Month: May 2019

“No H5N1 virus” found in blood tests of suspected human Bird Flu cluster

Thursday, August 3, 2006 Preliminary tests performed on samples taken from six villagers in the Kabanjahe District of Sumatra in Indonesia have tested negative for the deadly H5N1 Avian Flu […]

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Oil spill hits Australia’s Sunshine coastline

Sunday, March 15, 2009 200,000 litres of oil leaked into waters off the coast of Brisbane from the Pacific Adventurer when their fuel tanks were damaged in rough seas on […]

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Dell joins Microsoft-Nortel VoIP Team

Saturday, October 20, 2007 Dell Inc. announced on Tuesday that it will partner up with the Microsoft-Nortel Innovative communications alliance (ICA) team to sell Unified Communications and VoIP products. The […]

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Thousands of trapped miners rescued in South Africa

Thursday, October 4, 2007 As many as 3,200 mine workers became trapped in the in Elandsrand mine, a gold mine in South Africa about 50 miles (80 km) west of […]

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Annan invites Iraqis to exercise democratic rights

Saturday, January 29, 2005With just days to go before Sunday’s historic poll to choose a new government in Iraq, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has invited the people of Iraq […]

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Hurricane-force winds kill 15 people as storm hits Europe

Sunday, January 25, 2009 As a storm swept across parts of France and Spain on Saturday and Sunday, it left 15 people dead. Its winds were recorded up to 190km/h […]

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New Beta Version of MSN Search Service from Microsoft released

Thursday, November 11, 2004 REDMOND, Washington – Microsoft has released the new MSN Search service. According to Microsoft press release, the new MSN Search offers the largest, up to date […]

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Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before ‘externals’

This article’s primary contributor, Patrick Gillett, is an alumnus of Sunshine Coast Grammar School. Monday, August 30, 2010 A deal between Sunshine Coast Grammar School headmaster Nigel Fairbairn and the […]

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Exclusive: David Anderson talks about the Stardust@home project

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Following the return of the Stardust space capsule from its encounter with the Comet Wild 2, NASA scientists have come up with a novel approach to […]

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United States to expand ‘information operations’ against terror

Sunday, February 19, 2006 The United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that U.S. public diplomacy efforts need to do more in the media to communicate a message friendly […]

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