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Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/AL-KY

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 […]

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Federal Opposition hounds Treasurer over appointment to RBA board, Gerard resigns

Friday, December 2, 2005The Australian Federal Opposition has hounded the Treasurer, Peter Costello, over the appointment of Robert Gerard to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board. Mr Gerard announced on Friday 2nd that he will resign from the Board, citing the events of this week as the reason. On Tuesday, November 29, Wayne Swan, […]

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House fire in Bristol, England kills two

Sunday, March 20, 2011 A house fire in Bristol, England has caused the deaths of two brothers, identified as Charlie, aged five, and seven-year-old Mackenzie. Emergency services were called to the scene in the early hours of Saturday morning. The bodies were discovered by firemen, at the scene in the suburb of Bradley Stoke around […]

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U.S. actor Charlie Sheen questions 9/11 theories

Thursday, March 30, 2006 Charlie Sheen, appearing on cable television news network station CNN on March 24, questioned the credibility of the theory that 19 hijackers caused all of the destruction to the World Trade Center. Sheen said; “It seems to me like, you know, 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners […]

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Category:Featured article

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Athletes prepare for 2012 Summer Paralympics at the Paralympic Fitness Centre

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Athletes prepare for 2012 Summer Paralympics at the Paralympic Fitness Centre
Posted by Admin . Published on 07 February 2023, No Comments Received

Monday, August 27, 2012 London, England — As Paralympians ready for the Games which are set to open later this week, they have access to a world class fitness center inside the Paralympic Village which is designed to maximise their pre-Game preparations. According to volunteers staffing the center, instead of being a single large room, […]

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Candidates make campaign stop at trade fairs ahead of 2008 Taiwan Presidential Election

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Candidates make campaign stop at trade fairs ahead of 2008 Taiwan Presidential Election
Posted by Admin . Published on 04 February 2023, No Comments Received

Friday, November 9, 2007 Thursday, November 8, two trade shows, named MEDIPHAR Taipei at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) and Taipei Audio Video Fair at the TWTC and The Grand Hotel, opened in Taipei, Taiwan. Some politicians and government officials chose these events as an opportunity to promote their parties and campaign-coalitions ahead of […]

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Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon develops double pneumonia

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Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon develops double pneumonia
Posted by Admin . Published on 04 February 2023, No Comments Received

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Ariel Sharon in a 2004 file photo Former Israeli prime minster Ariel Sharon, 78, has developed double pneumonia and is being treated with “massive” amounts of antibiotics according to hospital officials. “We are talking about pneumonia that is being treated with massive antibiotics. There is no change in the functioning of […]

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Civil Rights lawyer Oliver Hill dies

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Civil Rights lawyer Oliver Hill dies
Posted by Admin . Published on 04 February 2023, No Comments Received

Sunday, August 5, 2007 Oliver Hill, an American Civil Rights lawyer died today at the age of 100. Hill was attending breakfast, when he died “peacefully,” said a friend of Hill’s family, Joseph Morrissey. The cause is not yet known. “As a pioneer for civil rights, an accomplished attorney, and a war veteran, Mr. Hill’s […]

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