News briefs:August 2, 2010
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US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%
Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This
Essential Information About A Court Reporting Agency
Read More About: Art Appraisal Art Advisors Sydney byadmin Being in a court hearing is one of the most stressful events in a person’s life. Cases involving criminal offenses, domestic violence, child custody and divorce will inevitably end in the courtroom. Due to the nature of these cases, it is important that accurate court documents
News briefs:June 4, 2010
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Australia/2005
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Death toll from Borneo bridge collapse reaches eleven
Monday, November 28, 2011 The death toll from the weekend suspension bridge collapse on the Indonesian island of Borneo has risen from four to eleven. Search and rescue teams continue to look for bodies in the Mahakam River. The number of wounded is currently 39 injured; reports from locals suggest 33 people remain missing at
US military brig officials order whistle-blowing suspect to sleep naked
Monday, March 7, 2011 United States soldier Bradley Manning, accused of leaking US state secrets to WikiLeaks and detained under restrictive conditions at the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia since July 2010, was ordered Wednesday to sleep stripped of all clothing. According to his attorney, this condition was imposed because Manning made a “sarcastic quip”
PM of Georgia dies of gas poisoning
Thursday, February 3, 2005 Georgia –Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia, was found dead of gas poisoning at a friend’s home. The China Daily quotes Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili: “This is a tragic accident… It was a gas poisoning.” Zhavani was visiting in the home of Raul Usupov, deputy governor from the Kvemo-Kartli region, when
Scottish singer Jai McDowall wins fifth Britain’s Got Talent series
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Jai McDowall, a Scottish man who works as an assistant to disabled individuals and performs a singing act, has been declared as the winner of the fifth series of televised talent competition Britain’s Got Talent, broadcast on ITV1 in the United Kingdom. The final took place on Saturday night. As the
Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state
April 7, 2005 The state Premier of Western Australia (WA), Dr Geoff Gallop, gave an apology to children physically and sexually abused in institutional care within the state between the 1920s and 1970s. The statement was given in reaction to an Australian Senate inquiry into institutional child abuse published last year. “We acknowledge our state’s