Errant monkeys draw the ire of Delhi court
Thursday, January 19, 2006 The Delhi High Court expressed its displeasure to the civic authorities on their continued failure to resolve the problem of marauding monkeys in the court premises. The court was in session when the public interest litigation filed by a Supreme Court lawyer was brought to its attention. The petitioner Mr.Nirmal Chopra […]
Court rules teen must take chemotherapy
Monday, May 18, 2009 A judge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States ruled that a boy, Daniel Hauser, has been medically neglected by his parents and must take chemotherapy and radiation therapy for his cancer against his will. Medical professionals testifying at the proceedings said that Daniel’s cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, has a 90% survival rate with […]
Algiers protest takes place despite ban
Sunday, February 13, 2011 A planned pro-democracy protest took place Saturday in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, despite a standing government ban on protests in the capital. Massive police presence reduced the event from its planned scope, and dispersed it after a few hours, but did not prevent it. The demonstration, planned for some time, […]
Bus crash in Victoria, Australia injures twenty, some critical
Thursday, July 24, 2008 A bus crash in Victoria, Australia has injured at least 20 people, two of whom are listed as critical. One victim is reported to be still trapped in the wreckage. The accident occurred between a bus and a semi-trailer on the Princes Highway in the Traralgon area around 10:50am AEST. The […]
Investing In Property In Estonia
Submitted by: Tem Pearson As Estonia hits the headlines for topping the Knight Frank s Global House Price Index charts for yet another year with an annualised growth last year of 50 percent, the scope for property investment in Estonia looks promising. Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is growing at a particularly rapid rate and […]
Olympics organisers insist London win in 2012 ballot was fair
Monday, December 26, 2005According to the Scotsman newspaper, the directors of the 2012 London Olympics have insisted that the city won the right to host the games “fairly and squarely” after claims were touted by an Israeli official that a “potentially decisive vote was cast in error by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) official” The […]
Japanese earthquake death toll surpasses ten thousand
Friday, March 25, 2011 The death toll from the Sendai earthquake has now increased to over ten thousand. In Japan, the National Police Agency has stated that 10,019 are now known to have been killed as a result of the disaster. The Agency also reported that 2,775 had been injured and the location of 17,541 […]
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 […]
60 Ways To Boost Your Self Esteem
By Diane Corriette 60 Ways to Boost your Self Esteem is available as a booklet at howtobooklets.net/catalog.1.html Below is Chapter 1 taken from this booklet. Each booklet is written to provide easy to follow information for busy people. Chapter 1 – First 19 Self Esteem Boosters Taken from the booklet – 60 ways to boost […]
Obama succeeds Bush as 44th president of the United States
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Today, the official ceremony ushering in Barack H. Obama II as the new president of the United States took place at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.. A 21-gun salute, as well as the playing of four ruffles and flourishes and “Hail to the Chief”, marked the moment he assumed […]