Saturday, November 12, 2005 A journalist for the French Daily Libération, Christophe Boltanski, was attacked on Friday by several men in a street of Tunis, where he was reporting on the repression of human rights activists. He was badly beaten and stabbed with a knife in the back by four unidentified assailants near his hotel in the embassy district. Boltanski […]
Category:Mining
This is the category for mining. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 3 June 2016: Glencore announces Tahmoor mine in New South Wales to close 28 May 2014: Second sinkhole appears in Australian city this week 12 February 2014: Jade Rabbit lunar rover declared lost 25 April 2012: Disposal of fracking wastewater poses potential environmental problems 13 April […]
Spain edge out Saudi Arabia 1-0 in Group H
Friday, June 23, 2006 Spain beat Saudi Arabia by the slim margin of a single goal in Kaiserslautern, Friday. Except for an unlikely scoreline, the result of the game would not change the position of the top two teams in Group H and Spain started the game resting most of its first choice team. The Spainish dominated the game but […]
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao visits Shakespeare’s birthplace
Monday, June 27, 2011 Chinese premier Wen Jiabao paid a visit to the birthplace of English playwright and poet William Shakespeare on Sunday. The visit to Stratford-upon-Avon was included in his three-day tour of various industries in Britain. The UK is one of China’s biggest trading partners, second only to the EU. [Stratford-upon-Avon] has produced a figure who belongs not […]
News briefs:April 15, 2006
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Budget And Business Hotels In Delhi For Great Travel Experience}
Submitted by: Dheeraj Kumar Ewebsoft In the last few decades, tour and travels industry has emerged as one of the key employment generators of the country. It has seen an unimaginable growth & development and has become a great source of income for the India. Both national as well as international tourists travelling to different destinations in the India has […]
NRMA stands by “unsafe” smash repair system
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 NRMA, one of Australia’s largest insurers, has come under scrutiny following the release of a scathing report into its online smash repairs system. The report by the New South Wales Government’s Staysafe committee found that NRMA’s online repair tendering system was “unsafe”. NRMA has said it has no intention of suspending the system despite the findings. […]
Warhol’s photo legacy spread by university exhibits
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Evansville, Indiana, United States — This past week marked the opening night of an Andy Warhol exhibit at the University of Southern Indiana. USI’s art gallery, like 189 other educational galleries and museums around the country, is a recipient of a major Warhol donor program, and this program is cultivating new interest in Warhol’s photographic legacy. […]
20 dead in Hyderabad, India flyover collapse
Sunday, September 9, 2007 At least 20 people have died and 20 more are injured after a partially constructed flyover (overpass) in Hyderabad, India collapsed onto traffic. The disaster occurred at the Panjagutta junction, near Nagarjuna Circle. Two large concrete sections dropped onto oncoming cars and motorised rickshaws, damaging several severely. A large emergency effort was immediately activated, but experienced […]
Manitoba volunteers go to war against Red River flooding
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. Andrews alone. Once sandbags are filled for West St. Paul, […]