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Thursday, October 4, 2007 As many as 3,200 mine workers became trapped in the in Elandsrand mine, a gold mine in South Africa about 50 miles (80 km) west of Johannesburg in Carletonville, Gauteng, after an incident on October 3. All miners have been rescued, and none of them were injured. The mine is owned […]
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 John Vanderslice has recently learned to enjoy America again. The singer-songwriter, who National Public Radio called “one of the most imaginative, prolific and consistently rewarding artists making music today,” found it through an unlikely source: his French girlfriend. “For the first time in my life I wouldn’t say I was defending […]
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Thursday, October 5, 2006 A US federal appeals court has ruled that the US government can continue wiretapping without warrants until its appeal against an earlier ruling has been heard. When the case was brought to federal judge Anna Diggs Taylor by civil liberties campaigners, specifically the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in August last […]
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September 28, 2018
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Cyclist Sean Finning last competitor named to Australia’s 2012 Paralympic team
Cyclist Sean Finning last competitor named to Australia’s 2012 Paralympic team
Friday, August 3, 2012 Yesterday, the Australian Paralympic Committee finalized the country’s Paralympic team by naming 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medalist and sighted guide cyclist Sean Finning to the team. Finning will be compete in the men’s tandem track and road events where he will serve as Bryce Lindores’s pilot. Finning was not originally to […]
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Virgin Media announced weak results last week, in part due to competition from Sky. Virgin Media lost 47,000 customers from January to March 2007, while Sky gained 51,000 customers in the same time period. Franklin Mutual Advisers, which has 9.4% of the Virgin Media shares (Sir Richard Branson owns 11%) wants […]
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September 27, 2018
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The Aviator and Vera Drake scoop top prizes at the 2005 Orange BAFTA Film Awards
The Aviator and Vera Drake scoop top prizes at the 2005 Orange BAFTA Film Awards
Sunday, February 13, 2005 LONDON – The big-budget Hollywood movie The Aviator and the low-budget Brit flick Vera Drake have scooped the main prizes at the 2005 Orange BAFTA Film Awards. Four gongs went to The Aviator with the top ones being Best Film and Cate Blanchett for Best Supporting Actress. Vera Drake got three […]
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A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, April 19, 2007. Contents 1 Compensation sought for New Zealand’s Internet outage 2 Peruvian farmers issue warning to government 3 Missile shield to feature in talks 4 Water cuts possible as Australia faces drought 5 Russian plans for Bering Strait tunnel received with skepticism Wikinews reported previously on […]
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September 26, 2018
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Stainless Steel Shower Trays And Metal Shower Trays Sophisticated, With A Small Carbon Footprint
Click Here To Know More About: Bathroom Vanity Units Adp Vanity Stainless Steel Shower Trays and Metal Shower Trays – Sophisticated, With a Small Carbon Footprint by Samuel E. Davies A Stainless Steel Shower Tray – The Modern Alternative [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMBWnU3BdVI[/youtube] Whether proudly gleaming upon the outer facade of a skyscraper or stoutly supporting the trusses […]
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September 25, 2018
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NTSB announces safety recommendations to be made in aftermath of Comair Flight 5191 disaster
NTSB announces safety recommendations to be made in aftermath of Comair Flight 5191 disaster
Saturday, June 9, 2007 The American National Transportation Safety Board has announced that it will make new airline safety recommendations. This comes a result of its investigation into the Comair Flight 5191 disaster, in which a Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) CRJ-100ER crashed whilst attempting take-off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, […]
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