Tuesday, February 12, 2008 The Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is due to meet the French President Nicholas Sarkozy later today. Lula da Silva is due to meet with Sarkozy in French Guiana. The two are expected discuss issues such as greater cooperation between the two countries and the coordination of work on […]
Wikinews Shorts: November 13, 2008
A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, November 13, 2008. Contents 1 Study shows that carrying excess fat around waist increases risk of early death 2 EU abolishes rules banning oddly-shaped fruit 3 Vase bought for £1 sells for £32,450 4 Blackwater may pay financial penalties for improper arms shipments Contribute to Wikinews by expanding […]
Samuels Jewelers to be acquired by a DTC sightholder
Monday, December 11, 2006 A major purchase transaction is being prepared in the diamonds’ industry: Samuels Jewelers started a discussion with a sightholder from Diamond Trading Company (DTC). The latter is to acquire the majority part of retailer’s shares. There is still not much information about this particular sightholder, except for the fact that it […]
Bratsk hydroelectric plant gets new turbine
Saturday, October 7, 2006 The city of Bratsk in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, received a new turbine for its famous 4,500 megawatt hydroelectric plant founded in the mid-1950s on the Angara river. In future this new unit will cause an efficiency rise up to 255MW for each turbine. Currently, the Bratsk Power Station operates 18 hydro-turbines, […]
How Phosphatide Reduces Brain Fatigue And Increases Memory Vitality
Submitted by: Bryan Reese Phosphatide is one of the numerous lipids or chemicals that are present in the human brain. The human brain consists of around 30% of phospholipids or the Phosphatide. Also more than 1/5th of the nerves that are present in the human body are composed of the Phosphatide or the phospholipids. The […]
GM, Chrysler offer buyouts and early retirement to workers
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 General Motors NYSE: GM (GM) and Chrysler have both begun to offer layoff packages to their workforces. The automobile manufacturers have been hard hit in the recent economic downturn and have been forced to seek federal aid from the U.S. government. Reports say that GM’s package includes a $20,000 cash payment and a […]
Thousands take part in protests across US against government’s financial policy
Sunday, March 1, 2009 Last Friday, thousands of people, in a total of more than thirty US cities, took part in a protest against the economic policy of the US government. The event, which was inspired by the Boston Tea Party, took place due to comments made by CNBC presenter Rick Santelli. “This is America! […]
Ice Machines: Air Cooled Vs Water Cooled Ice Machines
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Kite Communications Challenger Brands Agency By Maxx Johnson Ice machines are used in various industries including bars and offices but a restaurant ice machine generally needs to be bigger and more efficient. The average machine can produce hundreds and hundreds of pounds of ice in a day and […]
Danish clothing company sells T-shirts to support FARC and PFLP
Friday, January 20, 2006 A recently created Danish clothing company is selling on the internet T-shirts in order to support the clandestine radio station of the Colombian guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the graphical workshop of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In fact the money will be […]
Boy Scouts of America to begin accepting girls, which raises issues with Girl Scouts
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