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NASA engineers, high school students team up to build pilot-disorientation chair
A worst-case scenario for pilots in flight is not knowing which way is up. It can happen when visual cues are gone and acceleration knocks sensory systems out of whack, leaving pilots temporarily disoriented and more prone to crash. "Public enemy No....Tags: Science, Technology, High Schools, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Balkan states back TAP, IAP gas pipeline projects
ReutersTIRANA, May 23 (Reuters) - Four Balkan states backed the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project on Thursday, weeks before the Shah Deniz 2 consortium picks between TAP and its rival Nabucco West project. The TAP project aims to bring 10 billion cubic...Tags: Romania, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, Montenegro
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OTP seeks growth abroad, sees consolidation at home
ReutersBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Half of Hungary's largest banks could come up for sale in the next few years in a long-overdue consolidation, with OTP Bank , the country's biggest bank by assets, potentially one of the buyers, its chief executive told Reuters in...Tags: Viktor Orban, Germany, Belgium, European Union, General Electric Company
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Europe oil probe seeks market abuse evidence in 2010-2013
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission is asking oil traders across the continent to provide evidence of market abuse to determine whether companies sought to manipulate prices reported to leading price-setting agency Platts. Authorities last week...Tags: Energy, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Petroleum Industry, Glencore International AG, Renewable Energy
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Supporters and opponents of Ukraine president clash in Kiev
ReutersKIEV, May 18 (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scuffled as both sides held large rallies in the capital Kiev on Saturday, police and local media said. A dozen young men hurled stones and plastic water bottles...Tags: Prisons, Nazi Party, Riots, European Union, France
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Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls
Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...
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Hungary returns to growth but Czech downturn deepens
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Hungary's economy unexpectedly broke out of recession in the first quarter and Romania expanded faster than forecast, but their regional peer the Czech Republic plunged deeper into its longest downturn in two decades. The European...Tags: Romania, Market and Exchange, Viktor Orban, Manufacturing and Engineering, Germany
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Christian churches back Jews facing anti-Semitism in Hungary
ReutersBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor BUDAPEST, May 14 (Reuters) - When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium...Tags: Government, Judaism, Viktor Orban, Benedict XVI, Roman Catholicism
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Soccer-Gyor end 30-year wait to win Hungarian title
ReutersBUDAPEST, May 12 (Reuters) - Gyor ETO won their first Hungarian championship in 30 years with a 1-0 victory over Ferencvaros on Sunday as closest title rivals Videoton lost 2-1 at Debrecen. The club from Hungary's sixth largest city have 58 points from... -
Former Manchester Mayor Gets 57 Months In Prison
The Hartford CourantA former Manchester mayor who was convicted of fleecing an elderly investor in Maine was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 57 months in prison. A jury in Portland, Maine, had convicted Peter DiRosa, 66, of wire fraud after a three-day trial in...Tags: Personal Service, Prisons, Republican Party, FBI, John B. Larson
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EU-bound Croatia craves investors but drags feet on reforms
Reuters* Red tape suffocates investment * Trails peers in attracting foreign investment * Croatia four years in recession * Some local firms move production to non-EU neighbours By Igor Ilic and Sasa Kavic DUBROVNIK, Croatia, May 10 (Reuters) - The barren...Tags: Romania, European Union, IKEA, Serbia, Elections
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Hungary will not use reserves to root out forex loans: Matolcsy
ReutersBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's central bank won't use its reserves to help households who owe trillions of forints worth in foreign currency loans, Governor Gyorgy Matolcsy told the weekly Heti Valasz. Even after earlier relief programs, hundreds of...Tags: Energy, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Banking, Money and Monetary Policy
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