Wednesday, February 27, 2008 The twelfth-annual Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (a.k.a APRICOT) returned to Taiwan this year at the Taipei Howard […]
William Salice, creator of Kinder Surprise eggs, dies at 83
Sunday, January 1, 2017 On Thursday, William Salice, credited with creating Kinder Surprise eggs, died at age 83 in Pavia, Italy because of a stroke, […]
Bankruptcy for U.S. automaker GM becomes almost certain after bondholder offers fail
Thursday, May 28, 2009 The United States automobile manufacturing firm General Motors announced on Wednesday that most of its bondholders did not exchange GM’s US$27 […]
Late-night vote sets Obamacare up for filibuster-free repeal
Saturday, January 14, 2017 At 1:30 a.m. on Thursday morning the United States Senate voted to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, better […]
Ten dead on Minnesota Indian reservation after school shooting
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 A 17-year-old Minnesota student is believed to have shot his grandfather and grandmother, drove his grandfather’s squad car to the high […]
Ethics debate surrounds surgery to stunt disabled girl’s growth
Friday, January 5, 2007 An ethical controversy has surged in the United States and elsewhere around nine-year-old Ashley X (her family name has not been […]
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City of Edinburgh Council seek to improve local music scene
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 1 2 Yesterday evening saw the Usher Hall in Edinburgh host a meeting between representatives of the City of Edinburgh Council […]
Fire kills six at Moscow State Institute of State and Corporate Management
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 A fire has broken out at the Moscow State Institute of State and Corporate Management, a five-story university, claiming at least […]
Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, […]