Monday, July 2, 2018 Yesterday, Spanish footballer Andrés Iniesta announced retirement from international football. The midfielder made the announcement after Spain lost to Russia in the Last 16 match of the FIFA World Cup. Speaking to the reporters, Iniesta said, “It’s true that it is my last match with the National Team, on a personal […]
Friday, April 22, 2005 Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) has posted a 2.4% return for the first quarter (9.6% annualized). On March 31, the funds value stood at €12.3bn, a rise of €290m (excluding state contributions) since December 31. Donal Geaney, the fund’s chairman, told the press that growth in the past quarter had
Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund gains 2.4% in first quarter
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Sunday, September 14, 2008 At least five bombs exploded in crowded markets and streets in the heart of India’s capital New Delhi on Saturday killing 30 while injuring more than 100 people. The blasts at Ghaffar market in Karol Bagh, at Connaught Place and Greater Kailash took place in a quick succession. The challenge posed
Delhi rocked by bomb blasts
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See More About: New Kitchen Ideas Best Kitchen Design By Jessica Whittaker Throughout Hans Wegners long career, he designed furniture mainly for Fritz Hansen and Johannes Hansen. Hans J. Wegner was a very talented and minimalistic designer, as his creation seemed to be extravagant in lay out, but were in reality a simple and innovative
Thursday, July 19, 2012 Homebush Bay, New South Wales — 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 In a closely fought game Thursday night between the Australian Rollers and the Great Britain men’s national wheelchair basketball team at the Sport Centre at the Sydney Olympic Park, Australia rolled away as 65–51 victors. The Australians,
Australian Rollers roll over Great Britain men’s wheelchair basketball team
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Sunday, August 5, 2007 A man from the east Indian city of Kolkata was force-fed 50 bananas, after he swallowed a gold necklace he stole worth around 45,000 rupees ($1,110). Sheikh Mohsin, 36, stole the necklace from a businessman’s wife whilst she was toy shopping. When arrested, he denied he stole the necklace, but an
Thief force-fed fifty bananas to retrieve necklace
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Friday, March 27, 2009 The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance has recommended that Auckland, New Zealand’s existing local governments be abolished and replaced with a single body. The eight existing local bodies — the Auckland Regional Council, Auckland City, Manukau City, Waitakere City, North Shore City, Papakura District, Rodney District and Franklin District — would
Royal Commission recommends single council for Auckland
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Friday, April 18, 2008 Police have been given seven days to question the suspected terrorist who was arrested in Bristol, United Kingdom today. After the seven days, the suspect will have to be released or charged, unless an extension is granted. The BBC has reported that the person who was arrested is approximately nineteen years
Police have one week to question terror suspect caught in Bristol, UK
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 Lucian Freud, the painter and grandson of the founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, died Wednesday at his London home following a short illness. He was 88 years old. Freud, the elder brother of the late comedic writer and broadcaster Clement Freud, was born in Berlin in 1922 and moved with his
British painter Lucian Freud dies aged 88
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