Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Solar Systems Pty Ltd, Hawthorn, Victoria, have announced an agreement with Boeing Australia Ltd for supply of Spectrolab solar cells. The agreement will result in the supply of 500,000 cells, capable of generating 11MW of electricity. Spectrolab produces multi-junction solar cells, originally designed for powering satellites. The solar cells are three […]
Thursday, September 20, 2007File:CAN Loonie.jpg The rising value of the Canadian dollar briefly matched the falling United States dollar for the first time since 1976, before closing at 0.9987 US dollars on Thursday. The Canadian dollar has risen 62% since bottoming out at 0.6179 US dollars in 2002, following a steady decline since the 1976
Canadian dollar reaches parity with US dollar
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 The Pacaya Volcano erupted on Friday. It is located 50 kilometers south of the capital of Guatemala, Guatemala City. Throughout the evening and night, volcanic ash fell in the municipalities of Amatitlán, Villa Nueva, and Guatemala City. President Álvaro Colom’s government has decreed a State of Public Calamity in the Escuintla,
Pacaya volcano erupts; “state of public calamity” declared
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Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This
US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%
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See More About: Farm Sheds Emerald Blue Print Sheds By Chris Johansen Nature has provided man with a variety of plants that can improve overall well being. They are incorporated in many products such as medicines and supplements. One of the plants that can offer just that is sea buckthorn, also called seaberry or sandthorn.
Monday, April 11, 2005 Anna Ayala, the Las Vegas woman who claims to have found the notorious “chili finger” at a Wendy’s outlet in San Jose, California, has filed lawsuits against other businesses, according to researchers at the Associated Press. Her previous court battles included the national El Pollo Loco chicken-chain, a previous employer, and
Las Vegas ‘chili finger’ woman has history of lawsuits
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Thursday, January 4, 2018 A fire on Sunday night in the seven-storey carpark for the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England destroyed almost all the vehicles parked inside and led to cancellation of the final evening of the Liverpool International Horse Show and evacuation of nearby blocks of flats. The blaze reportedly started with a parked
England: Multi-storey carpark in Liverpool gutted by fire, 1,300 vehicles destroyed
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Saturday, December 11, 2004 VIENNA –Doctors from the Rudolfinerhaus clinic in Vienna say “there is no doubt” Ukrainian opposition leader Victor Yushchenko was poisoned with Dioxin. Yushchenko’s body had about 1,000 times more than the normal concentration of the toxin. It is unknown if there were any other poisons in his system. Although it has
Ukraine opposition candidate Yushchenko is suffering from a Dioxin intoxication, doctors say
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See More About: Double Bay Dental Implant Doctors Dentist Double Bay By James Zeller Eating healthy is one thing, but finding and keeping fresh organic olive oil and vinegar is quite another. Managing our weight need not be done with mundane eating habits. We know fresh green salads can help. Thus, Oil and Vinegar has
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