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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Brazil’s Minas state stops sales of Toyota Corolla

23 April, 2021

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Friday, April 23, 2010 Minas, one of the largest states of Brazil, has stopped the sale of the Toyota Corolla over safety concerns. The move was made after nine Corolla customers reported that their cars automatically accelerated. The state public prosecutor’s office said in an online statement on Tuesday that the problem is blamed on […]

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Education Helps Wipe Out Unemployment And Population Explosion

22 April, 2021

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Find Out More About: Kids Party Entertainer Perth Education Helps Wipe Out Unemployment And Population Explosion by Dipika Pushkar Population explosion, unemployment and poverty are the prime and fundamental reasons behind India\’s still being third world country. If these issues are abolished, India is the superpower country like U.S.A. These issues are killing all the […]

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Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

21 April, 2021

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human computer […]

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Microsoft bids $44 billion for Yahoo!

21 April, 2021

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Friday, February 1, 2008 United States software giant Microsoft has launched an unsolicited bid to buy Internet search giant Yahoo! for US$44 billion or approximately US$31 per share. The deal, which is half in cash and half in stock, if accepted by Yahoo!’s shareholders, could create a major competitor to Google, the search giant which […]

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