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God of War: Chains of Olympus is a 2008 third-person action-adventure video game for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). Loosely based on Greek mythology, it is the fourth installment in the God of War series and a prequel to the original God of War. The player controls Kratos, a Spartan warrior who serves the Olympian Gods. Kratos is instructed to find the Sun God Helios, as the Dream God Morpheus has caused many of the gods to slumber in Helios' absence. Morpheus, the Queen of the Underworld Persephone and the Titan Atlas plan to destroy Mount Olympus. The gameplay is very similar to that of its predecessors, with a focus on combo-based combat. The game features quick time events that require the player to complete game controller actions in a timed sequence to defeat stronger enemies and bosses. The player can use magical attacks, and the game also features puzzles and platforming elements. Debuting at No. 5 on the North American charts, Chains of Olympus achieved the highest composite score for a PSP title from Metacritic and GameRankings. Considered one of the best games on the platform, it has won several awards and had sold 3.2 million copies worldwide by June 2012. (Full article...)

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... that adaptations of the wildlife of Antarctica (icefish pictured) to survive the cold include growing blubber, having antifreeze in their blood, and digesting themselves to a juvenile state?

... that Binod Bihari Chowdhury, who died on 10 April 2013 at the age of 102, was the last surviving revolutionary from the Chittagong armoury raid?

... that composer Graham Waterhouse was the cellist in a performance of his string trio Zeichenstaub at his former school, playing the U.K. premiere with two members of the Münchner Philharmoniker?

... that the 1925 Hama uprising began when Fawzi al-Qawuqji mutinied with his entire Syrian Legion cavalry unit and took control of Hama from the French Mandatory authorities?

... that Léopold Louis Joubert fought for the Pope in Italy and against slave traders in the Congo?

... that the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece was ruled as the "Kingdom of the Morea" by the Republic of Venice in 1688–1715?

... that William Markwick's "Sheep's fescue" was not suitable for sheep?

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An explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, damages more than 75 buildings, kills at least five people and injures hundreds.

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, the strongest in the country in 40 years.

A wave of bombings across Iraq kills more than 50 people and injures approximately 300 others.

Two bomb blasts (aftermath pictured) near the finish line of the Boston Marathon kill 3 people and injure more than 180 others.

Following the death of Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro is elected President of Venezuela.

Australian golfer Adam Scott wins the Masters Tournament.

The Government of India announces Bollywood actor Pran as the winner of the 2012 Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

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April 19: Rama Navami (Hinduism, 2013); Feast of Saint Alphege (Western Christianity)

1713 – With no living male heirs, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI issued the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure one of his daughters would inherit the Habsburg lands.

1775 – The American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the British colony of Massachusetts.

1809 – War of the Fifth Coalition: The French won a hard-fought victory over Austria in Lower Bavaria when their opponents withdrew from the field of battle that evening.

1943 – The Holocaust: Nazi troops entered the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, sparking the first mass uprising (burning buildings pictured) in Poland against the German occupation.

1989 – A gun turret on board the United States Navy battleship Iowa exploded, killing 47 sailors.

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Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae) is a small passerine bird found in dense scrub to forest habitats through tropical Asia. Males, as pictured here, have vibrant colours; females are a duller blue. The birds feed on insects, either those caught flying or found on the ground.

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