Monday, March 30, 2009 First becoming famous in her native Ukraine in the 1990s, long-haired self-described “Amazon” Ruslana gained international recognition for winning the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Wild Dances,” inspired by the musical traditions of the Hutsul people of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. In the five years since, Ruslana has decided to use her name and […]
Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in Thailand, Cardal in Uruguay and […]
TD Financial to acquire Hudson United Bancorp
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Canadian TD Financial Group has come to a deal with the regional U.S. bank, Hudson United Bancorp, to buy Hudson for US$1.9 billion. The new addition will be folding into itsMaine-based TD Banknorth, which is 51% owned by TD Financial. The acquisition will bring in 204 new branches and increase TD’s footprint to New Jersey, New […]
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The Road To Becoming A Model Or An Actor
By Ryan Pauline You see them on your TV screens, in magazines, and they seem to be everywhere! And you want to be just like them! Do not give up your dreams for the limelight just because you do not know where to start. With a few helpful tips, you could be strutting your stuff down some catwalk in Milan, […]
US raids Iran ‘liaison office’, Russia says it is unacceptable
Friday, January 12, 2007 The U.S. armed forces detained five Iranians working at a “liaison office” located in Erbil, Iraq before dawn on Friday. Sources said that the U.S. forces first landed their helicopters around the building, then broke through the office’s gate, disarmed the guards, confiscated some documents and certain objects, arrested five suspected terrorists, and then left for […]
Category:Panama
This is the category for Panama, a country in Central America. See also the Panama Portal. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 16 December 2014: Freighter hits fishing boat in Gulf of Suez; thirteen dead 21 April 2014: Wikinews interviews Paúl M. Velazco about new yellow-shouldered bat species 15 November 2010: Somali piracy: Kenyan navy kills three, Chinese […]
Tencent Launched 2.0 Mobile Browser To Create Qq One Stop Platform
Here’s An Opinion On: Consumer Brand Marketing Sydney Challenger Brand Strategy Sydney By Paul Hu 28 April 9, tecent company in Beijing international conference center held the “win-win cooperation, hand in hand with the future – mobile phone QQ browser 2.0 strategy conference”. Conference of Asia’s most top by mobile Internet industry conference – the third global mobile Internet assembly […]
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Southern Ocean whale slaughter to resume
Tuesday, January 3, 2006 The international environmental organisation, Greenpeace, have been shadowing a Japanese whaling fleet currently operating in the Southern Ocean in Australian Antarctic Territory. They claim a minor victory against the six-vessel fleet, saying no whales have been killed since Christmas Eve. However they expect a resumption of whaling and protest activity soon. Greenpeace has two ships, MV […]