School children and teachers taken hostage in Philippines

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 The head of a day care centre in Manila, Philippines, has boarded a bus containing 32 children and 2 teachers from the centre and is holding them hostage, demanding better education rights and better housing for them. Jun Ducat and one other armed individual took the party hostage while they were

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U.N. to begin forming response to Iranian nuclear program

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 A meeting set for Tuesday by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) could be a move closer to a showdown at the United Nations over the Iranian plan to resume uranium conversion at its Isfahan nuclear facility. Iran on Monday refused the weekend offer by the European Union (EU) of economic

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New York executive files $60 million libel lawsuit over insurance scandal

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 A former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executive has hit former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer with a $60 million defamation lawsuit over an online magazine article regarding an insurance bid-rigging scandal. William Gilman, a former Marsh managing director, filed a complaint last Friday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, over

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BBC spends £3.4m on sell-off

Friday, June 27, 2008 Newspaper The Guardian reports today that the sale of the BBC subsidiary BBC Resources Ltd., has cost £3.4m in consultancy fees — over £1m more than the £2.3m trading profit the commercial division is estimated to have made for the last financial year. Details of the failed privatisation were released by

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Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101

Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the

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Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations Series begins in Sydney

Friday, September 20, 2013 Cathedral Square, Sydney, Australia —Wikinews attended the Wheelchair Rugby Tri-Nations Series in Cathedral Square, Sydney, ongoing from Wednesday. This is the first time an international wheelchair rugby event has been held outdoors, and in this arena. Three nations are competing: the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. 1 2 3 4

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Egg Cooker

Read More About: Bathroom Vanities Australia Bathroom Vanities Online Australia By David H. Urmann Among the many complicated tools and cookware set in the kitchen I am sure you have overlooked your egg cooker. But egg cooker is as important as any other cookware set in the kitchen. Here is a quick run down of

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