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Cruise ship sinks off Greek coast, two missing
Thursday, April 5, 2007 An evacuation operation was carried out today as a cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Santorini, a Greek island, leaving up to 1,167 passengers and 391 crew to abandon …
Football CL: All first leg games of second qualifications round are over
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 First leg of the second qualifications round of UEFA Champions League is now over. Second leg games will be played on August 2 and August 3. Contents 1 Selected match reports …
African Olympians and Paralympians prepare for their London odyssey
Friday, June 29, 2012 With only a few days before final nominations for spots to compete at the London Olympic Games and little less than a month until the start of them, African Olympians are …
Claims from British quake may run into “low tens of millions of pounds” – Insurance association reps
Thursday, February 28, 2008 Representatives from the British insurance industry have said that the cost of the earthquake which hit Britain early yesterday could be over 10 million GBP. The Association of British Insurers has …
City of Calgary, Canada removes fluoride from drinking water
Thursday, February 10, 2011 Calgary city council voted 10 to 3 on Wednesday to stop fluoridating their water supply. This overturns a previous plebiscite from 1989 to add the fluoride in an attempt to reduce …
Dresden city council wants DNA matching for doggy-doo
Thursday, March 31, 2005 Councillors at Dresden City Council in Germany would like to match doggy-doo left by pets on the sidewalk and in parks, against a DNA database storing profiles for all of the …
US Senate passes stimulus package
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 The United States Senate passed a stimulus package worth US$838 billion on Tuesday, aimed at creating millions of new jobs and steering the economy out of the recession. The Democrat-controlled Senate …
Good Luck Charms And Their Meaning
More On This Topic: Melbourne Interior Designers Alexander Pollock By Jason Littleton Did you know that good luck charms are used for centuries for different purposes? Yes, they have myriad uses. Some of them used …
News briefs:June 4, 2010
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