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  • April 2008
    • Mecca Time Plugged for World Standard

      Mecca Time Plugged for World Standard

      (Newser) - A group of Muslim scholars wants Mecca time to replace Greenwich Mean Time as the world's default setting, the BBC reports. As Islam’s holiest city lies in perfect longitudinal alignment to magnetic north, scientists told a Qatar conference that Mecca was the “true” center of the earth. GMT, they argue, is a relic of British imperialism, and should be abolished. More »

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      Islam   Saudi Arabia   England   Qatar   scientists   Mecca   time   Greenwich Mean Time

  • August 2007
    • Chavez Hands Nation New Time Zone

      Chavez Hands Nation New Time Zone

      (Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez plans to bump clocks in his nation back half an hour next month to add daylight to citizens' lives and create "a more fair distribution of the sunrise," Reuters reports. The change will particularly help poor children who wake up before dawn to go to school, explained Chavez' science and technology minister. More »

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      Venezuela   Hugo Chavez   sunlight   time zones   Greenwich Mean Time

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