- UncategorizedJohn Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing
Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel…
- UncategorizedProtests at New York’s Hamilton College over controversial professor
Monday, January 31, 2005 New York, USA — Students and professors at New York‘s Hamilton College have raised protests over an invitation to the controversial ethics professor, Ward Churchill, to participate in a panel at the college. The main objection…
- UncategorizedBank staff in India threaten strike
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Members of the All India Bank Employees Association have threatened to go on nation-wide strikes to express their unhappiness with the move to privatise banks, allowing foreign direct investment in the banking sector and outsourcing of…
- UncategorizedNational plant materials center goes native in Washington, DC
Thursday, September 15, 2005 Among its many ongoing research studies, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) National Plant Materials Center (NPMC), in Beltsville, Maryland, is researching native, ornamental, perennial plants which are tolerant of hot, droughty conditions. The end result…
- UncategorizedBoeing rolls out first 787 Dreamliner to go into service
Monday, August 8, 2011 Three years after it was first due for delivery, Boeing has rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner that is to be delivered to a customer. Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) were to take delivery in May…
- UncategorizedMarket Data
Warning: The information on this page may be incorrect and/or outdated. Don’t trust it. Information about the world’s markets index, no longer maintained. Index Name Description Current Value Change Updated ^MERV MerVal (Argentina) 1479.650 25.720 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ^AORD…
- UncategorizedTriple limb-reattachment fails – boy loses foot
Tuesday, April 5, 2005Terry Vo, the 10-year old Australian boy who had two hands and a foot reattached by surgeons after losing them in an accident, has had to have the foot re-amputated. He will be given a prosthetic foot…
- UncategorizedFive tourists die in car crash in South African park
Saturday, December 1, 2007 Five tourists including a child, have been killed in a car accident in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Four of the tourists were from Austria and one was from Germany. The driver survived the crash…
- UncategorizedNigerian election result will not be annulled
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 A judge has ruled today that Nigeria‘s 2007 election results, which saw Umaru Yar’Adua’s become president, will not be annulled. Opposition parties claimed that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), of which the President is leader, fixed…
- UncategorizedTattoo with identifying details leads to prosecution of thief in Bristol, UK
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 A thief in Bristol, United Kingdom, has been prosecuted due to incriminating evidence in the form of a tattoo on his neck with his name and date of birth that was captured by police CCTV, when…