Saturday, August 15, 2009 Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was revealed today to have requested his second appeal to be dropped. Al-Megrahi was convicted of planting a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, which detonated as the aircraft flew over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 killing all 259 people on board and eleven more on the ground. Megrahi had been offered transfer to his home of Libya if he dropped the appeal, but had previously stated he would not return unless his conviction was overturned. He has terminal prostate cancer and it is…
Read More#1 Real Estate Investing Mistake Of 2005
Read More About: Turn House Into Duplex Cronulla By Jeanette Joy Fisher Over the past few years, real estate investors, hungry for break-even or positive cash flow rental properties, purchased income properties out of state. California investors bought houses in Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma. Florida investors purchased houses in Louisiana. Texas investors purchased in Las Vegas. Many of these investors made millions of dollars because of the appreciation in hot markets. On the other hand, in 2005, some beginning investors lost their hard-earned investment capital or only made a meager…
Read More2007 WAC Tournament
First RoundTuesday, March 6 QuarterfinalsThursday, March 8 SemifinalsFriday, March 9 FinalSaturday, March 10 1 Nevada 88 9 Idaho 56 8 San Jose State 49 9 Idaho 50 1 Nevada 77 4 Utah State 79 4 Utah State 73 5 Hawaii 70 4 Utah State 70 …
Read MoreGoogle Taiwan: Building knowledge sharing center-stage with innovations
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Last Tuesday in Taipei, Google Taiwan held an annual summary press conference named “Collective Intelligence & Innovation” (In Chinese: ?????????). With many products had already been presented to the public like wikis, blogs, and photo albums in the Web 2.0 era, Google served to provide lots of services like Google Apps, Google Maps and YouTube with suitable versions in Taiwan differing other countries this year. Global Deputy Director of Google Kai-Fu Lee said: “The contents on the Internet were mostly limited with some copyright issue in…
Read MoreBet On Nba
Read More About: Sports Betting Site Sports betting have been popular sports for many years now among bettors and the NBA betting has dramatically growing each year. It is one of the sports games that bettors love and enjoys placing wager.In fact, NBA is not only popular to bettors but also to those basketball punters. You can even ask kids about NBA and they can absolutely give you information and details about the NBA series. If you believe that you are equip enough with NBA odds, then this is the…
Read MoreFeverfew compound gets at leukemia roots
Wednesday, February 23, 2005A compound in the common daisy-like plant feverfew kills human leukemia stem cells and could form the basis for newer, more effective drugs for the disease. American researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York say that it could take months to develop a useable drug from the compound, parthenolide. However, they are working to do so with chemists at the University of Kentucky who have identified a water-soluble molecule with the same properties. The US National Cancer Institute has also accepted the work…
Read MoreCommemoration of Srebrenica massacre to be held on July 11
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre will be held on July 11, when newly identified bodies will be buried. In 1995, Serbian forces, according to International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), massacred around 7500 Bosnian Muslims. A controversy arose after mothers of murdered Muslims in Srebrenica made a statement saying that the Serbian President, Boris Tadi?, is not welcome in Srebrenica: “Tadi? coming to Srebrenica is a planned provocation of the ones who will bury their families on July 11.” The Serbian President will still…
Read MoreBritish Gas announces a hike in energy bills of 14.2%
Saturday, September 10, 2005 One of Britain‘s largest domestic energy suppliers, British Gas, has announced that it is to raise the price of its gas and electricity prices by a record 14.2%. It blames the price rise on increasing wholesale gas prices, which have gone up by over 50% in the past year, the rising cost of oil & the increasing difficulty in getting gas from the North Sea, a major gas field for the United Kingdom. 250 000 people on low incomes will receive a one-off GBP 60 (USD…
Read MorePatio Furniture Clearance Sales Year Round
Read More About: Ariat Boots Australia For Sale By Jesse Akre If youve ever tried to get the patio furnishings of your dreams during the short spring and summer selling season, then you know how hard it can be. The pickings at your neighborhood store can be downright slim. And even if you do find the perfect piece, it can cost you an arm and a leg. However, there is a better way to get a deal while still getting top quality furniture: the patio furniture clearance sale. The best…
Read MoreMaria Contreras-Sweet Group buys The Weinstein Company assets, saves it from bankruptcy
Sunday, March 4, 2018 On Thursday in a meeting at New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office, Maria Contreras-Sweet Group, billionaire Ron Burkle, and a number of other investors acquired assets of The Weinstein Company for reportedly about US$500 million. The Weinstein Company had financial difficulties and was nearly bankrupt after Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women last year, which impacted the business budget. At least two of The Weinstein Company board of directors — consisting of Tarak Ben Ammar, Lance Maerov and Bob Weinstein…
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