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Arkansas becomes first US state to criminalise treatment for transgender minority

6 June, 2022

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Friday, April 9, 2021 On Tuesday, lawmakers in the Republican-governed US state of Arkansas became the first in the country to ban specific treatment types to transgender youth under the age of eighteen, irrespective of parental consent. It is to become law at the earliest by the 91st day after the legislative session’s recess, or […]

Pacific Rim braces for tsunami following major Chilean earthquake

6 June, 2022

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Saturday, February 27, 2010 At 06:34 UTC today, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile, triggering a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean. The tsunami has already hit the French Polynesia islands, with waves reaching two metres (six feet) high damaging to the coast. In Fiji Japanese officials expect waves 2.3 metres (7.5 feet high). Australia and […]

Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life

5 June, 2022

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Last night HBO premiered I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA. Since its inception, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has made headlines and raised eyebrows. They are almost single-handedly responsible for the movement against animal testing and their efforts have raised the suffering animals […]

What Are The Varieties Of Outdoor Furniture?

5 June, 2022

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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Outdoor Furniture For Sale New York What Are The Varieties of Outdoor Furniture? by Amy Hong Some varieties of outdoor furniture are hardwoods, aluminum, sling, stainless steel, synthetic rattan/wicker. Kwila, a sort of hardwood, is quite expensive. This sort of hardwood is durable and imported from Southeast Asia […]

Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/OH-WY

4 June, 2022

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See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It […]

Chilean musicians perform concert for Peralillo, Chile residents

2 June, 2022

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Saturday, April 17, 2010 More than 50 musicians held a concert for and donated school tools to schoolboys at Peralillo, Chile The Víctor Jara High School and the Violeta Parra School were both affected by the 2010 Chile earthquakes. Peralillo is part of the O’Higgins Region and is located around 10 kilometers from Santa Cruz […]

Doctor Reviews Online

31 May, 2022

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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Online Mental Healthcare For Students In College Before you call to schedule that appointment, you may want to check outdoctor reviews online. You may have already done a general search tofind the specialists in your area, or maybe the offices that acceptyour insurance, but how do you really […]

New Zealand medical student funding to be reviewed

31 May, 2022

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Monday, February 20, 2006 The New Zealand government has announced that it will be reviewing funding for medical and dentistry students at Otago and Auckland Universities to certify the institutions’ standards and help staff retention. The dean of Auckland University’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Professor Iain Martin says the review “can’t come soon […]

Experiment on frozen sperm raises hopes of “restoring” extinct mammals

30 May, 2022

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 According to Japanese and American scientists, healthy offspring have resulted from the injection of sperm into female mice from male mice that have been in a deep freeze for 15 years. The mice, as a whole, were kept frozen in temperatures of -20 degrees celsius. Scientists at the Institute of Physical […]

NYSE to merge with Archipelago; NASDAQ to buy Instinet

30 May, 2022

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Sunday, April 24, 2005 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced last Wednesday that it has agreed definitively to merge with Chicago-based Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx) and form a new publicly traded, for-profit company known as NYSE Group. This announcement was followed two days later by NASDAQ®, which independently announced a definitive agreement to purchase Instinet Group. […]