead power lines do not have an increased risk of developing leukaemia, a study has said. Data on 16,500 children who developed leukaemia in... (photo: Creative Commons / Simon Koopmann)
Child Leukaemia   Health   Photos   Power Lines   Wikipedia: Leukemia
Kofi Annan, left, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria, arrives at the Great Hall of the People for talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, unseen, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Peace FM Online Thu 6 Feb 2014
If Leaders Fail, People Will Lead - Kofi Annan
When leaders fail to lead, people take charge and leaders then have to follow, says Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General and Nobel laureate. In an exclusive interview... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Kofi Annan   Photos   The Elders   Wikipedia: The Elders (organization)   World Leaders
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, right, waves the Olympic flag next to mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov, left, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, center, during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 BBC News Thu 6 Feb 2014
US warns of Sochi 'toothpaste' bomb
6 February 2014 Last updated at 07:00 GMT The US has warned airlines flying into Russia for the Winter Olympics that explosives hidden in toothpaste tubes could be... (photo: AP / Jim Young)
Bomb Threat   Militant Attack   Photos   Russia   Wikipedia: 2014 Winter Olympics
Russian security personnel patrol Olympic park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Al Jazeera Thu 6 Feb 2014
US warns Russia Olympics of 'toothpaste' bomb
The United States has issued a warning to airports and to some airlines flying to Russia for the Olympics to watch for toothpaste tubes that could hold ingredients to... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
Photos   Sochi Olympics   Terror Plots - Russia   Toothpaste Bomb   Wikipedia: 2014 Winter Olympics
The reactor core of the KKG with the characteristic Čerenkov radiation. The KKG possess a pressurized water reactor delivered by the German Kraftwerk Union AG, a then subsidiary of Siemens AG and now part of Areva NP. Reuters Wed 5 Feb 2014
Special Report: Areva and Niger's uranium fight
ARLIT, Niger/PARIS (Reuters) - When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners' huts stranded... (photo: Creative Commons / Celuca)
Areva   Niger Uranium   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Areva


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