Metal-Working Processes
Historians can only speculate on how metals were first discovered and worked. Since most metals must be softened by heat in order to be extracted from their ores, campfires and...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - Talks to end a strike by South African metal
workers were continuing Wednesday evening despite an earlier
announcement saying a deal had been reached.
...
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Take the A train to the Middle Ages.
The subway stop at 190th Street lets you out near the Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval outpost in northern Manhattan.
This comp...
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Rome (dpa) - A heatwave in Italy pushed temperatures to well above
40 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, endangering the elderly and forcing
factories to shut down.
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Johannesburg (dpa) - Talks to end a strike by South African metal
workers were continuing Wednesday evening despite an earlier
announcement saying a deal had been reached wi...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - Talks were underway in South Africa Monday to
resolve a five-day old strike over pay in the motor components
industry that has crippled production at in...
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Rome (dpa) - More than 70 per cent of Italian workers have
approved in a referendum a government proposal to raise the
retirement age, Italy's largest labour unions said Thu...
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A 64-year-old gangster suspected of fatally shooting a male
inpatient in a case of apparent mistaken identity at a hospital in
Saga Prefecture on Nov. 8 was arrested Sunday in Fukuoka Prefect...
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(EDS: UPDATING INFO IN 6TH GRAF)
A 64-year-old gangster suspected of fatally shooting a male
inpatient in a case of apparent mistaken identity at a hospital in
Saga Prefecture on Nov. 8 was ...
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DPJ head Ozawa sees possibility of early general election
OTSU, Japan - The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party
of Japan indicated Sunday there is a possibility of a g...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - German car manufacturer Volkswagen on
Wednesday warned of thousands of job losses at its South African
operations if a pay dispute in the motor componen...
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