Dried-up dams, boats at bottom of reservoirs and rapidly shrinking lakes.

Extraordinary images of the devastating drought in the West

One of the worst droughts in history has ravaged parts of the country, including Sacramento, California (pictured), and forecasters are predicting it is likely to carry on until the end of the year.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2764716/Dams-not-reached-water-boats-crowded-dried-reservoirs-rapidly-shrinking-lake-levels-Extraordinary-images-highlight-devastating-impact-drought-having-West-forecasters-say-going-continue.html

23 September 2014

President Bush and the 'Twin Towers'.

'Anything of interest this morning?': Declassified documents describe George Bush's eerily uneventful security briefing just minutes before the first plane hit the Twin Towers on 9/11

At 8.21am, four minutes before the meeting ended, the first of four hijacked planes’ transponders went off, marking the beginning of the horror of September 11 2001.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2764380/Anything-morning-Declassified-documents-George-Bush-s-eerily-uneventful-security-briefing-just-minutes-plane-hit-Twin-Towers-9-11.html

22 September 2014

At the Annual Book-Fare, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Signing my latest book 'Tales of an enchanted boyhood - 1940 to 1960, Alupola to Jaffna'.
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Charith Nanayakkara	10:26 AM (18 hours ago)

Hi Philip

You can have a big laugh indeed.

Please share with our batch mates

Regards

From Nana

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Charith Sena  Nanayakkara

The seductress who bewitched our trainee spies into spilling secrets.

Noreen Rois was in Churchill's secret WWII Special Operations Executive, seducing trainee spies near headquarters at the Beaulieu estate in Hampshire.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762845/Special-agent-seductress-Her-hush-hush-wartime-mission-bewitch-trainee-spies-spilling-national-secrets-Now-70-years-tells-gripping-story.html

21 September 2014

The menopause could be eliminated in 20 years, scientist predicts.

Stem cell scientist Aubrey de Grey said that rapid progress in stem cell and regenerative therapies meant that current age limits on when women can conceive and give birth were likely to vanish.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2763228/Could-menopause-eliminated-20-years-Scientist-predicts-ageing-process-halted-reversed-stem-cell-therapies.html

21 September 2014

The road from Vakarai to Seruwavila, Sri Lanka.

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http://youtu.be/8uPzhld7RbU