Thursday, July 10, 2008 Over 1000 cases of illness have now been identified in a foodborne salmonellosis outbreak that began in mid-April 2008 in the United States. As of July 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported 1013 confirmed infections throughout the United States, along with four cases in Canada. 203 […]

Saturday, June 2, 2007 Thirty-five square kilometers, or 13.5135755 square miles, or 3,500 hectares or 8,648.68835 acres. However you figure it, it’s a sizeable chunk of land. And it’s missing from Cambodia on the website for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, a 10-member regional body of which Cambodia is a member. The

Cambodian lawmaker calls for ASEAN website to be blocked over missing land

Read More »

Riots in Tonga

Friday, November 17, 2006 Rioting erupted in Tonga today in protest at the slow pace of democratic reform, with rampaging protesters setting fire to buildings and overturning police and government vehicles. The violence erupted two months after the death of the South Pacific nation’s conservative king. Rioting crowds overturned cars, looted and set fire to

Riots in Tonga

Read More »

See More About: Newcastle Painters Commercial Painters Newcastle Factors to be-considered in-searching good-London-decorators by Geoff Fannin Have you ever desired to employ London decorators and dulux decorators but never knew what to anticipate? You are not only in this as lots of people think what they should assume from a job well carried out. There

Factors To Be Considered In Searching Good London DecoratorsRead More »

Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the

Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

Read More »

Tony Blair speaks in Canada

Saturday, October 27, 2007 Tony Blair, United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, made his first public appearance since stepping down as PM yesterday at a speech entitled Global Relations: A Conversation with Tony Blair to an audience of about 2,400 in Calgary, Alberta from noon to 2:30 p.m. in the Telus Convention Centre, sponsored by Toronto-Dominion

Tony Blair speaks in Canada

Read More »

Friday, June 29, 2018 On Wednesday, the cabinet of the Indian state of Punjab republished an ordinance which approved capital punishment for convicts of raping a girl under the age of twelve. In April, India’s Union Cabinet approved the ordinance after nationwide protests that took place in various cities after an eight-year-old girl was gang-raped

India: Punjab cabinet republishes ordinance approving capital punishment for rape of girls under age twelve

Read More »

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Forecasters predict that northern lights could be visible to the naked eye late tonight and early tomorrow morning across Canada, northern parts of the U.S., and possibly the United Kingdom. Solar storms caused a large ejection of plasma from the Sun’s surface on Sunday, and the plasma is heading directly towards

Northern lights may appear across Canada and northern U.S. late Tuesday night

Read More »

Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development

Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews,

Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development

Read More »