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Police officer killed as car bomb explodes in Omagh, Northern Ireland
Posted in Uncategorized | August 30th, 2018
Saturday, April 2, 2011 A bomb positioned below the car of a police officer in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom has exploded, killing him. The unidentified 25-year-old officer, recently employed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland after graduating from a college of police training three weeks prior, was directly involved in the incident as he […]
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Congressman Cunningham admits taking bribes
Posted in Uncategorized | August 30th, 2018
Monday, November 28, 2005 U.S. Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R–CA) pled guilty today to conspiring to take bribes in exchange for using his influence as a member of the House Appropriations Committee to help a defense contractor get business. In total he pled guilty to one count of income tax evasion and four counts of […]
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Congressman Cunningham admits taking bribesMilitants in Pakistan torch NATO, US military vehicles
Posted in Uncategorized | August 28th, 2018
Sunday, December 7, 2008 Pakistani officials have reported that vehicles supplying NATO forces in Afghanistan have been set on fire by suspected militants. The attack occurred in the northwestern city of Peshawar which lies on Pakistan’s North-Western frontier at 0230 local time. Sources claim that more than 250 gunmen using rockets, grenades and AK-47s overpowered […]
New Zealand recalls squid boats
Posted in Uncategorized | August 28th, 2018
Sunday, May 8, 2005 In order to save the lives of seabirds, the government of New Zealand has ordered the recall from sub-Antarctic waters of the entire fleet of New Zealand’s 35 squid fishing boats. Once at port, the boats are to take on independent observers to ensure that they follow codes of practice. Violators […]
Flash floods kill over a hundred in India, 500 missing
Posted in Uncategorized | August 28th, 2018
Sunday, August 8, 2010 Five hundred people are missing and as many as 150 are reported to have been killed by flash floods in India, caused by a sudden cloudburst that hit Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday. The downpour struck the town of Leh and several surrounding villages, and reportedly caused a mud slide that hit […]
Officials of Fanmi Lavalas party threaten boycott
Posted in Uncategorized | August 25th, 2018
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Officials of the Fanmi Lavalas party in Haiti threatened boycott of the upcoming general elections if one of their party leaders, Father Gerard Jean-Juste, is not released from jail. Jean-Juste is being jailed, arrested a month ago on July 21, in relation to the murder of journalist. The Fanmi Lavalas party […]
US director James Gunn fired from Marvel Studios for decade-old offensive tweets
Posted in Uncategorized | August 25th, 2018
Monday, July 23, 2018 On Friday, US director and screenwriter James Gunn was fired from work on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 for Marvel Studios reportedly for his offensive tweets from 2008 to 2011 about, amongst other things, rape and paedophilia. In a statement, Walt Disney Studios’ Chairman Alan Horn said, “The offensive attitudes […]
Swaziland to receive financial bailout from South Africa
Posted in Uncategorized | August 25th, 2018
Thursday, August 4, 2011 The small African nation of Swaziland will receive a financial bailout from neighbouring South Africa. The South African government agreed to a loan of 2.4 billion rand ($350 million) after several organisations including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rejected King Mswati III’s request for a bailout. King Mswati III released a […]
Cuba announces shift of farm management to local level
Posted in Uncategorized | August 24th, 2018
Thursday, May 1, 2008 In an effort to boost its troubled agricultural sector, Cuba announced a major shift in the management of the country’s farms, which are to be placed under the control of over 150 local delegations rather than the national government. The move was announced in Granma, the official newspaper of the Cuban […]
CEO of GM outlines plan for “New GM” after auto company declared bankruptcy
Posted in Uncategorized | August 24th, 2018
Thursday, June 4, 2009 In a New York press conference at 16:15 UTC, June 1st, Fritz Henderson, the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors, which filed for bankruptcy and Chapter 11 protection from its creditors earlier today, outlined a plan for what he called a “New GM”. Speaking to the press under safe harbor provisions […]
