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Wim Duisenberg enjoyed strong German backing for the ECB job Police have not yet given a cause for his death, but say he was found on Sunday morning in the town of Faucon. The former Dutch finance minister was the ECB's first president, and oversaw the introduction of the single European currency, the euro. The 70-year... | Wim Duisenberg, the former head of the European Central Bank, has been found dead in his swimming pool at his house in south-east France, the French police say. No details were given about the cause of 70-year-old Mr Duisenberg's death. However this was disputed by his wife, Gretta Duisenberg. She says she found her hu... |
Sailor's parents unswayed by critics The Sutherlands say Abby's skills, not age, are key. Experts see a mix of factors at work, including the culture's ambivalence about teenagers. "If people are looking at age, they're looking at the wrong thing here," Laurence Sunderland told reporters Friday outside the family's hom... | A map showing Abby Sunderland's route A rescue operation is underway after sixteen-year-old American , attempting to sail around the world by herself, lost contact with her family while in the . Sunderland, from , California, had originally hoped to become the youngest person to sail around the world nonstop by herself... |
The Raveonettes reveal new album details The record is due out later this year 31.Jul.07 5:00pm Danish duo The Raveonettes have revealed the name of their forthcoming third album exclusively to NME.COM. Due for release towards the end of the year on an as-yet-unspecified label, the band have settled on 12 tracks and ha... | David Shankbone"We're only two days in and we're already fucking tired," says Sune Rose Wagner to David Shankbone as he walks into the dressing room at the Bowery Ballroom. Wagner and Sharin Foo comprise the Raveonettes, a group made for "nostalgists who long for Everly Brothers 45's and diner jukeboxes, the Raveonette... |
Former US First Lady Betty Ford dies at 93 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Continue reading the main story Related Stories Former US First Lady Betty Ford, the widow of former President Gerald Ford and founder of drug treatment facility the Betty Ford Center, has died at the age of 93. Mrs... | Betty Ford: 1918 - 2011 Former of the United States died Friday at the age of 93. Ford died of complications following a stroke in Rancho Mirage, California. She was the wife of former U.S. President Gerald Ford. Ford was born Elizabeth Ann Bloomer on April 8, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the First Lady from 1974... |
U.S. May Have New Mad Cow Case WASHINGTON, March 11, 2006 (AP) The Agriculture Department is investigating a possible case of mad cow disease, the agency's chief veterinarian said Saturday. A routine test indicated the possible presence of mad cow disease, said John Clifford, the USDA official. They agency would not sa... | Picture of a cow. The Associated Press has reported that the United States Department of Agriculture is currently investigating a possible case of mad cow disease. USDA official John Clifford said that a routine test indicated the possible presence of the disease. The Agriculture Department says that the first test was... |
The death of 93-year-old Marvin Schur, who froze in his Bay City home this month when the local electric company shut off his power, shows the danger of utility shutoffs during a bitter winter that is complicated by Michigan's economic woes. Residents and officials across the nation were expressing outrage at the death... | Marvin Schur, a 93-year-old man from Bay City, Michigan has died after the electric company limited his electric use due to his failure to pay over US$1,000 in past-due payments. Bay City Electric Light & Power installed a power-limiting device on his home on January 13. The device would limit the amount of power the r... |
Serena to make comeback at Eastbourne Tennis: Serena Williams will return to the WTA Tour next week after almost a year out through injury Ticket seekers in the red to be contacted London 2012: About 90,000 successful applicants for tickets have bank problems such as lack of funds Millar hurt over lifelong Olympics ban... | Alexander Vinokourov in 2006. Astana Team announced today that Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan failed a blood test following his victory in Saturday's time trial. "Vino has tested positive having to do with a blood transfusion, and the team is leaving the Tour," team spokesperson Corinne Druey said. Vinokourov also ... |
Royal wedding: William picks brother Harry as best man The princes have both undergone military training and took an official trip to Africa together last year Prince William has chosen his brother Harry to be his best man at his wedding, while Kate Middleton's sister Philippa will be her maid of honour. The couple wil... | Prince William and Prince Harry in 2009 Wales has selected his brother to be the at his wedding. The announcement was made by a spokesman at . It has also been revealed that Prince William's fiancée, , has asked her sister Philippa to be her . Prince William and Middleton will marry on April 29th of this year at Westmi... |
Syria backs its old ally in nuclear row with West MICHAEL THEDOULOU IRAN yesterday won the support of its long-standing ally Syria over its nuclear stand-off with the West. Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, and his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are meeting in Damascus to shore up the 26-year-old allian... | Map highlighting Iran. On Thursday, Syria said that it supports Iran's nuclear stance and said it "has a right to atomic technology," and said Western objections to Tehran's nuclear ambitions were "not persuasive." It comes in the wake of demands by US and European countries for Iran to halt its nuclear fuel enrichment... |
Oil washes ashore in the port of Dalian, China, 20 July 2010. Photograph: Jiang He/Greenpeace /EPA Chinese authorities stepped up their efforts to disperse a major oil slick in the Yellow Sea yesterday by mobilising 800 fishing boats to help the clean-up operation. The flotilla will join the 24 specialist ships that ha... | After an oil pipeline in China exploded and spilled around 1,500 tonnes of oil into the Yellow Sea near the city of , the government has launched a cleanup operation consisting of more than 800 vessels. The spill occurred on Friday, after a pipeline at the port exploded. The oil terminal at the port has been closed eve... |
Following the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman Friday, ABC aired “Black Panther” and a tribute to Boseman on Sunday night. Both programs scored big numbers for the Disney-owned network, as viewers tuned in to see the likes of fellow “Avengers” stars Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Winston Duke, Mark Ruf... | Over the weekend, tributes were paid to US actor , including Sunday's commercial-free airing of '''' and a special retrospective about Boseman entitled "A Tribute For a King" by (ABC). Boseman died on Friday after being diagnosed with four years earlier. Boseman, who rose to international fame for his in the 2018 super... |
The Israel's elder statesman Peres is not known to suffer from any health problems [AFP] Shimon Peres was answering questions from a crowd after a talk on young leadership when he passed out late on Saturday, paramedics told Israeli media. The Israeli President has been taken to the hospital after he briefly fainted on... | File photo of Shimon Peres. Israeli media is reporting that the country's president Shimon Peres briefly collapsed in Ramat Aviv, a suburb of Tel Aviv, while he was giving a speech. Peres regained consciousness a short time later and was able to stand up, but was still taken to Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv by ambul... |
Special to The Japan Times Online While the so-called Asashoryu era of complete dominance is a thing of the past, the Hatsu Basho saw the 28-year-old prove there is life in the not-so-old dog yet. Asashoryu gestures in victory to the crowd after defeating Hakuho in a playoff bout to win the New Year Grand Sumo Tourname... | Sumo fighter Asashōryū Akinori returned to fighting after being on the injured list for nearly nine months, to win the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament held at Ryōgoku Kokugikan stadium in Tokyo, Japan. In a final bout, the 153kg Asashōryū beat Hakuhō Shō who had earlier defeated him in the regulation rounds. It was a we... |
The official magnitude for this earthquake is indicated at the top of this page. This was the best available estimate of the earthquake's size, at the time that this page was created. Other magnitudes associated with web pages linked from here are those determined at various times following the earthquake with differen... | An earthquake, measured at 6.7 on the , has struck north-eastern Afghanistan. The (USGS) has stated that the time of the quake was 22:00 GMT, and the epicenter was close to the border with Pakistan. The tremor was felt in Delhi, Muzaffarabad, and . It is the second quake to hit the area in a . |
Cycling News flash for November 26, 2006 Updated 1500 CET, November 26, 2006 Spanish sprinter, Isaac Gálvez crashes hard at Gent Six Day, dies on way to hospital By Laura Weislo Isaac Galvez Photo ©: Luc Claessen The 31 year old world Madison champion and Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears sprinter, Isaac Gálvez Lopez, d... | World Madison champion died in the early hours of Sunday morning after crashing on the fifth day of the track cycling race. He collided with Belgium's Dimitri DeFauw during the second Madison of the evening and hit a metal barrier. He was immediately knocked unconscious, and despite being resuscitated, he was pronounce... |
The Dera Ismail Khan attack came a day after the government said it had killed 60 fighters [EPA] The Dera Ismail Khan attack came a day after the government said it had killed 60 fighters [EPA] At least 12 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a police van in the northwestern Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan, m... | The North-West Frontier Province or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a mountainous region that borders AfghanistanA bomb explosion in in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan killed at least twelve people today, officials said. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Iqbal Khan was said to be the target. The bomb, which was ... |
[2008.02.22 台北訊] .Asia 於本月20日(週三)正式開放給一般大眾申請註冊(Landrush registration)，首日註冊量便達到266,663個。其中來自亞洲本地的註冊量超過35%，北美佔40%，充分顯示出對於亞洲市場的重視，另外24%則來自歐洲。 排名前十大的註冊商(Registrar)，有五家來自亞洲，而其中有兩家來自中國，分別為中國萬網(www.net.cn)以及易名中國(www.ename.cn)。 DotAsia執行長鍾宏安(Edmon Chung)先生表示：「從2月20日起，每一位認同『亞洲』的朋友們，都可以透過 .Asia 的認證註冊商登記 .Asia 網址。 在前一波的企業『日升期』 (S... | The new generic top-level domain, ''".asia"'', met with an Internet landrush following the February 20 launch of the Asia-Pacific domain. Applications have not only come from Asian countries, but also from Europe and North America. Asia accounted for 35% of all applications with Europe and North America taking 40% and ... |
White House correspondent Helen Thomas (2nd L) takes notes as former President Lyndon B. Johnson faces reporters during a news conference in the White House Oval Office, in this handout photograph taken on April 25, 1968 and obtained on June 7, 2010. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran White House journalist Helen Thomas, w... | at the , September 30, 1976 (age 56) Veteran White House journalist , 89, announced her retirement yesterday with immediate effect, ending her fifty-seven year career, amid criticism over controversial remarks. Thomas has been a correspondent for over fifty years and has covered every president from to . Thomas, the da... |
By Daniel Emery Technology reporter, BBC News website Avsim was one of the largest sites serving the flight sim community Flight simulator site Avsim has been "destroyed" by malicious hackers. The site, which launched in 1996, covered all aspects of flight simulation, although its main focus was on Microsoft's Flight S... | The flight simulation website Avsim has recently been "destroyed" after an attack by hackers. The website was used for all types of computer flight simulation, but it was mainly devoted to Flight Simulator X. It was launched thirteen years ago, in 1996. "The method of the hack makes recovery difficult, if not impossibl... |
Excerpts from the Report from the National Commission on Political Prison and Torture, as translated by The Herald. Consciously or unconsciously, a conspiracy of silence about the torture spread slowly through the country. Political prison and torture constituted a state policy during the military regime, defined and p... | The '''Valech Report''', officially titled '''The National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture Report''', was made public yesterday (November 29, 2004) by Bishop Sergio Valech, the head of the eight-member panel commission into abuses committed in Chile between 1973 and 1990 by agents of Augusto Pinochet's... |
March 22, 2006 FCC Chief: AT&T Can Limit Net Bandwidth FCC Chief Kevin Martin yesterday gave his support to AT&T and other telcos who want to be able to limit bandwidth to sites like Google, unless those sites pay extortion fees. Martin made it clear in a speech yesterday that he supports such a a "tiered" Internet. Ma... | Kevin Martin, current head of the FCC, voiced his support on Wednesday for a tiered Internet. This plan would open the door for AT&T, BellSouth, Verizon, and other telcos to limit bandwidth to popular web sites such as Google unless those sites paid significantly higher rates. Network neutrality is usually taken to mea... |
Fraternity suspended for porn film shoot SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) -- A California university, once ranked by Playboy magazine as the top U.S. party school, is probing a fraternity for a party where a hard-core sex film was made, a school spokesman said on Monday. California State University Chico has suspend... | The local chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at California State University, Chico was suspended after members were linked to a pornographic DVD apparently filmed in the club's fraternity house. According to reports, the DVD shows students engaged in various sexual activities with female porn actresses. The Chico ... |
Some 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda's genocide The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced the former head of legal affairs at the Ministry of Defence to 25 years in prison. Lieut-Col Eprem Setako was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. He was convicted of ordering the ki... | Lt Colonel Ephrem Setako — a former Rwandan army officer — has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering the killing of between 30 and 40 people during the 1994 . He was found guilty on Thursday of , , and murder. Setako was convicted by the (ICTR) in , Tanzania. He was acquitted of further charges including co... |
(CNN) -- A U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber caught fire Friday after a landing at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, U.S. military officials said. A sweep-wing B-1 bomber, similar to this one, caught fire after landing Friday in Qatar, the U.S. military says. The crew evacuated safely, the officials said. They said the fire began wh... | File photo of a B-1B Lancer A United States Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber aircraft caught fire after landing at an air base west of Doha, Qatar. The incident happened at Al Udeid Air Base at 1820 UTC on Friday. According to the Air Force, the fire has been contained and the flight crew safely evacuated from the aircraft.... |
RESISTANT STAPH SPREAD There is concerning reports tonight out of a major medical journal that doctors are seeing more and more cases of infections caused by a bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. Staphylococcus aureus--staph for short--is the bacteria that causes skin infections, and more invasive infections in hos... | '''April 9, 2005''' A rise in flesh-eating staph infections has worried doctors about the possible spread of drug resistant bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as staph, is a bacteria that commonly causes skin infections in otherwise healthy people. However, as a persistent threat in hospitals, it tends to ... |
July 3: Today Senator Biden issued the following statement in response to statements made by White House Press Secretary Tony Snow: “Tony Snow said that President Bush decided to commute Scooter Libby’s two and a half year-prison sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice, because it was ‘excessive.’ “Yet last yea... | Joe Biden, Senior Senator from Delaware and Democratic Party Presidential candidate hopeful. Yesterday Wikinews reported that the prison sentence of I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby was commuted by US President George W. Bush. Today Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, a Democratic Party hopeful for the 2008 Presidential election, h... |
Consumer spending has risen in both France and Germany The French and German economies both grew by 0.3% between April and June, bringing to an end year-long recessions in two of Europe's largest economies. "The data is very surprising. After four negative quarters France is coming out of the red," said French Finance ... | The GDP of both France and Germany grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2009, ending a year-long recession in both countries. However, for all sixteen countries in the eurozone, the sum of all the goods and services produced dropped by 0.1% in the quarter to June. The figures are an improvement over the previous quart... |
It was GM's first annual loss since 1992. "The numbers are much worse than I thought they would be, especially given how Ford beat the estimates earlier this week," Argus Research analyst Kevin Tynan said. On Monday, Ford Motor Co reported a surprising 19 per cent rise in fourth-quarter earnings. Goldman Sachs analyst ... | General Motors logo. (GM) has posted its first annual loss since 1992. GM reported losing US$4.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005 and a total loss of $8.6 billion for the entire year. GM admitted Thursday night that the loss could swell further as it pays pensions and healthcare costs to thousands of former worker... |
Vinokourov was intent on attacking throughout the day Vinokourov was part of a 25-man breakaway for much of the day before making a decisive move on the Col de Peyresourde, 21.5km from the finish. He came home 51 seconds ahead of Kim Kirchen and Haimar Zubeldia. Denmark's Michael Rasmussen retained the overall leader's... | __noTOC__ Stage 15 profile Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan has won stage 15 of the 2007 Tour de France in a time of 5h 34' 28". Michael Rasmussen of Denmark kept his overall lead by 2' 23' over Alberto Contador of Spain. The two extend their lead on Cadel Evans of Australia by 1' 37", and more on the rest of the con... |
Bomb hurled into Hat Yai hotel Violence in Songkhla continued Tuesday with a bomb being hurled into the High Season Hotel. Fortunately, the bomb dropped into a small canal in front of the hotel causing only minor damage. There were no reports of casualties.However, a victim of Sunday's bomb attacks in Hat Yai today suc... | A bomb was hurled at a hotel in Hat Yai, in the third day of blasts in the southern Thailand city, while a Thai man who was injured in bombings on Sunday died. Songkhla Province, where bombings have occurred over the past three days, is highlighted on a map of Thailand. Tuesday's bomb dropped into a canal in front of t... |
It seems that not even a diva like Whitney Houston can keep everything under her spell. The strap on her dress came loose during her X Factor performance – which had viewers scratching their heads for other reasons too. Advertisement - article continues below » Her singing was polished but during her interview with Der... | American singer Whitney Houston's debut performance in the United Kingdom didn't go exactly to plan on Sunday night, causing a bit of controversy. Dermot O'Leary in 2009 During her performance of her new single ''Million dollar Bill'' on the UK television show ''The X Factor'' Sunday evening, she experienced a 'wardrob... |
Forensic officers at Policing Board headquarters examine a car which contained a 400lb bomb Dissident republicans have been blamed for leaving a car containing a 400lb bomb outside the Policing Board's headquarters in Belfast. The device in the car, which had been driven through a barrier by two men who then ran off, p... | The official badge of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. In two separate incidents police in Northern Ireland have come under attack. Both are believed by authorities to stem from organisations linked to the . The two incidents, one an attempted car bombing in Belfast, and the other a shooting in , , led to four a... |
Special Report: 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake hits China's Qinghai Backgrounder: Quake-hit Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in Qinghai Province YUSHU, Qinghai, April 14 (Xinhua) -- About 300 people have died and 8,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province early on ... | Epicenter of earthquake in China At least 400 people have been killed and a further 10,000 injured by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake and its aftershocks which struck remote and mountainous Yushu county, in the south of Qinghai province in the west of China. An official for the town of Jiegu (Gyêgu), the county seat, which ... |
Tokyo's Nikkei ends 1.4% lower NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stocks in Japan finished lower Thursday amid fears of a nuclear crisis following the nation's catastrophic natural disaster. The Nikkei 225 index, the most prominent measure of stocks traded in Tokyo, dropped 131 points, or 1.4%. It was down as much as 454 points, o... | The prominent Japanese stock market index fell another 1.4% Thursday, over financial turmoil after the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the country a week ago. For the past five trading days, stocks have been down by a total of fourteen percent; today, they were down as much as five percent, or 454 poin... |
The European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed a $146.2bn bailout package over three years to rescue Greece's indebted economy. Finance ministers from the 16 nations that use the euro currency endorsed the plan on Sunday after the Greek government announced a series of budget cuts and tax hike... | The European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed to provide the ailing Greek economy with 110 billion euros (US$146 billion) worth of loans over three years. Finance ministers from the sixteen countries that use the euro – known as the eurozone – approved the plan yesterday. According to the plan, t... |
Asia Nepal Allows UN to Monitor Human Rights Abuses in Insurgency April 12 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal's government will allow the United Nations to send monitors to the country to try to control human rights abuses committed by rebels and security forces during the insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom, the UN said. ``Breaking... | As many as 116 Nepalis have been killed in recent confrontations between Maoist guerrillas and government troops, according to recent estimates from multiple sources, including India's ''The Hindu''. Approximately 113 bodies of Maoist rebels were recovered following a fierce battle between guerrillas and government sec... |
UNITED NATIONS -- The military government of then-Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf failed to fulfill its responsibility to protect former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in the hours leading up to her December 2007 assassination or to vigorously investigate her killing by a 15-year-old suicide bomber, according to a ... | A United Nations report released Thursday says that the death of Benazir Bhutto after a suicide bomber attacked her motorcade in 2007 was preventable and was caused by the failure of the government to live up to its obligations to protect her. The report, released by a three-person UN commission, accused the Pakistani ... |
Palestinian intelligence chief injured in deadly Gaza blast Sakher Abu El Oun AFP May 20, 2006 GAZA CITY, Gaza -- The chief of the Palestinian intelligence services was seriously injured and his bodyguard killed in a blast on Saturday at the services' Gaza headquarters, raising fears of a wave of internecine strife. Ta... | An explosion has ripped through the headquarters of the Palestinian general intelligence service in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials say several people were wounded in the explosion, including intelligence chief Tareq Abu Rajab. Abu Rajab, the head of the "mukhabarat" intelligence service, was among 11 people w... |
Elections for the President of the United States and both houses of Congress take place on Tuesday 8 November 2016. Results will be reported live on this page. ||||| By Gina Cherelus and Ian Simpson | NEW YORK/WASHINGTON NEW YORK/WASHINGTON Police put up security fences around U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's new ho... | On Tuesday, Donald Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election. Republicans also kept control of both houses of Congress. Trump is to take the presidential oath in January. Trump won at least 290 electoral votes, while Clinton won 228, according to the AP (Associated Press) — 270 were required vote to win th... |
The Latest: Edris goes back to back in 5,000 at worlds Muktar Edris, of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 5000 meter final during the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Muktar Edris, of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning the gold... | Yesterday, of Norway won the final at the in , Qatar. This was a successful defense of his won in London, United Kingdom. The World Athletics Championships are held every other year. Warholm (right) at the ; from file. Warholm, who is 23 years old, won the gold medal with a time of 47.42 seconds. The silver medal was ... |
Judge strikes down FDA ban on ephedra SALT LAKE CITY (AP) A federal judge Thursday struck down the FDA ban on ephedra, the once-popular weight-loss aid that was yanked from the market after it was linked to dozens of deaths. The judge ruled in favor of a Utah company that challenged the Food and Drug Administration's... | right A , Utah nutritional supplement manufacturer won its appeal against the FDA on Wednesday as a Federal Judge lifted a ban and sent the case back to the agency for revised rulemaking in accordance with the court's decision. Judge ruled that no further enforcement of the FDA action can take place until the FDA revie... |
LAHORE: A powerful blast ripped through a Shia procession in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday, killing at least 20 devotees and injuring more than 30 others, witnesses said.The explosion targeted the procession marking the 'Chehlum' of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hazrat Imam Husain in Khanpur, 350 km from Lahore , ... | A powerful bomb blast on a procession in , killed 20 people and injured 30 yesterday. Those responsible for the blast are unknown, although militant group has been mentioned. According to a police statement to '''', the bomb was detonated by remote control near an electric pole as the procession advanced towards the . ... |
Two die in stabbings in Atlantic City, Wildwood By DONNA WEAVER Staff Writer, 609-978-2015 and STEVEN LEMONGELLO Staff Writer, 609-272-7275 Published: Saturday, March 21, 2009 A city institution, the pub has hosted generations of locals and visitors, and many of its employees have worked there for years. The bar, a Che... | , New JerseyA bouncer at the Irish Pub in , New Jersey was stabbed to death Saturday morning while trying to break up a fight. Luis Martinez, 25, of , was arrested on two charges of aggravated assault for the brawl that left 27-year-old Richard Rivera dead. Richard Kutch, another bouncer at the bar on St. James Place, ... |
Why did this happen? Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. ||||| Advertisement Search CBS News The Web • » » U.S.: Iraq's Al Qaeda Boss Still On Loose Military Denies Clai... | A day after it was reported by Iraqi military spokesperson, Mohammed al-Askari, that Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri was arrested, the United States says he was not. Major Peggy Kageleiry, a spokesperson for the US forces in Iraq, said "neither coalition forces nor Iraqi security forces detained or killed Ab... |
'Smart bomb' plan to kill cancer cells, with fewer side-effects than from chemotherapy RESEARCHERS are working on a smart bomb drug delivery system which they say would actively search out and destroy cancer cells within the body. It would also have fewer side-effects than conventional chemotherapy, says Deakin Unive... | Researchers at , Melbourne are collaborating with Indian scientists to develop a new 'Smart Bomb' drug delivery system that is set to have fewer side-effects than and will target cancer cells in the body rather than attacking both cancer and non-cancer cells. Project leader Associate Professor Wei Duan said in a statem... |
Getting the most out of your educational experience involves several key factors. Learn how you can make life as a student fun and fulfilling. More POSTED: 11:13 pm EST February 27, 2009 The recent rant of a Chicago reporter initiated a massive rally in downtown Greenville on Friday to protest government spending. Seve... | The Boston tea party served as inspiration of this event Last Friday, thousands of people, in a total of more than thirty US cities, took part in a protest against the economic policy of the US government. The event, which was inspired by the Boston Tea Party, took place due to comments made by CNBC presenter Rick Sant... |
By Frank James The jury in the too-fat-too-kill murder case didn't buy a Florida man's argument that he was too overweight to have climbed the stairs at his ex son-in-law's New Jersey home to shoot him to death. A New Jersey jury convicted Edward Ates of murder, rejecting his defense argument that his girth would have ... | A jury at a court in New Jersey, United States has convicted Florida resident Edward Ates of the murder of his ex-son-in-law. Ates, who was five feet eight inches tall and weighed 285 pounds at the time, had used the defence that he was too fat to kill. Ates had also claimed he had no motive for the 2006 murder of Paul... |
Mexico poised to decriminalize possession of small amounts of some drugs ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY – Mexico's Congress approved a bill Friday decriminalizing possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use – including cocaine and even heroin – raising potential questions about joint U.S.-Mexican anti-narcot... | The Congress of Mexico has passed a bill that will decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. The passage of the bill has drawn criticism from Washington, D.C. Under the law possession of up to five grams of marijuana, half a gram of cocaine (or about 4 lines) or 25 milligrams of heroin wo... |
Last updated on .From the section Chelsea Chelsea have sacked manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge. Former Chelsea midfielder Lampard, 42, leaves with the club ninth in the Premier League table after last week's defeat at Leicester City, having won once in their past five league matches. His final game in ch... | On Monday, English football club Chelsea announced the sacking of their manager Frank Lampard. This came amid a decline in form in the . The 42 year-old was first appointed as manager 18 months ago in July 2019, and had also previously played for the club for thirteen seasons. The club had only won two of their last ei... |
Seventeen people, possibly including a Hong Kong teenager, died in a fire that swept through a four-storey shopping mall in Huizhou, east of Guangzhou, local authorities said. Xinhua quoted local police as saying the fire was caused by a nine-year-old boy who was playing with a lighter outside a shop on the fourth floo... | Police detained a nine-year-old after a blaze started in a wholesale market in , , southern China on Thursday afternoon. Seventeen died. Huizhou, from file. According to police the child was playing with matches in a warehouse on the top-floor of the four-storey Yiwu Commodity Mall. Soon the entire floor was engulfed, ... |
Scotland 15-9 England: History repeats itself as Scots reign in the rain What did you think of Scotland's performance? Leave your comments below Nathan Hines clutches the Calcutta Cup after the historic win (Picture: AFP/Getty Images) SCOTLAND got a monkey off their back, put any number of demons to the sword and, in d... | The Scottish national rugby union team has defeated the English equivalent 15-9 to win the Calcutta Cup. The match was played in wet and windy conditions at Murrayfield and was refereed by Jonathan Kaplan. Chris Paterson kicked four penalties and Dan Parks kicked another to give Scotland their 15 points. All nine of En... |
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan News Release 2010-07-CA-0016 KABUL, Afghanistan (July 24) –Two International Security Assistance Force servicemembers departed their compound in Kabul City in a vehicle on Friday afternoon and did not return. The unit dispatched vehicles and rotary-winged assets to search for them and t... | The Logar province in the east of Afghanistan. The (ISAF), the NATO forces organization in Afghanistan, has announced two forces members have failed to return from a vehicle patrol to their compound. ISAF did not report the nationalities of the missing soldiers, but US officials have confirmed to the Associated Press t... |
News Please wait while content is loading. News UKR – Soviet legend Alexander Belostenny dies at 51 KIEV (Olympics) – Ukraine’s basketball federation have announced the death of former Soviet Union captain Alexander M. Belostenny. A European champion in 1979, ’81 and ’85, Belostenny captured gold at the 1982 FIBA World... | Ukrainian basketball player has died at the age of 51. Belostenny died in Germany of . The death was announced by Ukraine's basketball federation. Belostenny was a key player in the and was both a European and Olympic medallist. He won gold in the 1979, 1981 and 1985 European championships and gold in the . He won an O... |
The Department of Environment and Conservation has admitted it was caught out by a deadly firefront that killed three men and incinerated four trucks that were left stranded on the Great Eastern Highway last night. DEC director general Kieran McNamara said a decision was made to lift a roadblock on Great Eastern Highwa... | A fire in the Borrabbin National Park between Southern Cross and Coolgardie Western Australia, has so far burnt out 29,000 hectares and killed three truck drivers when the convoy they were travelling in was engulfed by the flames. Great Eastern Highway the primary road for all traffic from Perth heading to the East Coa... |
AT&T; To Buy BellSouth For $67 Billion (Page 1 of 2) NEW YORK, March 5, 2006 Quote "This is the reinvention of the telecommunications industry." Jeff Kagan, industry analyst (CBS/AP) AT&T; Inc. is buying BellSouth Corp. for $67 billion in stock in a bid that further consolidates the telecommunications industry and woul... | The new AT&T logo. AT&T Inc. and BellSouth announced a US$67 billion merger deal Sunday. If approved by shareholders and regulators, the merger would create the largest telecommunications company in the United States, with control of over half of the telephone lines in the country and the largest cellular service provi... |
Originally published Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 12:00 AM E-mail article Print view Share: Digg Newsvine California, the nation's most populous state and one of the world's largest economies, has told the Treasury Department it may need a $7 billion emergency loan from the federal government because it is running out ... | Despite the passage of a 700 billion USD bill by the United States House of Representatives on Friday and the Senate on Wednesday, two U.S. states may need loans totaling over 14 billion dollars. California and Massachusetts are seeking at least 7 billion dollars each from the federal government as loans. Officials and... |
Scorecard - Commentary - Wickets - 3D animation - Partnerships - Wagon wheels - Player v player - Over comparison - Over graphs - Career averages - Match home - Bulletin - Article index (9) - Photo index (44) ODI no. 2552 ICC World Cup - 22nd Match, Group A Australia v South Africa 2006/07 season Played at (neutral ven... | Australia beat South Africa by 83 runs in the final Group A match in the World Cup at the Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. As both teams had already progressed through to the Super 8 stage, this game was effectively a Super 8 encounter, with the points won here being carried through. Australia se... |
The official magnitude for this earthquake is indicated at the top of this page. This was the best available estimate of the earthquake's size, at the time that this page was created. Other magnitudes associated with web pages linked from here are those determined at various times following the earthquake with differen... | A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor, lasting about 2 minutes, sparked panic in numerous seaside communities on the island. According to officials, no injuries have been reported but sea water levels have risen up to four meters in are... |
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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement The mother of nine-month-old twin girls has described her "living nightmare" after her daughters were apparently mauled by a fox as they slept in their cots in east London. Lola and Isabella Koupparis were attacked at about 2200 BST on Saturday... | Urban fox numbers in London are thought to be a high percentage of the overall UK population. Two nine-month-old babies were hospitalised after appearing to be mauled by a fox as they slept in cots in their home in , West London, United Kingdom. The attack happened on Saturday at 22:00 (21:00 UTC). It is thought the fo... |
ATM mistake fills backpackers' wallets By New Zealand correspondent Peter Lewis Posted Some lucky backpackers in New Zealand have hit the jackpot thanks to an unusually generous ATM in the South Island ski resort of Queenstown. Queenstown has earned a reputation as New Zealand's most expensive stopover for those on a t... | Tamper warning on ATM in London. A Queenstown, New Zealand Automated teller machine (ATM) that was incorrectly stacked allowed customers to double their money. A contractor incorrectly stacked the NZ$10 note slot with $20 notes, and vice versa. The problem only affected small withdrawals of $20 or $10. Dozens of custom... |
Large clashes erupted in Istanbul between protesters and security forces on Tuesday near the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The protests came as the head of the IMF warned policymakers from 186 countries of social upheaval as the world economic crisis continues. Demonstrators pro... | Large clashes erupted in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday between protesters and security forces, near the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the . The protests came as the head of the IMF warned policymakers from 186 countries of social upheaval as the world economic crisis continues. File photogr... |
E N V I R O N M E N T S T O R Y RELATED LINKS State of emergency extended in Matata 20 May 2005 A state of emergency will remain in the flood devastated Matata/Edgecumbe region of eastern Bay of Plenty until at least Monday and police patrols will be on duty over the weekend to prevent looting. Over half the 500 reside... | Fierce rain and heavy flooding forced the evacuation of houses across the Bay of Plenty in northern New Zealand last Wednesday. The town of Matata was particularly badly hit, with almost half the population evacuated. Twenty houses were destroyed, and over fifty others were extensively damaged. Total damage is estimate... |
A WOMAN in her early 20s has died after a horrific shark attack off North Stradbroke Island, east of Brisbane late yesterday. The woman lost both arms and suffered severe wounds to her torso and legs in the savage attack at Amity Point about 5pm. A rescue helicopter rushed her to Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital ... | Location of the attack A woman in Australia has been killed in a shark attack. The attack occurred at 5pm (Local Time) just off Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island, south-east of Brisbane. The woman, described as 21, had lost both arms up to the elbow and sustained severe wounds to her torso and legs. She was carried ... |
Members of the Mobile County Sheriff's Flotilla stand near their boats after suspending search operations for missing children, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at Cedar Point, just north of Dauphin Island, Ala. Lam Luong, 37, of Irvington confessed Tuesday night to driving to the Dauphin Island bridge, stopping and tossing the ... | Lam Luong, a 37 year old shrimp fisherman from Irvington, Bayou La Batre, Alabama, United States, has confessed to throwing his four children off an 80 feet high bridge after a fight with his wife the day before. Police have charged Luong with 4 counts of capital murder. Family members and friends told Fox News that th... |
Michael Nutter has won the Democratic nomination forPhiladelphia mayor, defeating his nearest rival, Tom Knox, by a comfortable margin. With nearly two-thirds of the vote counted, the former city councilman held a 7 percentage point lead over Knox. The other candidates, Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah and Dwight Evans, trailed... | __NOTOC__ Michael Nutter won the Democratic mayoral primary in Philadelphia Michael Nutter won the Philadelphia Democratic mayoral primary making him the presumptive mayor. He will face Republican candidate Al Taubenberger in the general election in the fall. === Background === Nutter positioned himself as a reformer. ... |
Casey Stoner closed the gap on championship leader Jorge Lorenzo with a comfortable win in damp conditions at the Catalunya MotoGP. The Australian was well clear of the field for most of the race, with Lorenzo second and Ben Spies third. Pole sitter Marco Simoncelli never recovered from a slow start and finished in six... | Stoner after the 2010 Qatar MotoGP Australian rider has won the 2011 Catalunya MotoGP, marking his third win of the season. The victory moves him closer to championship leader , who placed second in the race. American came in third, while —who had the pole position—suffered a bad start and finished in sixth. Stoner, wh... |
By Jo Floto BBC News, Jerusalem The resignation may not draw a line under discussion of recent military failures Last August, just 10 days after the conflict had ended, Lt Gen Dan Halutz was already admitting that mistakes had been made. There had been failures in combat, he said, "notably in the areas of logistics, op... | The head of the , , resigned on Tuesday January 16, 2007 after an internal review criticized his military's leadership during the war in Lebanon last summer. Halutz sent his resignation letter to , which according to said, "For me, the concept of responsibility is everything." Halutz has also been facing criticism afte... |
By Maggie Shiels Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley Shots taken by amateurs could become part of Getty's stock archive Flickr's 40 million registered users are being given the chance to make money out of their snaps. For two years, Getty Images has tapped into more than 100,000 photos taken by professional a... | and have announced an extension on their one year partnership. The new deal will grant Getty Images access to all 40 million registered users images. To protect privacy, users must opt into the project, though details are yet to emerge. To ensure that Getty Images doesn't get free photographs, the owner of the image wi... |
ICANN Publishes Revised Proposed Agreement on .XXX A revised proposed agreement with ICM providing for designation of a .XXX sTLD registry is published for public comment. The public comment period will be open until 5 February 2007. Background ICM submitted one of ten applications received in response to an ICANN Requ... | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced Friday that its vote in May last year was not to reject the creation of 'Triple X', a top-level domain (sTLD). Rather, the corporation voted "not to approve the agreement as proposed, but did not reject the application". A revised proposal for th... |
Thaksin slams junta over 'victimisation' Recorded speech by former PM broadcast to 10,000-strong rally last night In an "electronic war" against the junta, former premier Thaksin Shinawa-tra told a large crowd of his supporters last night that he had become a victim of political persecution aimed at destroying his powe... | Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. A videotaped address by Thaksin Shinawatra was played for a crowd of around 15,000 supporters today in Bangkok, with the ousted former prime minister calling for the military-installed government of Thailand to hold elections later this year as promised. "Please speed up t... |
JD Salinger, author of Catcher In The Rye, dies at 91 Salinger's Catcher In The Rye attracted a cult following American novelist JD Salinger, author of classic 20th Century book The Catcher In The Rye, has died aged 91. The reclusive writer died of natural causes at his home in the state of New Hampshire, his son said.... | American novelist J.D. Salinger, author of ''The Catcher in the Rye'', has died of natural causes at the age of 91. His son confirms that he died in his New Hampshire home yesterday. Salinger was born in New York City in 1919. J.D. Salinger in 1951 The author had famously remained a recluse since 1953, shortly after th... |
An outbreak of avian influenza at chicken farms in Nigeria is the deadly H5N1 strain, the World Organization for Animal Health said Wednesday. Laboratory tests have confirmed that samples of virus are of the strain that can kill people, the first evidence the virus has spread to Africa. No human infections have been re... | The H5N1 Avian Flu virus, also known as Bird Flu, has been found in Nigeria by Italian scientists. Tests done on samples in a laboratory confirm that the strain is the one that can kill people, although no human cases have been reported said the Paris-based United Nations body. This is the first time is has appeared on... |
Brussels: The European Union is planning a €1.6 billion (US$2.1 billion) public-private partnership, under the name Clean Sky, to help its aviation industry develop a generation of greener and quieter aircraft. EU's initiative comes on the back of concerns that it is falling behind on airplane development. European off... | The European Union (EU) has announced plans to fund a private-public scheme dubbed "Clean Sky" to reduce aircraft emissions and noise pollution in European aircraft. Officials claim that the project will have large-scale economic benefits, will reduce jet engine carbon emissions by 20 to 40 percent and will therefore o... |
As expected, the Entertainment Software Association is planning to file suit against the state of Oklahoma after Democratic Governor Brad Henry last week signed into law HB3004, which adds games with "inappropriate violence" to the state's list of material that could be considered harmful to minors. ESA president Dougl... | right The Entertainment Software Association president Douglas Lowenstein confirmed speculations that his group is planning to file a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma because of a new law, HB3004. Under this law, games that have "inappropriate violence" are added to a list of materials that are considered harmful ... |
BEIJING The Chinese government will permit public protests inside three designated city parks during next month’s Olympic Games, but demonstrators must first obtain permits from the local police and also abide by Chinese laws that usually make it nearly impossible to legally picket over politically charged issues. Th... | Beijing has set up three designated zones throughout the city for protesting the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beijing Shijie Gongyuan (Beijing World Park), Zizhuyuan (Purple Bamboo Park), and Ritan (Temple of the Sun), three public parks, have been selected as the locations for the "legal" protests. "They are all close to the... |
CANDIDATES AND 2004 ELECTION RESULTS INTERACTIVE MAP PHOTO GALLERY DISABILITY NOT A HINDRANCE: Mohd ... Datuk Seri Lim Keng Yaik (standing, ... Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul ... Datuk Mohamed Sayuti Said, the Barisan ... Parti Keadilan Rakyat's candidate for ... CAUGHT IN THE ACT: A tourist who wished ... This r... | The elections in Malaysia have resulted in gains by opposition parties. The ruling Barisan National (BN) Coalition's fraction has fallen below two thirds (The requisite supermajority to amend the constitution), while still maintaining an absolute majority to mass its legislation. The elections, held on the March 8, wer... |
IP/07/919 Brussels, 27 June 2007 Flexicurity: getting more people into good jobs The Commission today proposes the establishment of common principles of flexicurity to promote more and better jobs by combining flexibility and security for workers and companies. Flexicurity strategies can help modernise European labour ... | The European Union would like to make it easier to dismiss employees. At the same time, social security should be improved. Then, thanks to the improved flexibility of the market, it should be simpler to find a job. Surveys show that Europeans mostly seem to agree with the need to adapt and change. The concept of flexi... |
SOURCE OF PICTURE: OIKOTIMES.com resources Print, Send to a friend, Save Submit news Share on Facebook The Finnish heavy metal group Lordi and the winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest will preform at the Castle festival which will be held in the Serbian city of Smederevo on the Smederevo Fortress. Organisers of ... | Finnish theatrical hard rock band Lordi have been added to the billing of the upcoming Castle Festival in Serbia. The event will take place at the Smederevo Fortress in Smederevo across July 1-5. Over 70 bands will perform at the festival. Festival organisers released a statement saying “Lordi is very popular in Serbia... |
Adjust font size: Editor's Note: The CNN Wire is a running log of the latest news from CNN World Headquarters, reported by CNN's correspondents and producers, and The CNN Wire editors. "Posted" times are Eastern Time. Suspected terrorists blow themselves up rather than face arrest in Morocco (CNN) -- Three suspected me... | Pegasus Airline plane A Pegasus Airline flight carrying 178 passengers was hijacked today by a man named Mehmet Gökşin Göl. The plane took off from the town of Diyarbakır and headed toward Istanbul, Turkey's most populated city. Göl later gave himself up and surrendered to authorities at Ankara international airport in... |
Rare earthquake creates alarm in southern Britain LONDON - A rare, moderate earthquake shook households in southeast England on Saturday, toppling chimneys and alarming residents, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. A spokesman for Kent's Fire and Rescue Service said they had received aro... | 180px According to the United States Geological Survey, an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck at 07:18:11 UTC (08:18:11 local time) in Kent located in the United Kingdom. However, the British Geological Survey reports the quake at a magnitude of 4.3, and ''Sky News'' reports that the quake had a magnitude of 5.0. The e... |
Outspoken Kirill elected new Russian patriarch MOSCOW (AFP) — The Russian Orthodox Church has selected 62-year-old Metropolitan Kirill as its new patriarch, an outspoken figure who analysts say could prove a headache for the Kremlin. A seasoned operator after long service as head of the church's foreign relations secti... | In its first such election since 1990, leaders have overwhelmingly chosen of and as its 16th . The 62-year-old Kirill, born Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, will succeed the recently deceased as Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. Alexy II, who is often credited with reviving the Church after the fall of in Russia, was... |
- Mitchell Report - full text of the April 2001 report from the Sharm el-Sheikh fact-finding committee, with recommendations on steps to take for Mideast peace. From the U.S. State Department. - The Tenet Plan - text of the plan proposed by CIA Director George Tenet in June, 2001. From the Avalon Project at the Yale La... | Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian Prime Minister, said Friday that; "This total war is proof of a premeditated plan. When they kidnapped the ministers they meant to hijack the government's position, but we say no positions will be hijacked, no governments will fall." Haniyah said that that Israel's offensive in the Gaza ... |
'This is not equity': Some fear Chelsea, once the 'epicenter' of the pandemic, is getting left behind in the recovery ||||| By Xinhua writers Li Zhongjiang, Yang Hongtao, Yang Dingdu GUIYANG, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were killed and 37 injured in an Internet Cafe when chemicals exploded in an adjacent shop Satur... | Photograph of aluminum chloride, a hazardous chemical. Seven people were killed and 37 were injured Saturday night at an Internet cafe in the southwest region of China's , after the explosion of chemicals being stored illegally at a chemical shop. Chinese state media reported that , , and other chemicals were being kep... |
Lucy Wicks: It’s absolutely wonderful to be able to welcome our Prime Minister back to the Central Coast for an incredibly important announcement for families, for businesses, for local residents right here on the Peninsula. Today I'm so proud to be able to say that just as we committed in the lead-up to the last elect... | Australian Prime Minister John Howard today announced medical research grants totalling AU$560 million. The grants are the result of the Australian Government's 2008 National Health and Medical Research grants. According to a government media release, the grants will fund research into heart disease, obesity, cancer, c... |
If you’re the proud owner of a cast-iron pan , then you already know what a good investment it is. Once well-seasoned, it can cook just about anything from pancakes to fried chicken, it can go from stovetop to oven with ease, it’s nearly indestructible, it’s inexpensive and it holds its heat like a dream. But if you’re... | On July 16, 2009, the largest skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois was officially renamed Willis Tower. Willis Group Holdings became a major tenant of the building in March, 2009. As part of the deal whereby they agreed to lease 140,000 square feet of the building, they were given the naming rights to the tower, which had b... |
× remaining of Thank you for reading! On your next view you will be asked to log in to your subscriber account or create an account and subscribepurchase a subscription to continue reading. ||||| Weather Story NWS Cheyenne, WY Clouds will increase from west to east by this afternoon. Light snow will develop over wester... | Doppler radar image of the thunderstorms that produced the tornado that struck the region A tornado that has caused 28 miles (45 km) of destruction throughout Weld County, Colorado, has killed one and injured 100. The man killed was inside a vehicle that was destroyed in the storm, west of Greeley, which is about 60 mi... |
Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore, Md. NASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI)NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important ... | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected methane in the atmosphere of a planet 63 light-years away, marking the first discovery of an organic compound on a planet outside our Solar System. The methane was found on a Jupiter-sized planet named HD 189733b. The planet closely orbits HD 189733, a yellow dwarf star in the... |
A performing dolphin has died during a live stunt show at a theme park in Florida. Sharky collided mid-air with another dolphin after leaping out of the water during a show at Discovery Cove in Orlando. The 30-year-old female bottlenose suffered head injuries and died soon afterwards. The audience were in the pool, wat... | The Dolphin Pool at Discovery Cove. A dolphin has died after a collision with another dolphin in mid-air during a stunt performance at ''Discovery Cove'', a sister park of SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. This is the first time an incident of this nature has ever occurred since the park opened in 2000. The dolphin, a 30-y... |
Pegasus Mission #39: C/NOFS Launch Date: April 16, 2008 Launch Site: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands Launch Vehicle: Pegasus XL Mission Customer: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) On April 16 2008, an Orbital Pegasus XL rocket successfully launched the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOF... | An earlier ''Pegasus'' launch. (Credit: NASA) A Pegasus-XL carrier rocket, air-launched by a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar flying from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, has placed the much-delayed C/NOFS satellite into a low Earth orbit. C/NOFS, which stands for '''Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System''... |
U.S. Cities for Climate Protection Campaign (CCP) Cities for Climate Protection is a global campaign of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). More than 500 local governments worldwide participate in the Campaign, including over 125 cities and counties in the United States. Click on the ... | According to the ''Cambridge Chronicle'', a report issued by the city of Cambridge on the topic of greenhouse gas emissions claimed that despite a two-year old pledge to reduce harmful emissions, the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere in the city has increased. Since 1990, carbon dioxide emissions ha... |
Battling for batteries: Two Korean companies court Washington When U.S. President Joe Biden flies to Georgia Friday, he will land in the middle of an increasingly politicized battle between two South Korean electric vehicle battery makers and the state and federal politicians who want to prevent their feud from costing... | European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, has won an order from Qatar Airways for up to 60 of its new mid-sized A350 jets. The order, which is believed to be worth $15 billion, has given a boost to an otherwise disappointing Paris Air Show, which had been dominated by a state aid dispute between Airbus and Boeing. Qatar ... |
NEW YORK, Nov 19: Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has made a stirring appeal to “America’s judicial, legal and academic fraternities” to help Pakistan’s judiciary discard the “rule of man” and establish the rule of law. “What we have is rule of man. What we need is rule of law. What we cannot live with... | Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry Pakistan's embattled Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was conferred with Harvard Law School's "Medal of Freedom" for his struggle for the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary on Wednesday in Boston, Massachusetts. In the past, this award has been given to th... |
Singapore Airlines takes delivery of first Airbus A380 Related News World's first superjumbo delivered to Singapore Airlines A380 is a game changer in aviation industry: SIA Excitement mounts as Airbus gears up to hand over A380 to SIA Related Videos A first look at SIA's A380 Tour of the A380 TOULOUSE, France: A... | The Airbus A380 Superjumbo in SIA livery, which was featured at the 2006 Asian Aerospace. The first A380 superjumbo, made by Airbus, was delivered today to Singapore Airlines (SIA) 18 months behind schedule. After the plane was delivered in Singapore, it was flown to Toulouse, France for the ceremony of about 500 guest... |
Don't quit your day job Harper tries his hand at acting Karen Brownlee, The Leader-Post Published: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 ROULEAU -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper could have scored an ice cream waffle cone and possibly a jar of Dog River dirt if he had visited downtown Rouleau after appearing in a cameo on Corner G... | ETalk Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper was filming a cameo appearance on the popular sitcom ''Corner Gas''. ''Corner Gas'' is filmed about 40 km south of Regina in the tiny farming community of Rouleau. Harper was filmed in a scene where he was surrounded by a large group of actors playing reporters and photograp... |
THREE radioactive rockets capable of contaminating a city centre were offered for sale last week to a Sunday Times reporter posing as a middleman for Islamic terrorists. The Alazan rockets, which have a range of eight miles, were among 50,000 tons of weapons left behind at an arms dump in the breakaway eastern European... | Nuclear symbol Three radioactive rockets from the era are reportedly for sale in the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria. A ''Sunday Times'' reporter went undercover through a Transnistrian secret police office. Posing as a middleman for an Algerian Islamic group, the reporter met with an arms dealer, who offered to sel... |
The oil spill (marked in red) is Norway's second largest ever The accident occurred at the Statfjord oilfield some 200km (125 miles) away from the west Norwegian city of Bergen. The spill, estimated at 21,750 barrels (approx 3,000 metric tons), is the country's second largest ever, Norway's oil safety authority said. T... | "Statfjord A" North Sea oil platform from which the spill was released. On Wednesday at 12:40 p.m. CET (UTC+1), Norwegian authorities were alerted to an oil spill in the Statfjord oil field. The spill originated from the oil platform "Statfjord A", one of three platforms in the field, operated by StatoilHydro. Kristin ... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft has successfully completed its first test flight in the US. The three-hour flight started and finished from Everett, near Seattle. It had been due to last longer, but the plane landed early amid he... | The Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" at its unveiling in July 2007 Boeing's newest commercial aircraft, the 787 "Dreamliner", made its first test flight Tuesday in Everett, Washington at 18:00 UTC. Boeing claims that the new 290+ seat wide-body, twin engine jetliner is more fuel efficient than previous Boeing models. The releas... |
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Well, just as we all expected, our 2007 Masters champion took control of the tournament on the back nine and imposed his will on the rest of the field. You've seen it before: the birdies the fist pumps the traditional Sunday victory attire featuring a blue vest, blue shirt and long-sleeve white turtlene... | Zach Johnson won the 2007 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia Sunday. His score of +1 over par (289) is the second highest score ever recorded for the Masters. He was two strokes ahead of three runners up, Tiger Woods, Retief Goosen, and Rory Sabbatini. This is Johnson's first win in a Major Championship, and s... |
ABC News WHO: Virus Sent to Mexico, Lebanon Missing WHO: Samples of Killer Flu Virus Sent to Mexico and Lebanon Have Not Yet Turned Up By ERICA BULMAN Associated Press Writer The Associated Press GENEVA Apr 15, 2005 Shipments of a killer influenza virus destined for testing in Mexico and Lebanon remain unaccounted fo... | '''NB''' ''This story has also been covered in the article Killer virus sent worldwide. There have NOT been two incidents.'' The World Health Organisation (WHO), in a statement issued Tuesday, urged scientists to destroy samples of a deadly flu virus that could potentially cause a global pandemic. Shipments of the infl... |
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