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Nuclear Meltdown. Remembering Chernobyl, 25 years on

By Paul Ash | 26 April 2011
CITY OF GHOSTS: The town of Pripyat has been abandoned since the day the reactor blew its top in 1986

CITY OF GHOSTS: The town of Pripyat has been abandoned since the day the reactor blew its top in 1986

At 1.45am on April 26 1986, the number four reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine blew up. Read More…

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Yuri Gagarin. First human in Space

By Paul Ash | 12 April 2011

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Fifty years ago today, the Russians sent the first human into earth orbit. Read More…

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River of Fear. The life and death of a South African kayaker

By Paul Ash | 11 April 2011

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South African kayaker Hendrik Coetzee was obsessed with exploring the remote rivers of Africa. But after a decade of highly risky first descents and tough river expeditions, he was ready to pull back from doing extreme adventures – as soon as he had guided two Americans on a remote and wild river in the Congo. That’s when his luck ran out. Read More…