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Nathan Divinsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (195 words) |
 | Divinsky served as a mathematics professor, and also as an assistant dean of science, at the University of British Columbia. |
 | He was also featured in many segments relating to mathematics and chess on a Discovery Channel Canada program called @ Discovery Canada, now called Daily Planet. |
 | Divinsky has served on the Vancouver School Board and as an alderman on Vancouver's city council. |
| British program uncovers Israels secret nuclear plans (974 words) |
 | The producers of the BBC program wanted to meet with former workers from Dimona who previously said they suffered from cancerous tumours due to the leaking of serious radiations during their work at the reactor. |
 | Haaretz quoted a BBC spokesman as saying that "the program was produced against the background of developments in the Vanunu case and tries to examine the double standards of the international community, particularly the United States, with regard to Israel's unconventional weapons programs compared to those of Iraq. |
 | The BBC spokesman denied that the program was politically motivated, adding that the British Defense Ministry declined to comment on their work, but that the producers were still trying to get a comment. |