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Sultan Qaboos bin Said: Omani ruler who turned his country into a regional power broker Feudalism

Sultan Qaboos bin Said: Omani ruler who turned his country into a regional power broker

Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the longest-serving ruler in the Arab world who has died aged 79, took power in the Gulf state of Oman in a 1970 palace coup against his father and then guided the country from medieval-style feudalism to global-looking policies that hastened modernisation and broad political influence.…
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February 4, 2020
Creator Of US BioWeapons Act Says Coronavirus Is Biological Warfare Weapon Biological Warfare

Creator Of US BioWeapons Act Says Coronavirus Is Biological Warfare Weapon

In an explosive interview Dr. Francis Boyle, who drafted the Biological Weapons Act has given a detailed statement admitting that the 2019 Wuhan Coronavirus is an offensive Biological Warfare Weapon and that the World Health Organization (WHO) already knows about it.Francis Boyle is a professor of international law at the…
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February 4, 2020
Vinokourov picks holes in report of alleged Astana connection to Michele Ferrari Doping in Cycling

Vinokourov picks holes in report of alleged Astana connection to Michele Ferrari

Astana team manager Alexandre Vinokourbv Astana team manager Alexander Vinokourov has picked holes in reports of alleged links between Jakob Fuglsang, Alexey Lutsenko and Dr Michele Ferrari, telling L'Equipe that the "story doesn’t stand up" and that it is "based on absurd rumours".Vinokourov is a former Dr Ferrari client but…
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February 4, 2020
Berlin Unveils Juries: Kenneth Lonergan & Bérénice Bejo On Competition Duty Palestine

Berlin Unveils Juries: Kenneth Lonergan & Bérénice Bejo On Competition Duty

The 70th Berlin International Film Festival has unveiled its juries. Joining president Jeremy Irons on the international jury is actress Bérénice Bejo (Argentina / France), producer Bettina Brokemper (Germany), director Annemarie Jacir (Palestine), plawright and director Kenneth Lonergan (USA), actor Luca Marinelli (Italy) and film critic and director Kleber Mendonça…
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February 4, 2020
Artist Tomás Saraceno Launches a Fuel-Free Solar Air Balloon, Breaking World Records Lithium

Artist Tomás Saraceno Launches a Fuel-Free Solar Air Balloon, Breaking World Records

“Fly with Aerocene Pacha,” Tomás Saraceno for Aerocene, 21-28 January 2020, Salinas Grandes, Jujuy, Argentina.Human Solar Free Flight as part of Connect, BTS, curated by DaeHyung Lee (all images courtesy the artist and Aerocene Foundation; photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2020; licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Aerocene Foundation)Artist Tomás…
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February 4, 2020