Reuters - Edinburgh International Book Festival director Catherine Lockerbie said on Tuesday she was resigning after nine years during which she helped make it one of the top literary gatherings of its kind in the world.
Archive for lipiec, 2009
Edinburgh book festival director stands down (Reuters)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009“Harry Potter” poised to fetch princely sum (Reuters)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009Reuters - Talk about performance anxiety.
Russell Brand returns to host the VMAs (AP)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009
AP - MTV liked Russell Brand so much, they called him back for more.
Connelly Evolves, Damon Gets Douchey for Toronto Fest (E! Online)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009
E! Online - Even more so than usual, the name of the game at the 34th Toronto Film Festival will be survival of the fittest.
400-billion-euro plan to pump African solar power to Europe (AFP)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009
AFP - Twelve European companies launched a 400-billion-euro (560-billion-dollar) initiative Monday to plant huge solar farms in Africa and the Middle East to produce energy for Europe.
High-tech drugs would get 12-yr market protection (AP)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009AP - Senators agreed Monday to give high-tech biologic drugs 12 years of market protection before generic versions can compete.
Experts hail Sahara-Europe solar plan (AFP)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009
AFP - Far-sighted plans to energise Europe by tapping solar power from the sweltering Sahara desert offer bright prospects but must not overshadow renewable sources closer to home, experts say.
Armadillo-like crocodile roamed Brazil: researchers (Reuters)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009Reuters - Fossils found in Brazil are from a crocodile resembling a large armadillo that was a predator in the area around modern-day Sao Paulo state 90 million years ago, researchers said on Tuesday.
Boston zoos may get funds after euthanasia scare (AP)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009AP - Massachusetts lawmakers said Monday they would try to restore $4 million in state funds for two local zoos after operators suggested that without the money, animals might have to be destroyed  a claim the governor called a scare tactic.
NASA to try sixth Endeavour launch Wednesday (AFP)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009
AFP - NASA was poised yet again to try get the Endeavour space shuttle off the ground and into orbit, after bad weather and technical trouble blighted five previous launch attempts.
Entergy pushes to get spinoff of reactors done (AP)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009AP - Entergy Corp. has filed a proposal with utility regulators in New York state in a push to get approval of its long-running plan to spin off some of its nuclear power plants into a separate company.
New Heavy Element Likely to Be Named for Copernicus (LiveScience.com)
Środa, lipiec 15th, 2009LiveScience.com - The newest - and heaviest - element on the periodic table could get tagged with the name “copernicium” in honor of the late astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.