Afghan women’s rights official shot dead

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Safia Ahmed-jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs for the Khandahar province and an advocate of women’s rights and a strong critic of the Taliban‘s repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Monday. Safia Ama-jan,

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Freak wave rocks luxury liner–4 hurt

Sunday, April 17, 2005 The Norwegian Dawn, a 965-foot-long luxury vessel, was struck by “a freak wave that caused two windows to break in two different cabins,” the owners, Norwegian Cruise Line, said in a statement. It changed course, docking in Charleston late Saturday afternoon instead of completing its planned travel to New York. The

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Hewlett-Packard to cut 9,000 jobs in $1 billion restructuring plan

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Hewlett-Packard (HP) expects to lose 9,000 jobs between now and 2013 in a US$1 billion (£686m) restructuring plan. The 9,000 jobs losses will be in the enterprise services division, but the company expects to add about 6,000 employees to its sales and delivery teams. HP commented in a statement, “As a

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Wall Hanging Quilt Makers Have Brighter Days Ahead

Click Here To Find Out More About: Www.Victoriahouseneedlecraft.Com.Au Wall Hanging Quilt Makers have Brighter Days Ahead by Merlina Naldo Wall hanging quilts are created in multiple patterns for catering to a selective market. These patterns could be geometrical, floral, and abstract or life forms. Repetition of designs is not common and each one is exclusive.

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Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/LA-ND

See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It

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Startup web broadcaster Joost signs deal with Warner Brothers

Friday, May 11, 2007 Internet TV came one step closer to reality as startup web broadcaster Joost recently announced that it signed a deal with Warner Brothers to host some of its WBTV-branded content. This deal, along with content deals with other television providers, lately Time Warner and Sony Pictures Television, makes Joost (pronounced “juiced”)

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Five Reason You Need Field Technician Apps

Click Here To Find Out More About: Colleges For Radiology Technician Mobile devices have taken the world by storm over the past few decades. Today, more business transactions are happening on the mobile phone than before. As the internet becomes the “internet of smart things,” customers expect products or services faster, more efficiently, and more

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Man cuts off his own penis in UK restaurant

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 An unnamed Polish man, 35, is being treated at a hospital in London, England after he cut off his penis with a knife at Zizzi’s pizza restaurant on Strand Street in the city of Westminster. “We were called at 9.00 p.m. on Sunday to a restaurant on the Strand to reports

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How To Choose A Right Ship Model Kit?

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