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Australian government considers controlling fuel supplies

14 March, 2019

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Monday, June 16, 2008 The gas crisis in Western Australia continues to deepen with more businesses standing people down without pay. Businesses have been instructed to turn off non-essential items including limiting the number of lifts and reduced lighting; domestic customers are also urged to reduce energy use. In the Federal parliament today Resources Minister […]

NRMA stands by “unsafe” smash repair system

14 March, 2019

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Wednesday, December 21, 2005NRMA, one of Australia’s largest insurers, has come under scrutiny following the release of a scathing report into its online smash repairs system. The report by the New South Wales Government’s Staysafe committee found that NRMA’s online repair tendering system was “unsafe”. NRMA has said it has no intention of suspending the […]

Dental Implants For People With Tooth Loss

13 March, 2019

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Get More Information Here: Mdentistry Website Best Cosmetic Dentist Edgecliff Dental Implants for People with Tooth loss by Wilton Winrow Many people who experience tooth loss are conscious of their appearance, especially when the missing teeth are located in the front. Missing teeth not only affect a person s appearance; they also affect the function […]

New ‘Star Wars’ film to be released in August

13 March, 2019

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 George Lucas has announced that there will be one last Star Wars movie to end the saga, but it won’t have any actors visible. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, an animated film is scheduled to be released into theaters on August 15 of this year. “I felt there were a lot […]

Discovery launches after scrubbed attempt

13 March, 2019

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 Space shuttle mission STS-116 began today with its successful launch at 8:48pm EST (01:47 GMT). Liftoff was uneventful with no immediate problems. Last Thursday’s launch attempt was scrubbed due to low, dense cloud cover. It is the first Space Shuttle night launch in over four years and the last mission planned […]

Investigation into Washington, D.C. Metro crash finds need for new safety rules

13 March, 2019

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010 An investigation into the fatal 2009 Washington Metro train collision conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for new safety and maintenance rules. The report, released today, blamed the crash on the faulty automatic train-control system. The report also cited the use of dated 1000-Series train cars. The 2009 […]

Irish priest seized by gunmen in the Philippines

12 March, 2019

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Monday, October 12, 2009 Father Michael Sinnott, an elderly priest from Ireland, has been seized by gunmen on Mindanao Island in the Philippines. He was taken from his residence on Sunday at gunpoint. The gunmen fled in a minivan, and later boarded a boat. Father Sinnott, who was a priest for the Missionaries of St […]

U.S. Coast Guard investigation finds ‘poor safety culture’ contributed to Deepwater Horizon disaster

12 March, 2019

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Sunday, April 24, 2011 An investigation by the United States Coast Guard has concluded the largest oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry was partly the result of a “poor safety culture” aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The April 2010 explosion aboard the rig, which is located in the Gulf of Mexico, […]

Blob off Alaskan coast identified

11 March, 2019

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Saturday, July 18, 2009 A ‘giant black mystery blob‘ in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska has been identified as marine algae. Initially speculated to be an oil spill, the mass was discovered by a group of hunters earlier this month near Wainwright. The blob is reported to be stringy and hairy, and […]

Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life

11 March, 2019

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Saturday, October 27, 2007 Gay Talese wants to go to Iraq. “It so happens there is someone that’s working on such a thing right now for me,” the 75-year-old legendary journalist and author told David Shankbone. “Even if I was on Al-Jazeera with a gun to my head, I wouldn’t be pleading with those bastards! […]