Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised […]
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Christopher And Dana Reeve Foundation: Do Not Give Up!}Christopher And Dana Reeve Foundation: Do Not Give Up!}
More Detail Here: Communication Courses Cape Town Best Public Speaking Skill Cape Town Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation: Do Not Give Up! by Joel Berry Christopher Reeve is the very first actor who performed a role of the Superman and made the character the most popular superhero worldwide. Until nowadays. Christopher Reeve is an example […]
European Commission to investigate anti-competitive allegations against GoogleEuropean Commission to investigate anti-competitive allegations against Google
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 The European Union’s executive body, the European Commission, has started investigating web search giant Google over anti-trust allegations by price comparison service Foundem and French legal services website ejustice.fr. At stake are allegations that Google’s AdWords results are manipulated to prioritise certain advertisers. The complainants allege price comparison sites receive a […]
Swiss cement company Holcim Ltd sees net profits jump 67%Swiss cement company Holcim Ltd sees net profits jump 67%
Monday, May 2, 2005 Swiss cement firm Holcim Ltd. today reported that net profits jumped by 67% in the first quarter. The company which has operations in over 70 countries revealed that first quarter profits were 169m Swiss francs (€110m; US$141m) up from 101m Swiss Francs last year. Despite what appears to be a large […]
Connecticut becomes third U.S. state to allow same-sex civil unionsConnecticut becomes third U.S. state to allow same-sex civil unions
Saturday, October 1, 2005 In the state of Connecticut today, a law allowing civil unions for same-sex couples took effect. The law is unique; it allows civil unions for same-sex couples with full benefits of a regular marriage, while at the same time defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Heterosexual couples are […]
Service held in Nova Scotia on tenth anniversary of Swissair crash that killed 229Service held in Nova Scotia on tenth anniversary of Swissair crash that killed 229
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 A memorial service has been held in Nova Scotia, Canada to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Swissair Flight 111 disaster. None of the 229 people on board survived the aircraft’s impact with the sea on September 2, 1998. Hundreds of search and rescue personnel and local fishermen were mobilised after […]