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Dungog, Australia residents celebrate continued protection of local forest
Thursday, September 5, 2013 Local residents of Dungog, a small country town in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, held a celebratory nature walk on Sunday after they received assurance that their local forest was deemed worthy of “enduring protection.” Previously, a proposal before the NSW government to log over one million hectares of protected national […]
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Fears grow about U.S. dollar stability
Thursday, September 20, 2007 The U.S. economy and its currency as an instrument of world trade has suffered a series of major setbacks in recent months. Some analysts say that the Federal Reserve‘s September 18th dramatic rate cut to 4.75% from 5.25% may be a case of “too little, too late”, or that it was […]
Helpful Tips To Get Your Motorcycle Insurance Today
Read An Opinion On: Green Slip Prices Aami Greenslip Quote byAlma Abell Whether you’re driving a car or motorcycle, if you plan on legally operating one of these vehicles, you’re going to need insurance. However, if you plan on driving a motorcycle, you’re going to need specific motorcycle insurance, as standard car insurance doesn’t often […]
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Police kill gunman in London, England
Thursday, May 8, 2008 On Tuesday, armed police with Scotland Yard killed an armed man in a gunfight on Kings Road in London, England. Police arrived at the scene at about 4:50 p.m. local time, after receiving reports of gun shots into a child’s bedroom in the area in Chelsea in the west of the […]
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Too Grimm? Mother Goose cartoonist sued by Colombian coffee growers
Sunday, January 11, 2009 While it was just a joke, the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia doesn’t find a recent “Mother Goose and Grimm” comic terribly funny. In what the coffee growers association calls “an attack on national dignity and the reputation of Colombian coffee,” the characters in a comic strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning […]
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General Motors automobile sales plunge by 45%
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 General Motors Corporation (GM) announced on Wednesday that it saw a 45% drop in United States vehicle sales for its cars in March. Executives from several auto firms, however, said that there was some hope for the auto industry to stabilise, as car sales rebounded in the last week of March. […]
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Iraqi restaurant hit by suicide bomber
Thursday, December 11, 2008 A suicide bombing in Iraq has killed at least 55 people and injured at least 120 more, according to local police.The suicide bomber struck at a restaurant located about 2 miles north of the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk on Thursday morning. The Abdullah restaurant, where the explosion took place, is […]
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Fernando Alonso wins 2006 Japanese Grand Prix
Sunday, October 8, 2006 Renault driver Fernando Alonso won the FIA Formula-1 2006 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix on the Suzuka International Racing Course. Though Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher started the race from the first row, Alonso managed to overtake both Toyotas on the first part of the race and Massa after […]
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RadioShack CEO resigns
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 CEO of RadioShack Corp., David Edmondson resigned Friday after admitting to lying in the contents of his resume. Claiming to have two college degrees, a theology diploma called a ThG, and four years of education, Mr. Edmondson only attended two semesters at a college known now as Heartland Baptist Bible College […]
Building Atrium Custom Homes
Read An Opinion On: Home Builders Toowoomba QLD Design Master Homes Building Atrium Custom Homes by Charles DIckens Everybody dreams of building or at the very least living in atrium custom homes at some point in their lives. They save money; they plan the rooms and then start looking for the right architect and designer […]