North Korea launches missile in ‘military drill’

30 January, 2021

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, North Korea has fired a short-range missile today into the Sea of Japan. Officials believed it to be part of a regular exercise. “North Korea fired a short-range missile in what appeared to be part of a military drill,” a Japanese Defense Ministry official was […]

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NYC Transit asks members to ratify new contracts

30 January, 2021

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Wednesday, December 28, 2005 A tentative contract agreement has been struck, five days after New York City was ground to a halt in a transit strike. The executive board of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 and the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) had been negotiating under a media blackout, but terms of the agreement […]

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Americans spent more than they earned in 2005

30 January, 2021

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Americans are spending more than they are earning, pushing the national savings rate to lows not seen since the Great Depression. The Commerce Department released a report saying that personal savings fell to a negative 0.5% in 2005. This means that people spent everything they earned and more. This is the […]

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Prices at the pump spike overnight in U.S.

30 January, 2021

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Friday, August 12, 2005 All this week, prices at the pump have been reaching record levels across the United States. Since yesterday, the price for a gallon of gasoline increased by as much as fifteen cents in some places. Large cities in California, such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, have reported gas prices that […]

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American Samoa received eight minutes warning before 2009 tsunami

30 January, 2021

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Friday, September 24, 2010 People in American Samoa were given only eight minutes warning that a tsunami, which killed 32 people in the unincorporated territory, resulting from the 2009 Samoa earthquake, was approaching. A report published by the United States Congress admits that the warning was issued sixteen minutes after the 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck […]

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News briefs:May 27, 2010

30 January, 2021

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Disposal of fracking wastewater poses potential environmental problems

30 January, 2021

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 A recent study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows that the oil and gas industry are creating earthquakes. New information from the Midwest region of the United States points out that these man-made earthquakes are happening more frequently than expected. While more frequent earthquakes are less of a problem […]

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Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs

30 January, 2021

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Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party. […]

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Man kills five relatives in family massacre in Croatia

30 January, 2021

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Friday, November 9, 2007 Damir Voschion, 46, has reportedly killed five members of his family in Pula, Croatia on Thursday night around 7:00 p.m. CET (UTC+1). They were all killed by gunshots to the head. The victims include Damir’s two-month-old nephew, his seven-year-old niece, his brother, sister-in-law and then his father. The massacre took place […]

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News briefs:June 10, 2010

30 January, 2021

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