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Paper, pencil and books are the key to developing one's creativity and maximizing one's intelligence, says Dutch psychologist Christof van Nimwegen.
The Dutch researcher recently completed a PhD dissertation at the University of Utrecht about the effects of software on the functioning of the human brain.
In "The Paradox of the guided user:... |
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The ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS), which won most votes in past three parliamentary polls but never returned to power since falling with Slobodan Milosevic, finally fell apart on Friday.
Acting chief of SRS over the past five years, Tomislav Nikolic, and its secretary general, Aleksandar Vucic, completed their...
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Germany and China have resumed dialogue, with junior ministers leading talks on strategic issues, while consultations on human rights are set for next month, the German Foreign Ministry said Friday.
The resumption of the regular rounds of talks was announced in June by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his German counterpart...
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Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness sees the German Bundesliga holding firm against the global economic crisis.
Hoeness was quoted in Friday's edition of the Bild newspaper as saying that German football is well off even though income may drop.
"I believe that German football has less to worry than other countries,"...
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The Milan Bourse's benchmark S&P/MIB Index, fell 6.65 per cent to 20,415 at 10:20 am (820 GMT) on Friday.
The plunge came after relatively contained losses on Thursday when the market, and in particular banking sector shares, appeared to respond positively to government measures to provide "last-resort" aid to lending...
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The Vienna Stock Exchange suspended trading shortly after the market opened on Friday morning, after shares fell by around 10 per cent.
Since last Friday, shares on the blue-chip ATX index have lost 23 per cent of their value.
As falling financial stocks account for around a third of the market capitalization on the small bourse,...
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Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo on Friday.
The prize was awarded to Ahtisaari, 71, for his efforts to solve conflicts on several continents and over three decades, the Nobel Committee said.
Committee Chairman Ole Danbolt Mjos said...
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Veteran peace broker Martti Ahtisaari, 71, on Friday crowned a distinguished career as a diplomat, statesman and peace broker by winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
The former Finnish president has been involved in numerous missions aimed at solving international conflicts, ranging from Northern Ireland to the Indonesian province of Aceh...
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European shares plummeted Friday as panic selling spread from Asia and the United States amid fears the global credit squeeze could trigger a global recession.
By early morning trading, Europe's benchmark Stoxx 50 had plunged by 8.0 per cent to 2,109 points, after shares on Wall Street dropped by 7.3 per cent to their lowest level in...
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Romania's Bucharest Stock Exchange halted regular trading Friday for the second time this week, as the massive global sell-off hit Eastern Europe's fastest-growing economy.
Seeking to stem panic selling, exchange officials blocked transactions right at the start of Friday's session and drastically shortened the trading day to 15...
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Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish ex-president and veteran peace broker, has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo on Friday.
Ahtisaari, 71, was cited "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts," the...
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 Study: HPV Levels Similar in Women and Men
The human papilloma is a papilloma virus which infects the skin and mucous membranes of humans. 130 HPV types have been discovered until now and some of them can cause...
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 UK Education Needs Improvement
The UK education is said to be the highest one in the world. But a group made by the most important universities has recently announced that if no investment is made,...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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