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Shrapnel: The terrible fragments of war
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA (UKRAINE) - They differ in size and colour and some still have skin attached: the shrapnel extracted from the wounded at a military hospital in southern Ukraine are the cold reality of the country's war.
Pope to return three Parthenon fragments to Athens
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is to return to Greece three fragments of Athens' Parthenon temple, in what the Vatican called Friday a gesture of friendship.
German puzzlers reconstruct Stasi files from millions of fragments
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» BERLIN: Barbara Poenisch spends most of her days at work doing puzzles -- piecing together a mountain of documents torn up by the hated East German Stasi secret police.
In new shake-up, French politics fragments into three blocs
AFP, Published on 12/04/2022
» PARIS - France's political landscape is now fragmented into three blocs -- the centre, far-right and radical left -- after the abysmal performance of traditional parties in the presidential election.
Grim fragments of life seep out from Russian-occupied Ukraine
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» KRAMATORSK (UKRAINE) - Collapsed social services, financial woes and fear: only brief snippets filter out of the daily reality for Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory.
DNA blow 'won't derail Billy probe'
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 03/12/2019
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) says its probe into the alleged murder of Karen forest activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen will not be derailed after recent DNA tests on more bone fragments came up blank.
DSI digging up details of Billy case
News, Published on 30/09/2021
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is moving quickly to respond to a request by prosecutors to provide more information on the 2014 killing of Karen activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen.
tourist attractions in Yala and Narathiwat
Published on 31/08/2019
» Tourist attractions in Yala and NarathiwatPublished captionLocals in Ban Phu Khao Thong in Narathiwat’sSukhirin district pan for gold in the Sai Buri River. Two found small fragments of gold that look liked grains of shining sand. Visitors are encouraged to experience gold panning ifthey do not mind wading in the cold stream.
Bottled water contains more plastic particles than thought - study
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/01/2024
» NEW YORK - A typical one-litre (33-ounce) bottle of water contains some 240,000 plastic fragments on average, according to a new study. Many of those fragments have historically gone undetected, the researchers determined, suggesting that health concerns linked to plastic pollution may be dramatically underestimated.
DNA research uncovers Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
AFP, Published on 03/06/2020
» JERUSALEM: DNA research on the Dead Sea Scrolls has revealed that not all of the ancient manuscripts came from the desert landscape where they were discovered, according to a study published Tuesday.