Under Swedish old laws, only those with surnames ending in ‘son’ like Andersson, or having a bad or embarrassing connotations could change their names. But a law enacted in 1982 allows almost anyone to do so, for almost any reason.
Saturn’s Moon Has Weather And Geological Recurrence Like Earth
In 2004, the Cassini spacecraft equipped with camera and orbiting around Saturn has taken some pictures on Titan’s surface that seems to look like a basin approximately the size of Ontario lake in Canada. That referred basin is now known as Ontario Lacus.
Mubarak Steps Down As The Egyptian People Roared In Jubilation
People power once again reigns supreme in Egypt as the Egyptian people roared in jubilation at Tahrir Square when they learned that President Hosni Mubarak has resigned.
Melting Mountain Glaciers Divulge More Discoveries
Some discoveries have augmented significant signs into the past of human migration, diet, health and ethnic origins according to Maria Victoria Monsalve, a pathologist of British Columbia who studies ice mummies.
Georgia Marginalizing Russian Language In Favor Of English
Mikheil Saakashvili became president of Georgia after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned in a November 2003 bloodless “Rose Revolution” led by Saakashvili himself and his political allies.
Solar Power Projects Threaten To Encroach Imperiled Desert Animals
The Quechan Indian Tribe sued the United States government over its approval of a second Tessera power plant, contending that the 709 megawatt Imperial Valley Solar Project would harm the flat tailed horned lizard, an animal proposed for endangered species protection.
Halal Food Had Carved A Major Niche in France
France is among the largest population of Muslims in Europe, and with the country’s ensuing discussion in terms of integrating them in the mainstream of French society, it could have a primary impact on the food culture as well.
Conventional Way Of Learning Contradicted By Research
The idea that individuals have specific learning styles, that some are visual learners and others auditory while some are either ‘left brain’ or ‘right brain’, a team of psychologists found out that such idea does not seem to get support in a review made in the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
A Graceful Exit For Mubarak Proposed
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has declared that he will not stand for reelection in the coming September polls.
Clothing Manufacturers Push Initiative To Go Green And Conserve Resources
Several leading branded clothing manufacturers aside from Levi Strauss push the initiative and advocate the phasing out of organic jeans in favor of other environmental efforts, such as reequipping the manufacturing process to go green and conserve resources.