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    WINNIE MANDELA
    May 14, 1991 - South Africa

    Winnie Mandela, the wife of Nelson Mandela, is given a six-year prison sentence for her part in the kidnap of four youths suspected of being police informers, one of the kidnapped boys later died of his injuries. Mrs Mandela's is believed to be behind the activities of her bodyguards - known as the "Mandela Football Club" who are involved in violence in the Soweto township including the notorious "necklace killings" which involved putting a tyre around a victim's neck and setting fire to it.

    CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT
    May 14, 1986 - Russia

    After 17 days with no statement from the Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev today went on Russian TV today to tell the Russian people that the death toll has reached 9 and a further 299 are hospitalized with radiation poisoning from the Chernobyl accident on April 26th. Meanwhile fallout from the nuclear accident has been identified as far away as the USA.

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Learn more about online computer games. The article describes the advantages of playing flash games, such as good relaxation, brain training and memory development.

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Can you imagine your life with no personal computer. Most people will definitely answer no to this question. We work on PC when we are at the office. As soon as we come home the first thing we do is turning on our computer. We only turn it off for nights, but in the recent time with the development of technical progress there appeared a chance to download significant volumes of information, for example videos or music, from the Internet.

Downloading takes some time, so people prefer to keep their PC turned on during night and to download. Useful software, the World Wide Web, computer flash games ? we're so used to their presence in our living that it is scarcely conceivable that they can unexpectedly disappear.
Attitude of people to computer games is different. For some of them playing computer flash games is the most favorite hobby and the best way to relax after a hard working day. Some people find them amusing and sometimes spare some time to this kind of activity.

But there is also a category of people that consider computer games to be a total waste of time. They suppose that playing computer flash games destroys people's brain. Actually, flash computer games are really a great source of relaxation. What's more, it was confirmed by scientists that playing flash games affects positively the activity of our brain. Just imagine the situation when you're concentrated on playing a computer flash game. You're attentive to details and always try to think ahead.

That implies that playing flash games develop your thinking abilities and quick reaction ability. But still, computer games should not become the only thing you take interest in. Firstly, spending too much time in front of the monitor has a negative influence on your eyesight. Moreover, take into account that the game is a virtual reality and you should not change your real life with playing flash games. Use playing computer flash games as a way to relax and to exercise your brain and you'll get only positive effect.

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