My favourite wild hideaway (Guardian Unlimited)
Travel: Six wilderness experts on places where you can experience a truly unspoilt landscape

Secret Britain (part 2): The best places in the country for wildlife, heritage and scenery (Independent)
Welcome to the second week of our series revealing some of Britain's best-kept summer secrets ? the usually unheralded places that might form the basis of an agreeable day out, or even weekend trip. To compile it, we went to the experts, approaching a huge variety of organisations that actually care for our countryside and heritage and asked them: what are your hidden gems? The National Trust, ...

Technology & Gadgets (Belfast Telegraph)
Use of the abacus, with its beads in a rack, was first documented in Han Dynasty China in about AD190, but the word dates to much earlier calculating devices.

New Book Explores Rare Wildflowers (Newswise)
In 2007, 273 plant species in the state of Kentucky were considered endangered or threatened and an additional 57 were listed under special concern. Capturing nearly all the state's flowers in peril, "Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky" hopes to spread awareness and promote environmental preservation.

News Categories (Yemen Observer)
UNESCO lists Socotra Archipelago as a World Heritage Site, giving Yemen the largest number of cultural and natural heritage sites in the Middle East. If one thinks of Arab heritage, Petra might spring to mind.




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