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Efforts to salvage Indonesian naval vessel grounded off Queensland, Australia hampered by stormy weather
Saturday, August 25, 2007 Efforts to salvage the Indonesian naval vessel Arung Samudera from where she ran aground on the Sunshine Coast Queensland, have been delayed due to poor weather conditions. The 35-metre, tri-masted vessel was originally grounded on August 23 in stormy weather at Inskip Point, near Rainbow Beach. A salvage contractor has being […]
World’s most expensive hotel-casino opens in Las Vegas
Friday, April 29, 2005 The world’s most expensive hotel-casino ever has opened in Las Vegas, Nevada. The casino, which was designed and built over a period of five years, cost US$2.7 billion to construct. The hotel stands nearly fifty stories above the Las Vegas valley, with a 180-foot tall mountain in front of the main […]
Stolen minibus recovered 35 years after theft
Friday, November 6, 2009 A 1965 Volkswagen minibus that was stolen in 1974 has been recovered by customs agents in Los Angeles. The vintage minibus was in pristine condition, valued at $25,000, and was found during a routine inspection of a shipping container scheduled for departure to The Netherlands. A routine computer database search on […]
The College Goers Should Consider These Tips To Avoid Financial Deficiencies
Read More About: Certified Medical Assistant Training The college goers should consider these tips to avoid financial deficiencies by Best Debt Care The average college debt in US comes to about $20,000 for each individual who is staying away from home to acquire the much needed degree. Even the student debt consolidation strategies do not […]
Wikinews Shorts: May 7, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, May 7, 2007. A 30 meter section of a gas pipeline in Luka (near Kiev) in Ukraine has been destroyed by an explosion. Although supplies to Europe via this pipeline have stopped, Ukrainian Energy Minister Georgi E. Boyko said that supplies to Europe would not be affected. “There […]
Appalachia Mountains coal company plays State politics
Tuesday, August 2, 2005 Massey Energy Co., the fourth largest coal producer in the U.S., filed a federal lawsuit against the Governor of West Virginia, Joe Manchin. Massey’s CEO Don Blankenship alleged that Gov. Manchin acted in retaliation against the company’s coal mining operations because the company spent $650,000 in an advertising campaign to defeat […]
Pre-election call in Canada, Conservatives start ads, including during kids TV
Thursday, September 4, 2008 Canadian Federal Elections 2008 Day Stories from the 2008 Canadian Federal Elections 13 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: Libertarian John Kittridge in St. Paul’s 13 October 2008: Canadian scientists protest Harper’s attacks on science 10 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Paul Arbour in Carleton—Mississippi Mills 10 October 2008: CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Jo-Anne Boulding […]
Sports Watches For Triathletes, Runners, Cyclists And Other Professional Athletes
Read More About: Rfid Supply Chain Management Australia Sports Watches for Triathletes, Runners, Cyclists and Other Professional Athletes by lindadell Professional athletes all require one lifesaving piece of equipment a sports watch. Nowadays, these gadgets range from $50 to several hundreds of dollars and contain many advanced features such as GPS, heart rate tracking, pace […]
Interview with US political activist and philosopher Noam Chomsky
Saturday, April 4, 2009 Noam Chomsky is a professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Linguistics and Philosophy. At the age of 40 he was credited with revolutionizing the field of modern linguistics. He was one of the first opponents of the Vietnam War, and is a self described Libertarian Socialist. At age 80 […]
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