Australia/2005
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Continue Reading...Anthrocon 2007 draws thousands to Pittsburgh for furry weekend
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Local caterers get ready for big business, as almost three thousand fans converge on the David L. Lawrence Convention Center over the Independence Day weekend for the world’s largest ever furry convention, Anthrocon 2007. Many hope to renew acquaintances, or meet new friends. Others look to buy from […]
Continue Reading...Queen Elizabeth II to visit the United States
Thursday, November 16, 2006 Elizabeth meeting the crowds, during an unknown 2005 tour. An American quarter from 2000, commemorating the Quadricentennial. It depicts the Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery ships that first arrived at Jamestown. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the Duke of Edinburgh are set to visit the United States […]
Continue Reading...Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 In his WWDC keynote, Steve Jobs introduced iPhone 4 yesterday. Yesterday, at this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), company CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iPhone 4, along with the new iOS 4 operating system for Apple mobile devices. The announcement was long-awaited but not a very big surprise. In April, the […]
Continue Reading...Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages
Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved […]
Continue Reading...2008 Leisure Taiwan launched in Taipei World Trade Center
Saturday, July 19, 2008 Basketball Tournament Arena.Image: Rico Shen. This year’s Leisure Taiwan trade show (a.k.a Taiwan Sport Recreation and Leisure Show) started yesterday, with 131 companies participating including sports media companies such as ESPN and VideoLand Television, businesses selling sports equipment and fitness clubs. There were also a variety of sports being played in […]
Continue Reading...Annan invites Iraqis to exercise democratic rights
Saturday, January 29, 2005With just days to go before Sunday’s historic poll to choose a new government in Iraq, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has invited the people of Iraq to exercise their democratic rights. The poll, the first free elections in a generation, faces disruption from insurgents who are totally opposed to democracy. Annan […]
Continue Reading...AMD files antitrust lawsuit against Intel in US federal district court
Wednesday, June 29, 2005 AMD filed an antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation two days ago in U.S. federal district court for the district of Delaware under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, and the California Business and Professions Code. According to the complaint, Intel has unlawfully […]
Continue Reading...Emergency at JDS Uniphase in San Jose, CA
Friday, March 3, 2006 The San Jose, California fire department and Hazardous Materials crews today responded to a chemical emergency at a JDS Uniphase manufacturing facility. The incident, at 80 Rose Orchard Drive, off North First St., sent between 15 and 17 people, including two firefighters, to the hospital with symptoms and for observation. Those […]
Continue Reading...BBC: Ethiopian famine aid ‘siphoned off’ to buy weapons according to rebels, report
Friday, March 5, 2010 According to a BBC report, funds raised for famine relief aid in Ethiopia, such as those raised by the Live Aid benefit concert pictured here, were “siphoned off” by rebels to buy weapons. Image: Squelle. An investigation by the BBC has revealed that millions of dollars in famine relief aid money, […]
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