Friday, October 2, 1998
Churchill planned World War III against Russia, says daily
Winston Churchill, the British wartime leader, ordered his War Cabinet within days of the defeat of Germany in 1945 to draw up contingency plans for an invasion on the Soviet Union, it was reported on Thursday. The battle plan recommended re-arming up to 100,000 German troops to help half a million British and US soldiers fight their erstwhile wartime ally.
Sumptuous Ladakhi audio-visual fete
The dancers of Ladakh and the cloudlets in the sky are alike -- they just drift. both appear in this magnificent land only during this time of the year, when Ladakh wakes up after remaining cocooned in isolation throughout the white winter. And for the local population it's more than party time.
Fossil of world's smallest mammal found
Scientists have uncovered the fossilised fragment of the world's smallest mammal -- a tiny shrew-like creature no heavier than a dollar bill -- that somehow survived the planet-wide catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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