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prnewswire.com | 2003 | AIA's Team America Rocketry Challenge announces its top 100 teams for national fly-off in May
ARLINGTON, Va., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of students from across the country will meet May 11 at Great Meadow in The Plains, VA to decide the winner of the world's largest student rocket contest. The T... | 658 |
bbc.co.uk | 2003 | Human rights and minority interests are a sensitive matter in many countries, but in Brazil they are now at the centre of an unprecedented controversy.
The politician charged with overseeing these issues in the lower house of Brazil's congress stands accused of racism and homophobia.
It is a claim that pastor and Chris... | 743 |
themoscowtimes.com | 2003 | KUMTOR, Kyrgyzstan — In an impoverished young nation with a habit of overthrowing its rulers, the future now balances on a mountain of gold at the top of the world, where the air is so thin that collapsing visitors may be rushed to a pressure chamber for oxygen.
After two revolutions in eight years, nationalists in Kyr... | 2,472 |
nzherald.co.nz | 2003 | An architect's impression of the new Science Centre to be built at Auckland University. Photo / Supplied
Despite millions of dollars of investment to provide state-of-the-art facilities, international competitors are outspending us and our universities are slipping in global rankings.
Special report: Auckland universit... | 1,286 |
salon.com | 2003 | The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that legendary film critic Roger Ebert has died. Ebert was 70 years old.
The Sun-Times, home of Ebert’s review column for 46 years, wrote on Thursday that Ebert “was without question the nation’s most prominent and influential film critic.” He “had been in poor health over the past de... | 605 |
spiegel.de | 2003 | Take a moment to imagine it the other way around: A Syrian dictator with a full beard -- an Islamist harboring al-Qaida sympathies -- has the Christian population of his country shot, starved and bombed, lets fanatical militias massacre non-believers and burns the country down to ashes. Were that the case, an alliance ... | 1,754 |
voanews.com | 2003 | The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has praised the United States’ efforts in helping the court ensure that perpetrators of war crimes are brought to justice.
Fatou Bensouda says the arrest warrants issued against leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels still hold even though the Ugandan... | 1,406 |
cpj.org | 2003 | New York, April 5, 2013–Police in Somalia say they have been holding a woman in custody for much of this week after they say questions were raised about the veracity of reports that a journalist was fatally shot in Mogadishu on March 24.
Police said they have been questioning the woman in connection with reports that g... | 243 |
spiegel.de | 2003 | When it comes to the integration of Germany's Muslim minority, the center-left Social Democrats tend to be much less hard-line than Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives. But on Wednesday evening, SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück may have gone a step too far when he waded into what in the past has been a hor... | 789 |
usatoday.com | 2003 | Much-ballyhooed luxury ship to sail from NYC, Miami
One of the most luxurious cruise ships to debut over the past decade will visit the USA for the first time in 2014.
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises on Tuesday announced the 516-passenger Europa 2 will make a maiden call in New York from Dec. 4 to 6, 2014 before setting sail on a ... | 503 |
newsok.com | 2003 | OG&E, Google deal offers transparency on data center funding, but questions remain
Oklahoma state senate candidate found dead near Texas border
Judge refuses to dismiss charge against Epic Charter Schools co-founders
Lawmakers pass criminal penalties for providing abortion pills
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theguardian.com | 2003 | The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has heeded a call from a conservative clerical group to halt the broadcast of "un-Islamic" films and serials, issuing a vague decree that some see as a move to stifle debate before presidential elections next year or even to placate the Taliban.
The Ulema Council complained to Karzai... | 475 |
dawn.com | 2003 | AS the great defenders of state sovereignty continue their TV-friendly holy crusades against foreign domination, the voices that seek to expose the actual working of global structures of domination become increasingly marginal.
Very few Pakistanis know that the ninth ministerial summit of the World Trade Organisation (... | 1,207 |
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 2003 | SAO PAULO: The post-election tension in Venezuela that claimed seven lives on Monday and led to massive pro- and anti-government demonstrations across the country on Tuesday was not showing any signs of abating on Wednesday. Though the opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, called off a planned march in the capital, Car... | 1,043 |
theatlantic.com | 2003 | Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Lohaidan, a judicial adviser to an association of Gulf psychologists, recently told a Saudi website that "If a woman drives a car, not out of pure necessity, that could have negative physiological impacts as functional and physiological medical studies show that it automatically affects the ova... | 1,233 |
finance.yahoo.com | 2003 | For a Good Job After College, Go Here
Many colleges across the country boast of a small-town atmosphere or a peaceful, bucolic setting. But those things could actually impede your hunt for a good job once you graduate.
New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York helps confirm what many recent college grads a... | 584 |
allafrica.com | 2003 | THE United States is confident that Zimbabwe can become Africa's fastest growing economy, US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Bruce Wharton has said.
Speaking to journalists in Gweru on Wednesday soon after touring Naletale Ruins, Ambassador Wharton said the Government of Zimbabwe had taken positive steps towards economic gr... | 470 |
blogwatch.tv | 2003 | By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
First of Two Parts
HIS MOTHER is a former president who was widowed when her husband, a prominent opposition leader, was assassinated. And so when Benigno Simeon ‘Noynoy’ C. Aquino III came to power on June 30, 2010, expectations were high that he would act with dis... | 5,066 |
jacksonfreepress.com | 2003 | Everyone in town seems to have an opinion on which course of action the Jackson Zoo's leadership, faced with financial obstacles, should take to ensure the longevity of what former Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. called "one of Jackson's jewels." While most of the "facts" making the rounds are speculative, what's certain is t... | 1,162 |
seattlepi.com | 2003 | What’s a tree worth?
More exactly, what is the worth of 102 trees grown for decades or, in at least one case, centuries on public land?
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A price otherwise answered in dollars will likely be paid in one year in prison by Reid B. Johnston, a Brinnon logger caught stealing prot... | 1,013 |
chinadaily.com.cn | 2003 | In the press
Updated: 2013-09-05 06:33
(HK Edition)
Wong Yat
'Independence' daydream
It was reported that some 300 Hong Kong residents lent their names to a political ad published in two local newspapers and Taiwan-based Liberty Times, a "pro-Taiwan independence" daily, on Tuesday, demanding Chief Executive Leung Chun-... | 998 |
news.am | 2003 | More than 600 journalists had been killed in the past decade, 41 of them in Syria in the course of 2012, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said during the Wednesday debates.
Eliasson said that each journalist killed by extremists, drug cartels or even Government forces, meant one less voice to speak on behalf of... | 159 |
theledger.com | 2003 | Peoria man gets 58 years for 2009 gas station slaying, again
PEORIA — A Peoria man was resentenced Monday to 58 years in prison for his part in the slaying of a gas station owner more than four years ago.
Ali L. Evans said nothing to Peoria County Circuit Judge Steve Kouri, who imposed the same sentence Evans received ... | 493 |
cnn.com | 2003 | Story highlights
Saola caught on forest camera in Vietnam
At most, only a few hundred saola thought to exist
Species was first discovered in 1992
Environmentalists in Vietnam were ebullient this week after remote cameras in a forest reserve snapped pictures of a live saola, one of the rarest large mammals on Earth.
At ... | 525 |
edition.cnn.com | 2003 | Story highlights
Negotiations between the U.S. and Afghanistan over post-2014 troop levels have deteriorated
Those who have dealt with Afghan President Karzai say it's sometimes 'like dealing with a child'
The U.S. planned to leave some residual force in place to fight insurgents and train Afghan forces
The U.S. planne... | 1,011 |
ipsnews.net | 2003 | Friday, May 1, 2026
- Women’s political representation in the Pacific Islands region is globally the lowest at 3.65 percent, compared to the world average of 18 percent. Leadership is still widely perceived as ‘men’s business’ and voting is heavily influenced by nepotism and money politics. However, Rhoda Sikilabu, min... | 1,221 |
news.wpr.org | 2003 | -
As severe weather and the costs to repair the damage it can cause increase, a Wisconsin insurance attorney offers advice on the property damage claims process and what to do if your claim is denied.
Wisconsin News
Health
Money
Education
Understanding Wisconsin, Together.
WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” newsletter keeps you c... | 250 |
rferl.org | 2003 | At least four Pakistani soldiers have been injured in an attack in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan.
The attack on the paramilitary Frontier Corps' patrol on September 20 happened in the Bolan district close to the provincial capital, Quetta.
The troops were carrying out an operation against separatist ... | 284 |
advocate.com | 2003 | Globe-trotting antigay evangelical preacher Scott Lively has made several trips to Russia in the past decade, and so he's qualified to speak about the increase of violence against LGBT Russians.
At least, that's what Lively told fellow antigay right-winger Linda Harvey on Harvey's Mission America radio show Saturday, a... | 558 |
newsok.com | 2003 | OG&E, Google deal offers transparency on data center funding, but questions remain
Oklahoma state senate candidate found dead near Texas border
Judge refuses to dismiss charge against Epic Charter Schools co-founders
Lawmakers pass criminal penalties for providing abortion pills
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Vote: Landmark Fi... | 489 |
news.yahoo.com | 2003 | Gay couples in New Jersey will be able to marry within days.
A lower-court judge had ruled that same-sex weddings must be allowed starting Monday, and the state's highest court upheld that ruling Friday.
It denied a request from popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie's administration to delay the weddings.
Christie, a ... | 153 |
katv.com | 2003 | 47 Arkansas National Guard members return home from Kuwait
NORTH LITTLE ROCK (KATV) - A well-deserved standing ovation greeted Arkansas Army National Guard soldiers as they searched the crowd for their loved-ones.
Forty-seven members returned back to Arkansas after a nine-month tour in Kuwait.
"Parents that are here, s... | 357 |
allafrica.com | 2003 | Ten years after its launch, the Kimberley Process (KP) must implement urgent and substantial reforms if it hopes to remain releveant and play any real role in building a cleaner and more transparent global diamond trade in future, said a group of African and international civil society organisations.
With the KP Inters... | 518 |
medicalnewstoday.com | 2003 | A new study reports that the incidence of ischemic stroke - the most common type of stroke, caused by a clot in the blood vessels of the brain - among non-Hispanic Whites and Mexican Americans over age 60 has declined over the past decade. Most concerning, however, is that the increased relative burden of stroke compar... | 565 |
baltictimes.com | 2003 | BRAINSTORMING: The audience listened closely to Valdis Dombrovskis at the start of the economic forum.
RIGA - Latvia’s business elite came together this month for the first World Latvian Economics and Innovations Forum in Riga, to discuss how to develop local companies into world-class enterprises as well as what is ne... | 2,176 |
wtvr.com | 2003 | LONG BEACH, New York (CNN) — Some New Yorkers mark the anniversary of the September 11 attacks by going to a memorial service or observing a moment of silence.
For the past 10 years, Jeff Parness has been helping others.
Every September, Parness brings hundreds of volunteers from New York to help another disaster-stric... | 906 |
dailymail.co.uk | 2003 | - Lung cancer rates in China's capital have doubled in a decade
- Officials blame smoking, saying air pollution is only a factor
- While 320million Chinese smoke, the rate has fallen steadily since 1996
- Meanwhile air pollution has soared 30 per cent in 2013 alone
- Last week an eight-year-old girl was diagnosed with ... | 1,292 |
voanews.com | 2003 | The global decline of honey bees and other pollinating insects is caused by multiple, largely human-induced effects, according to a new study.
Over the past decade, scientists have been reporting steady and mysterious declines in the populations of so-called pollinator insects.
These include the honeybees, wasps, flies... | 1,185 |
yalibnan.com | 2003 | A Saudi judge sentenced a political activist to 300 lashes and 4 years in prison for calling for a constitutional monarchy in Saudi Arabia, his rights group said on Sunday.
Omar al-Saeed is the fourth member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) to be jailed this year
Saeed did not have legal repr... | 430 |
jezebel.com | 2003 | Casey Anthony, Disney condos, CSI: Miami, and now this. The state of Florida is apparently under threat from a small army of adaptive, herpes-infected monkeys that wildlife officials are now classifying as a “public health hazard.”
More than 1,000 Rhesus monkeys currently herp around the Silver River in Florida where t... | 227 |
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 2003 | NEW DELHI: India on Friday threw its lot with the beleaguered Hamid Karzai government which was stunned by Afghan Taliban opening an office recently in Qatar, where the insurgent group is slated to hold talks with the US, in the name of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. This comes days ahead of US secretary of state John... | 441 |
ibtimes.com | 2003 | Nigeria has become the first African country to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty, or ATT, an international agreement aimed at stopping the illegal shipments of deadly weapons.
The ATT lays out an overarching set of rules to govern the import and export of a broad range of weapons, from small firearms to warships to helicop... | 678 |
thelocal.es | 2003 | La Linea (The Line), as the name may suggest, lies on the border with the British overseas territory and has consequently seen a constant exchange of workers and services over the past decades.
But the current spat between the Spanish government and its diminutive neighbour has resulted in a drop in the numbers of Gibr... | 184 |
japantimes.co.jp | 2003 | Despite an international trend taking the opposite tack, the number of aquariums in Japan is growing and sales of dolphins continue to flourish, results of an independent study have revealed.
Animal welfare groups Elsa Nature Conservancy and Help Animals have collated data from official documents, marine facilities and... | 138 |
irrigator.com.au | 2003 | The furore over Australia's Indonesian spying program could damage Australia's economic relationship with the country - the largest economy in south-east Asia.
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Most Australians are unaware of the size of Australia's trade relationship with Indonesia, tho... | 548 |
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