Sunday, June 13, 2010 A report from the London School of Economics claims that the intelligence agency of Pakistan, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has close ties to the Taliban in Afghanistan. According to the report, the ISI actively provides the Taliban with services such as funding, weapons, and the training …
Monday, April 6, 2009 Over 1,600 volunteers registered to help build approximately 65,000 of the 500,000 sandbags to create dikes 20.5 feet (6.2 meters) high to protect the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba in the war against the Red River of the North flood. 700 volunteers answered at the rural municipality of St. …
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More On This Topic: Public Relations Sydney Crisis Communication Consultancy Sydney By Lanbo Jiang Shenzhen Bay International Yacht Club is expected to open within the year built. Marina is located 15 km southwest of the coastal promenade, the use of waters in Shekou and East Point inner bay between the …
Friday, July 30, 2010 On Tuesday, Apple Inc. introduced a new peripheral, the Magic Trackpad, and refreshed its line of iMac and Mac Pro computers, as well as the Apple Cinema Display. The Magic Trackpad, a multi-touch trackpad for Macintosh computers, allows end users to use certain gestures to control …
Saturday, March 24, 2007 CEO of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Corp., Duncan Brown, has stepped down after recent allegations that lottery retailers are winning more than customers. “By mutual agreement, Duncan Brown and the Board of OLG have decided a change of leadership is appropriate,” the lottery corporation …
More On This Topic: Best Burgers Brisbane 10 Best Burgers Sydney byAlma Abell A dryer is an appliance most people use on a regular basis. The dryer is what makes it possible for you to dry your clothes quickly. If your dryer doesn’t work right, it can cause a lot …
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the …
Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers …
Thursday, March 25, 2010 A prank by three young kitchen staff at Hungry Jack’s fast food restaurant in the Central-Western New South Wales city of Bathurst went wrong when two customers required medical treatment after eating burgers they had laced with multi-purpose cleaner. According to staff at the Emergency Department …