Friday, May 16, 2008 2008 The 27th Young Designers’ Exhibition, opened on May 15 at the Taipei World Trade Center and closes Sunday May 18. It features participation by 87 academic groups in Taiwan and 20 groups from United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Australia to showcase various achievements in industrial design. […]
Month: November 2018
NASA has cancelled today’s planned landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Officials initially delayed the landing, but finally cancelled any attempts for today citing the reason as being “unstable, unacceptable cloud cover [with the] potential for showers in vicinity of landing site.” There will be two more opportunities tomorrow morning.
Thursday, December 22, 2005 Electrical power generator Calpine Corporation declared bankruptcy on Tuesday. The San Jose, California based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Federal Court, to facilitate debt restructuring and to allow for normal operations to continue. Calpine has obtained secured debtor-in-possession financing from Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston
Calpine declares bankruptcy, cites natural gas prices
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016 Images of Pakistan International Airlines sacrificing a goat went viral on Monday as the beleaguered state-run airline resumed ATR flights. All ten ATRs in its fleet were grounded last week in the aftermath of a crash near Havelian earlier this month. PIA ground staff ritually slaughtered the black goat beside an
Pakistan International Airlines sacrifices goat, resumes ATR flights
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Saturday, June 30, 2007 Glasgow International Airport in Renfrewshire, Scotland was evacuated after a green Jeep Cherokee struck the airport’s terminal building and burst into flames at 1511 BST. An eyewitness told the BBC that “[A] man was on fire.” All flights are grounded, and two men have been arrested and the United Kingdom has
Car driven into Glasgow International Airport
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The time is 22:00 (UTC) on June 18th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Author claims Al Qaeda planned to gas New York’s subway system 1.2 Legality of NSW traffic and parking fines to be tested in court 1.3 Croatia and Japan share point in Group F 1.4 Brazil
News briefs:June 18, 2006
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 It has been confirmed that a NATO helicopter of the International Security Assistance Force has crashed near Herat, Western Afghanistan. Two Eurocopter Cougar helicopters were apparently on a training mission for the forthcoming Afghan parliamentary elections when one of the aircraft crashed, killing twelve Spanish soldiers and five crew members. The
Spanish helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 17
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Correction — May 9, 2018 Contrary to this article, Ellison was credited for The City on the Edge of Forever under his own name rather than a pseudonym. (See collaboration discussion.) Thursday, March 19, 2009 Science fiction author Harlan Ellison announced, in a press release dated March 13, 2009, that he is suing television company CBS
Harlan Ellison sues CBS-Paramount, WGA over Star Trek royalties
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Friday, September 26, 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. New Democratic Party candidate Michael McMahon is standing for election in the riding of Prince Edward—Hastings. McMahon moved to Windsor in 1951, getting a degree in education, teaching locally and in Papua New Guinea. He served
CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Michael McMahon running in Prince Edward—Hastings
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