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"The experience to be gathered from books, Though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning; Whereas the experience gained from actual life, Is of the nature of wisdom; And a small store of the latter Is worth vastly more than a stock of the former."

—Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Self Help -1859

 

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Miss Saigon returns to West End  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:33:40 GMT
Hit musical Miss Saigon returns to London's West End in 2014, its 25th anniversary year. 
Government leads new GM crops push  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:19:24 GMT
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson says GM makes sense for consumers, farmers and the environment and calls for reform of EU regulations. 
Snail genes reveal human migration  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:43:29 GMT
A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago. 
Naked mole-rat gives cancer clues  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:01:25 GMT
A rodent that never gets cancer could hold the key to preventing or treating malignant tumours, say scientists. 
Silver 'boost to antibiotic success'  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:21:51 GMT
Adding silver to antibiotics boosts their ability to fight infection, research suggests. 
Corbisiero named in Lions Test side  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:12:52 GMT
Prop Alex Corbisiero is the surprise inclusion in a Lions team featuring eight Welshmen for the first Test against Australia. 
Newcastle situation sickens Shearer  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:48:15 GMT
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has been undermined by Joe Kinnear's appointment as director of football, says Alan Shearer. 
How Israel keeps Holocaust memories alive  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:43:30 GMT
The Holocaust carries a special importance for Israel. Can it ensure that the next generation knows what happened, and does not forget? 
The air force pilot who took her baby on missions  Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:30:48 GMT
Colonel Nabizada - Afghanistan's first woman helicopter pilot - often shares her cockpit with her baby daughter 
UN condemns 'despicable' Somali raid  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:28:59 GMT
UN head Ban Ki-moon expresses outrage over a "despicable" attack by Islamists on a UN office in Somalia which killed at least 15 people. 
Eleven jailed in China's Xinjiang  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:50:49 GMT
China jails 11 people for crimes of ethnic and religious hatred in the far western region of Xinjiang, state media say. 
Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:26:22 GMT
Speaking at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama calls for reductions to be made in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles. 
Mexico arrests top 10 US fugitive  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:52:38 GMT
A US fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for the alleged sexual exploitation of children is arrested at a resort in Mexico. 
Protests flare over Egypt governor  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:53:49 GMT
Egypt's tourism minister quits and protests erupt as a man with links to Islamists behind the deadly 1997 attack in Luxor is named as city governor. 
FBI uses surveillance drones in US  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:55:40 GMT
The FBI has used drones for surveillance in limited cases over US soil and is developing a drone use policy, the FBI director tells the US Senate.