Thursday, April 29, 2010 UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is now at the centre of controversy when, on Thursday, a live microphone caught him describing a voter he had talked to as being a “bigoted woman”. The incident occurred after Brown, encouraged by his advisors to interact with ordinary people more often before next week’s […]
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’
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal
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Read An Opinion On: Music School Sydney Australia Submitted by: Catherine Alibanban In 2010, the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), a non-profit outsourcing organization in the United Kingdom awarded the Offshoring Destination of the Year award to the Philippines beating the countries Ukraine, Sri Lanka, and Egypt. NOA selected the Philippines to be the world s
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007 The mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia were just announced. Based on mythological characters, they are Miga, Quatchi and Sumi. Miga, a sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod near Tofino, and Quatchi, a young sasquatch, represent the Olympics, while Sumi represents the
Mascots for Vancouver 2010 Olympics based on native mythology
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, North Korea has fired a short-range missile today into the Sea of Japan. Officials believed it to be part of a regular exercise. “North Korea fired a short-range missile in what appeared to be part of a military drill,” a Japanese Defense Ministry official was
North Korea launches missile in ‘military drill’
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Monday, October 1, 2007 Tyler Currie is running as an Progressive Conservative candidate in the Ontario provincial election, in the riding of Trinity-Spadina. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Progessive Conservative candidate Tyler Currie, Trinity-Spadina
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Read An Opinion On: Quality Home Buildings Cost Adelaide Submitted by: Swati Tomar As real-estate foreclosures rise, committing to tax liens may be a strategy you desire to go after if you require to generate cash by way of real-estate investing. It is vital to realize that some of the “sure thing” possibilities aren’t such
Thursday, August 2, 2007 The Interstate 35W Mississippi River eight-lane bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota has collapsed on both sides of the highway over the Mississippi River during rush hour. Previous reports indicated at least nine people had died, but Minneapolis police revised this to four during a 7:30 a.m. (local time) press conference. Tim Dolan,
Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses
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Saturday, July 2, 2005 MTV Networks launched a new cable channel to 10 million homes Thursday featuring movies, documentaries and original programming targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender audience becoming the first 24-hour digital cable network offered in the United States on several cable providers and satellite systems. Logo will present original series, documentaries
MTV debuts ‘Logo’ cable channel targeting gay market
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Monday, September 24, 2007 Russ Aegard is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Thunder Bay-Atikokan riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green candidate Russ Aegard, Thunder Bay-Atikokan
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