Saturday, December 29, 2007 File:JacobZuma.jpg Corruption-related charges have been brought against Jacob Zuma, the newly-elected leader of the African National Congress (ANC), according to his lawyer. A trial is scheduled to begin on August 14, 2008. The charges stem from an arms deal with a French company, which is alleged to have involved bribes and fraud. Zuma’s financial adviser at the time, Schabir Shaik, was convicted in 2005 of attempting to solicit a bribe of US$72,500 per year from the arms company on Zuma’s behalf and was sentenced to 15…
Read MoreCommonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of clients’ money without the clients’ permission, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars lost. The Senate enquiry called for a Royal Commission into the bank, and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Narev stated the bank’s performance in…
Read MoreCharlie Chaplin And Talkies
Charlie Chaplin and Talkies by Charles Carlini Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., whom we know on the silver screen as Charlie Chaplin, was born in Walworth, London in 1889. He grew up in a family of entertainers, and began singing at a young age. His parents had separated when Charlie was three years old, and he moved around quite a bit while living under his mothers care. The Chaplin family was plagued with demons, as his father became a reclusive alcoholic, and his mother had fallen mentally ill and was…
Read MoreSoapbox
A soapbox is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject. The term originates from the days when speakers would elevate themselves by standing on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap or other dry goods from a manufacturer to a retail store. The term is also used metaphorically to describe a person engaging in often flamboyant impromptu or unofficial public speaking, as in the phrases “He’s on his soapbox”, or “Get off your soapbox.” Hyde Park, London is…
Read MoreContractors Franklin Tn Has Them!
Submitted by: Dave Nabrotzy Are you considering building a customer home in Tennessee? If so, you will find no shortage of contractors. Franklin, TN has many such businesses ready and willing to take on your project. You can bring full-out blueprints to them or a dream design in your head. The best contractors have a full realm of professionals available that can put your dream into blueprint form and then translate that into the home of your dreams! Ask Your Friends There are many professionals available with the skills necessary…
Read MoreBroken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 A rupture in the underground stormwater drain system opened a huge sinkhole on February 23, killing three people and bringing down twelve houses in Guatemala City. Teenagers Irma and David Soyos and their father, 53-year old Domingo Soyos were killed when their house collapsed into the sinkhole. Nearly a thousand people were evacuated from the San Antonio neighborhood after the collapse. Wikinews interviewed Eric Haddox, a civil engineer who has visited the site of the sinkhole and spoken to the engineers working on fixing the drain.…
Read MoreMumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless
December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After wiping out the least desirable shanties, next in line for demolition are the illegal ‘well-off’ shanties and neighborhoods, according to the legal and bureaucratic motions that have been executed toward cleaning up Mumbai’s appearance by…
Read MoreCrawlspace Repair Be Proactive
Read More About: Basins Submitted by: Brown Dave. The crawl space in your home is probably not an area of your house that you spend a lot of time in–or that you spend a lot of time thinking about. When everything is going well, your crawl space is just dead space that exists and it’s more than fine that it goes unnoticed. However, when problems develop and you start to get water in this area, a little dampness can quickly snowball into a serious health risk and a risk to…
Read MoreCanadian woman gives birth while sitting on toilet
Friday, December 18, 2009 International media attention has been a harsh mistress for 32-year-old Heather Richard of Winnipeg, Manitoba, who gave birth on Sunday while sitting on the toilet. Richard, who believed she was barren and thus assumed she could not be pregnant, thought she was suffering from cramps and a bad bowel movement. “I kept getting the urge to push and just thought it was a real bad bowel movement,” Richard told the Winnipeg Sun, whose interview was picked up by the Canadian wire service. “It just fell out.…
Read More3 Amazing Reasons For Buying Swimwear Online
Submitted by: Gio Calvert The countdown is on! Yes, it’s not prolonged now ahead of the sun revs up and beckons you with the seashore again. Women’s swimwear is one of favored purchase each summertime, yet it’s also the hardest with receive right. Don’t be scared. It’s easier than we think. Why not buy swimwear online? Below are some causes why it may be great swimwear shopping ever!1. You call the shots! At home, privately, when we receive a moment’s calm Imagine not having with stand before those massive mirrors…
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