Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Jyllands-Postens (The Jutlands Post)’s editor-in-chief, Carsten Juste has scrapped supposed plans to publish holocaust-denial cartoons simultaneously with Iranian paper Hamshahri. The message currently on the front page of their website indicates that the news was “based on an over-interpretation of a statement made by Culture Editor Flemming Rose”. Juste emphasizes that […]
Indigenous Australians told to “wash for fuel”
Thursday, December 9, 2004 MULAN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Under a draft plan of the Australian Federal Government’s “mutual obligation” agreements, members of the Aboriginal community Mulan in Western Australia will be obliged to ensure that homes and yards are clean, students attend school, rubbish bins are emptied twice a week and that children undertake frequent […]
Fourteen dead as passenger helicopter crashes off Estonia
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Fourteen people are presumed dead after a passenger helicopter of the Finnish company Copterline crashed into the Baltic Sea, 5 km off the coast of Estonia. After hours of search, the wreck was found with a sonar at a depth of approximately 60 meters. The cabin is damaged but has remained […]
21 July London bombing suspect held
Thursday, July 28, 2005 Yasin Hassan Omar, 24 — suspected of the attempted attack on Warren Street Tube Station — has been arrested by police in Birmingham in a raid yesterday. After being informed by a member of the public, police — supported by an army bomb disposal team from the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) […]
Mongolia’s ruling party wins elections as rioting subsides
Thursday, July 3, 2008 Mongolia’s ruling People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP) has been declared winners of the country’s legislative elections, two days after allegations of vote-rigging leveled against the ruling party sparked violent protests in the capital of Ulaanbaatar. Preliminary results show the MPRP with 47 seats out of 76 in the State Great Khural, General […]
IMF prepares to help Hungary and Ukraine
Friday, October 17, 2008 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is preparing a series of loans to both Hungary and Ukraine as financial problems are hitting the two countries. Hungary has already received a €5 billion credit line from the European Central Bank (ECB). Ukraine is seeking a loan of up to US$14 billion. The credit […]
Russia asks Iceland for details of bank rescue plan before giving loan
Saturday, October 18, 2008 Russia has requested Iceland give them more details of the island nation’s plan to rescue the banking sector and thus the entire national economy before granting them a loan. Two weeks ago, Iceland’s banking sector collapsed and was largely nationalised. Icelandic banks are in significantly more debt than the country can […]
UEFA Cup: April 3rd, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008 First legs of the UEFA Cup quarter finals were played out on Thursday. Germany is the only country with two clubs remaining in the competition with Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich both playing at home to Zenit St. Petersburg and Getafe respectively. Dutch Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven traveled to Italy to […]
Select Ergonomic Office Chairs For Maximum Comfort At The Office}
Here’s An Opinion On: Gaming Chair Australia Submitted by: Kim Thompson There are many ergonomic office chairs to choose from for your place of business. You may want to order a few different office chairs and have your employees try each of them out. What feels comfortable to one employee may not to another employee. […]
Hundreds dead in Hajj stampede
Thursday, January 12, 2006 According to the Saudi Interior Ministry over 345 Muslim pilgrims have been killed in a stampede during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The stampede at Islam’s most holy site happened at Jamarat Bridge, during an event where pebbles are thrown at a pillar to represent the stoning of […]