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Animal rights activists demand British coffee chain withdraw advertising campaign

23 March, 2023

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Sunday, October 10, 2010 A Costa Coffee outlet in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Animal welfare groups have written to the company demanding they withdraw a television advert featuring monkeys trying to make coffee. Animal rights activists have demanded that the largest coffee chain in the United Kingdom pull a new advertising campaign because they […]

30 dead in Spain metro crash

22 March, 2023

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Monday, July 3, 2006 At least 43 people have died and at least 46 injured, 4 of whom are in critical condition, in a metro train crash in Spanish city of Valencia, according to the regional government. It has been reported that two of the carriages have derailed and overturned, leading to the evacuation of […]

UK hostage Peter Moore released in Iraq

22 March, 2023

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 Satellite photograph of Baghdad from 1996.Image: NASA. Peter Moore, a British IT consultant and computer programmer who was taken hostage by Iraqi militants during a May 2007 militant raid on the finance ministry in Baghdad, has been released alive and in good health. He is the only known survivor of a […]

Tips From Contractors Roofing In Joplin, Mo On Residential Roofing Mistakes To Avoid

21 March, 2023

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Click Here For More Specific Information On: In Home Care Prices Sydney byadmin A lot of time and effort is invested in keeping a home properly repaired. A homeowner will have to learn about the essential systems in their residence to properly care for them. Performing routine inspections is a great way to find out […]

Police report drug haul seizure worth up to £30 million in Brownhills, England

21 March, 2023

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Monday, December 2, 2013 Location of West Midlands within England Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described […]

Utah police investigate polygamist family from reality show ‘Sister Wives’

21 March, 2023

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 The polygamist family at the center of the new TLC reality television series Sister Wives are now the subject of a criminal investigation. Yesterday, following Sunday’s debut of Sister Wives, police in Lehi, Utah, where the show is set, announced they are investigating Kody Brown and his four wives for possible […]

How To Find The Right Mortgage Broker For Your Needs?

19 March, 2023

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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Best Mortgage Broker Bendigo Submitted by: Phill Monroe Finding a new home is a very exciting experience. But there is a lot of work that entails this kind of endeavor. Many home seekers find the reality of the job a tough task to handle by themselves. Enlisting the […]

Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant

18 March, 2023

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Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]

US Court of Appeals reduces sentence for former Philippines officer in spy case

18 March, 2023

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Monday, February 9, 2009 Seal of the United States District Court of New Jersey. Michael Ray Aquino, a former Philippines National Police officer serving six years imprisonment in McRae, Georgia for espionage could now be eligible for immediate release after a United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit judge panel Friday modified a […]

Iraqi gasoline is the cheapest in the world at $.05 per gallon

17 March, 2023

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 A new report indicates that while Iraq‘s economy remains in a shambles and the prospect of future growth is still dim, Iraqi citizens do enjoy some of the least expensive gas prices in the world. The International Monetary Fund says Iraqi drivers currently pay an average of 5 U.S. cents a […]