Sunday, October 9, 2005 Canada’s federal government has announced a new program that plans to share unexpected budget surpluses with ordinary citizens. It should be introduced in Ottawa as early as Friday. The Surplus Allocation Act would share any surplus equally between tax cuts, new spending and debt relief. It would not replace Canada’s $3…
How To Choose A Shower Base
Read More About: Bathroom Vanities Online Australia Bathroom Vanities Australia Bathroom suites, buying a bathroom suite would seem to be pretty simple thing, but there are many types of suits out there to choose from. Most bathroom suite look very similar, but can be a lot different in quality. If you are planning to but…
Two-millenia-old Chinese guard gets unwanted new recruit
Friday, September 22, 2006 Legendary Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China had one more terracotta warrior guarding his tomb, recently. Pablo Wendel, an art student from Germany, disguised himself as one of the clay sculptures surrounding Qinshihuang in his final resting place, now a museum. Police protecting the northern China museum searched for an extended…
FEMA accused of misusing trained disaster workers as public-relations workers
Monday, September 12, 2005 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is being criticized for misallocation of personnel in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. FEMA representatives said they requested volunteers from fire departments around the U.S., to handle its community relations campaign. However, a document FEMA sent to local fire departments asked for firefighters with very…
Criticism over Qingzang Railway as opening nears
Friday, April 28, 2006 Claimed by Tibetan exile groups. Tibetan areas designated by PRC. Tibet Autonomous Region (actual control). Claimed by India as part of Aksai Chin. Claimed by the PRC as part of TAR. Other historically culturally-Tibetan areas. The Qingzang Railway is a project by the Chinese Government…
The Services A Real Estate Company In Leesburg Va Can Offer You
Read More About: Land Data Melbourne Brisbane Commercial Property Data byAlma Abell One of the biggest investments you can make in the course of your life is to buy a home. If you are ready to put down roots and find a place that you can escape to at the end of a long hard…
Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday party….
eBay removes Canadian town’s listing of sperm whale carcass
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Citing violations of its policy regarding “Marine mammal items”, eBay terminated an online listing on Monday by the town of Cape St. George, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, for a 40 ft (12 m) sperm whale carcass reportedly beached upon its shores about a week prior. With an initial asking price of…
A Review Of Network Marketing Millionaire Paula Pritchard
Read More About: Investment Property Specialist Binnari By Brian Garvin And Jeff West You may not have heard of Paula Pritchard but she is a self-made millionaire and at the forefront of performance in the network marketing industry. The methods that this network marketing millionaire has used have served her well and have withstood the…
Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages
Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved…