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The game is afoot: Assollant’s Captain Corcoran finally reaches Indian bookstores

Edit Indian Express 10 Jul 2016
Oriental Express. Alfred Assollant was Jean-Paul Sartre’s favourite pulp writer ... Miller’s translation, published by Juggernaut, retains the original title, The Marvellous Adventures of Captain Corcoran ... The writer visited England and met them in person ... One of modern Kolkata’s busiest roads was once known as the Maratha Ditch, a fortification intended to break the momentum of enemy cavalry and impede the movement of gun carriages ... ....

The Man Guggisberg

Edit Modern Ghana 09 Jul 2016
By Daily Guide. By A.R. Gomda. “I see myself as an engineer sent out here to superintend the construction of a broad highway of progress along which the races of the Gold Coast may advance to those far-off cities of promise, the cities of final development, wealth and happiness” ... In 1897 when he returned to England, he was appointed at the Royal Military Academy as an instructor in Fortification and Geometric Drawing ... ....

Cluster bomb made in US shattered lives in Yemen's capital

Edit Stars and Stripes 09 Jul 2016
SANAA, Yemen - The 15-year-old boy had entered his neighborhood mosque to attend morning prayers. The bakery worker was asleep in his attic apartment with his wife and child. And the civil servant was getting ready for work ... The civil servant miraculously escaped death. The bakery worker was severely injured ... On that Jan ... In interviews, residents said there were no military fortifications, strategic buildings, or army units in their area ... ....

Russian Fortifications, Ranges, Storage Bases to Be Constructed on Kurils

Edit Sputnik 08 Jul 2016
Russia’s military infrastructure on two of the Kuril islands in the Pacific will be reinforced with fortifications, firing ranges and ammunition storage bases, the Russian Federal Agency for Special Construction (Spetsstroy) said Friday ... ....

Charles Darwin had a fascinating outlook on daily exercise

Edit Business Insider 08 Jul 2016
The young Charles Darwin. Editor's note. The following was excerpted from the book "How to Think About Exercise.". This excerpt made the following observation about why the famous scientist Charles Darwin got so much satisfaction from exercise. ... Charles Darwin. The world's greatest naturalist ... His company ... One afternoon, returning along Shrewsbury's old fortifications, he fell seven or eight feet — he had not seen that the parapet was gone....

Unity is the cornerstone to Ghana’s development … says Lieutenant General Peter Augustine Blay; as ...

Edit Modern Ghana 08 Jul 2016
By Ghanaian Chronicle. BY MOSES KWESI DAUTEY ... The 2-I-C, now leading the re-grouped, known for its fortification, at a stage attempted to escape again and was believed to be in the process of turning into a baobab tree and this was where the Counter Terrorism Unit of the Ghana Police Service excelled by beating all in rope climbing to capture Komfo Larbia, at the forested base of KLOWEM – ancestral home of the Krobos ... Y ... ....

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Republic of Crimea of ​​the Russian Federation, July 7, 2016 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
(Source ... We are here at the invitation of Artek International Children's Centre ... Foreign Minister's visit to Azerbaijan ... The situation in Syria ... Clashes continue southwest of Aleppo ... Sadly, tragic reports of the same kind are coming now from the districts of Al-Bab and Al-Asliya, where ISIS fighters have captured 900 civilians, mostly Kurds, and are using them as a human shield and putting them to work building fortifications and so on....

Yankees' Andrew Miller atop Cubs' 'wish list', report says

Edit NJ dot com 07 Jul 2016
Miller has a 1.47 ERA this year. NEW YORK -- The Chicago Cubs would very much like to see Yankees' closer Andrew Miller become an Illinois resident, per a report Thursday. The move is atop their summer wish list, in fact. Per Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports Network. ... They need nothing more than bullpen fortification, and they have the best and longest list of positional prospects to dangle ... Aug. 1) ... ....

China warns US on sovereignty ahead of South China Sea ruling

Edit Indian Express 07 Jul 2016
China hopes the United States “speaks and acts cautiously, and take no actions that harm China’s sovereignty and security interests. (AP photo) ... Share This Article. Related Article ... US officials say they fear China may respond to the ruling by declaring an air defense identification zone in the South China Sea, as it did in the East China Sea in 2013, or by stepping up its building and fortification of artificial islands....

Aba attracts tourists with ethnic culture (Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jul 2016
(Source. Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China) ... [Photo / China.org.cn] ... 'It's a pity that we have almost lost our mother tongues,' said Yu Zhengqing ... Qiangdiao refers to a kind of ancient fortification tower built exclusively by the Qiang people out of rocks, mud and wood. The Qiang people are known as talented architects for building sturdy dams, houses and fortifications with these natural materials ... (noodl....

World Food Prize to honor efforts in bio-fortification, including orange-flesh sweet potato (NCBA - National Cooperative Business Association)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jul 2016
(Source ... The fourth laureate, Dr ... Thanks to innovations in agriculture and bio-fortification from these laureates, their institutes, as well as countless other scientists around the world, bio-fortified crops are helping to address huge nutrition gaps in communities across the world ... Original documenthttp.//www.ncba.coop/ncba-international/1501-world-food-prize-to-honor-efforts-in-bio-fortification-including-orange-flesh-sweet-potato....

Syrian Arab Coalition Builds Advantage South of Manbij (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jul 2016
(Source. US Department of Defense) ... Strengthening Positions ... The coalition has conducted 325 strikes near Manbij since May 21, officials said, including 29 strikes in the last four days, resulting in the destruction of multiple ISIL fighting positions, vehicles and fortifications ... U.S ... Public permalinkhttp.//www.publicnow.com/view/BE18C7036BCCA4682964929523888A24D5F655DA....

China warns U.S. on sovereignty ahead of South China Sea ruling – Xinhua

Edit Asia Times 06 Jul 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister spoke with U.S ... REUTERS/CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/Digital Globe/Handout via Reuters/File Photo ... U.S ... U.S. officials say they fear China may respond to the ruling from The Hague by declaring an air defence identification zone in the South China Sea, as it did in the East China Sea in 2013, and by stepping up its building and fortification of artificial islands....
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