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Australian House of Representatives grows heated over industrial relations legislation

9 October, 2021

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Thursday, November 3, 2005 Australian industral relations reform legislationmade up of 700 pages of bill legislation and 500 additional pages of explanatory memoranda was introduced into the Federal House of Representatives November 2, where the Opposition heatedly attempted to address their perceived problem of the Government’s lack of discussion and debate over the matter. The […]

The Deadliest Fall

9 October, 2021

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18 December 2004 http://www.ideaexplore.net/news/041116/flu.jpg Emergency hospital during 1918 influenza epidemic, Camp Funston, Kansas (source: National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP). A bout of the flu can be mild. In young, healthy adults, many infections pass unnoticed. But sometimes the influenza virus evolves into a strain that decimates its victims. The worst known strain swept […]

US Senate approves $10.5 billon in aid for Hurricane Katrina victims

9 October, 2021

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Friday, September 2, 2005 The United States Senate has cut short their summer recess and has arrived in Washington to approve a $10.5 billion aid bill to victims of Katrina as requested by President George W. Bush.The United States House of Representatives is expected to pass a similar bill later today. Bush has told Congress […]

Creating A Food Budget Helps You Save Money

8 October, 2021

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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Geelong Used Cars By Marcelle Snyder Creating a food budget can be advantageous in that it can help you “stretch your money” and still have enough to eat “great”. Dawna Pacini, who has 2 school-age children and is on a fixed income, has learned through experience that creating […]

Canadian Conservatives vow to defend Arctic sovereignty

7 October, 2021

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Friday, December 23, 2005 The Conservative Party of Canada leader Stephen Harper today made bold claims about the Canadian Arctic region at a campaign stop in Winnipeg, “The single most important duty of the federal government is to protect and defend our national sovereignty.” . The prime minister-hopeful stated, “There are new and disturbing reports […]

‘Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008’ Day 2 features martial art events

7 October, 2021

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Sunday, September 7, 2008 The ‘Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008’ started yesterday in Taipei, Taiwan. After table tennis and soccer, events from martial arts including karate, judo, and taekwondo were featured mainly in the 2nd matchday. Unlike the taekwondo event which applied a single elimination rule, events from karate and judo applied round […]

Indonesian authorities investigate after pornographic film screened on billboard in Jakarta

6 October, 2021

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Monday, October 3, 2016 Authorities in Indonesia initiated an investigation after a pornographic film was illicitly screened on a 24-square-meter (roughly 260-square-foot) LED billboard in the capital city of Jakarta on Friday, in full view of rush hour commuters. The film, depicting a couple engaged in explicit sexual activity, appeared on the screen for several […]

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6 October, 2021

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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Aistralian Premier Finance Website 6 Month Loans No Credit Check Mid Term Cash Advance by Martin Bale Availing a credit help is not at all difficult. Anyone can go for a loan by filling in a form. The only difficult thing is to repay the loan. In most […]

Bailout signals Lisbon’s capitulation to financial markets

3 October, 2021

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Saturday, April 9, 2011 Having resisted financial-market pressure for months, Portugal has finally requested an International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Union bailout. The emergency loan, believed to total around 75 billion euros, comes three weeks after the country’s prime minister, José Sócrates, resigned following parliamentary rejection of his government’s proposed austerity measures. Following recent […]

Chinese mine blast kills over 200

3 October, 2021

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005 Fuxin city (???; pinyin: Fùx?n shì) – An underground explosion in a mine in China’s northeastern Liaoning Province has left over 200 miners dead. Current figures say 203 miners were killed, and another 22 were injured with 13 miners still missing. The blast occurred at 3:49pm local time on Monday afternoon. […]