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Friday October 10, 2008
From Matt Rosenberg, Your Guide to Geography
Portugal, Macedonia, and Montenegro have joined the group of countries that recognize Kosovo as the world's newest independent country, bringing the total number of countries that recognize Kosovo to 51. In related news, Serbia has succeeded in obtaining approval from the United Nations General Assembly for the International Court...
Friday October 10, 2008
From Robert Wilde, Your Guide to European History
Excavations carried out at Stonehenge earlier this year indicate that the famous stones may have been erected 500 years earlier than currently believed, albeit in different positions. The current orthodoxy holds that the site was first used around 3100 BCE, and the stones first erected c. 2500 BCE. The recent...
Friday October 10, 2008
From Robert Wilde, Your Guide to European History
World War 2 was more than just soldiers and tanks, as this article by Gavyn Davies amply demonstrates. He explains the role played by statisticians in producing a formula which estimated German tank production, allowing the Western allies the chance to predict how many machines they would face. Although the...