The author of nearly five hundred books, Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) is esteemed as one of the finest writers of science fiction and scientific fact in the twentieth century.Asimov was born on January 2,...
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By the time of his death in 1992, Isaac Asimov was widely regarded as one of the most productive and versatile writers of all time. Asimov was best-known for his science-fiction novels and popularized...
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While Isaac Asimov officially celebrated his birthday as 2 January 1920, his birth date is uncertain. Records were not well kept in the U.S.S.R. in the period between World War I and World War II, par...
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Wellington (dpa) - Floodwaters inundated much of New Zealand's
scenic Bay of Islands region Thursday after the equivalent of two
months of rain fell in 24 hours, causing riv...
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An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip Sunday after they fired rockets at a nearby Israeli town, the Israeli military and hospital officials said.In all, I...
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A 16-story building collapsed while under construction in Azerbaijan's capital, killing eight people, authorities said Wednesday.The building collapsed Tuesday, and rescuers were still searching th...
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Israeli officials on Monday denied claims that they were close to a deal that would secure the release of a captured soldier held by Palestinian militants, citing excessive demands by the Islamic H...
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Fisherman Jose Enrique Tejada clung to a gas container in the moonlit Atlantic and prayed for help after giant waves capsized the boat he was on, throwing him and dozens of other men into the ocean...
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Northern Ireland police arrested five suspected IRA dissidents Friday and closed down the Belfast-Dublin railway line to search for a possible bomb on the track.Police backed by British troops spen...
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Militia fighters attacked a provincial headquarters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing five American soldiers Saturday night, the U.S. military reported.The statement said "an illegally ar...
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State television reported Tuesday that 18 boys were killed when a car bomb exploded in a park in Ramadi, and Iraqi and international officials were quick to deplore the slaughter. But questions abo...
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