New Zealand medical student funding to be reviewed

28 April, 2021

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Monday, February 20, 2006 The New Zealand government has announced that it will be reviewing funding for medical and dentistry students at Otago and Auckland Universities to certify the institutions’ standards and help staff retention. The dean of Auckland University’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Professor Iain Martin says the review “can’t come soon […]

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Somali pirates hijack Indonesian tugboat and Turkish container ship

27 April, 2021

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Two more vessels have been hijacked in Somalia. Pirates have captured an Indonesian tugboat with a barge that was working for French oil firm Total and a Turkish container ship. The Turkish vessel’s seizure was confirmed by a US Fifth Fleet spokesman. MV Bosphorus Prodigy is a 330 ft (100 m) […]

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Sex Change Surgery Calls For A New Face}

26 April, 2021

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Find Out More About: Best Face Lift Surgeon Manhattan Submitted by: Pichet Rodchareon When speaking of sex change procedure, people only think about the change in the reproductive parts and perhaps the breasts which are the most distinctive feminine features. However, it is undeniable that the face is the most noticed part of a person. […]

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BC election writ drops; referendum campaigns underway

26 April, 2021

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 The provincial election was called today in British Columbia. Alongside with the election, the citizens of the province will also be debating if they should change their electoral system from Single Member Plurality to Single Transferable Vote (STV). The vote for both the election and the referendum is to be held […]

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cuts ties with Israel

25 April, 2021

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Sunday, March 2, 2008 The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas has cut all diplomatic ties and relations with Israel including any and all communications. Abbas made his decision after recent Israeli crackdown on Palestinian militants has left over 100 people dead and dozens injured. On Saturday March 1, 70 Palestinians were killed in clashes. At […]

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Doctors who treated John Ritter cleared of negligence lawsuit

25 April, 2021

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Friday, March 14, 2008 Two doctors who treated actor John Ritter for chest pain in Burbank, California were cleared of a negligence lawsuit on Friday. Ritter was an American television and film actor who died of aortic dissection on 11 September 2003. Ritter’s children and widow (Amy Yasbeck) filed a US$67 million lawsuit claiming negligence […]

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Fuel Oil Darien – What You Need To Know

25 April, 2021

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Find Out More About: Bird Control Australia byAlma Abell Fuel oil Services in Darien is a liquid by product of petroleum refining, which is utilized for energy, particularly for heating. When crude oil is refined, the products are classified under two major categories: residual oils (which include products like kerosene) and distillate oils (which include […]

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Toxic air from Ukraine train derailment continues to make people sick

24 April, 2021

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 A freight train in Lviv, Ukraine derailed, caught fire, and spilled a toxic chemical, releasing dangerous fumes into the air early Tuesday morning (local time), and people who live near the site of the crash are still becoming sick. Officials say that the toxic cloud, surrounding at least 14 villages near […]

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Obama lessens US ban on offshore drilling

24 April, 2021

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Thursday, April 1, 2010 US President Barack Obama has announced that he will ease the country’s ban on offshore oil drilling, which has been in place since the 1980s. According to the plan, offshore drilling would now be allowed in parts of the Atlantic, from Delaware down to 125 miles beyond the shoreline of Florida, […]

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