Irish inflation back on the rise

Friday, May 13, 2005 According to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the annual rate of inflation in Ireland has begun to rise again after a period of decline. Annualised inflation is now running at 2.2%, up from 2.1% in March. The figures are derived from the Consumer Price Index which is monitored […]

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Retired U.S. vets sue Donald Rumsfeld for excessive service cutbacks

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 One thousand residents of the Defense Department-managed Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. filed a class-action lawsuit on May 24, asserting that the cut-backs in medical and dental services imposed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld are illegal. The operating budget for the home was reduced from $63 million in […]

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US Boy Scouts and hikers airlifted from wildfire in Utah

Friday, July 20, 2007 On Friday, a group of hikers and 18 boy scouts were airlifted by helicopters away from a wildfire in Nephi Canyon, Utah. The hikers and scouts escaped into a rough rocky area to keep a safe distance from the dangerous wildfire after it advanced on their campground. The wildfire started in […]

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Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam

Sunday, February 13, 2005 New York –”Buy cheap Viagra through us – no prescription required!” Anyone with an active email account will recognize lines like this one. According to some reports, unsolicited advertisements (spam) for Viagra and similar drugs account for one in four spam messages. BACKGROUND Spamming remains one of the biggest problems facing […]

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Category:Jewellery

This is the category for jewellery. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 8 April 2014: Scottish artist Alan Davie dies at age 93 12 August 2011: Three killed amongst Birmingham, England riots 13 July 2011: 21 people killed and 113 reported injured in three blasts in Mumbai 4 July 2011: Hidden treasure worth […]

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Russian commander: Tu-160s penetrate US airspace undetected

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 A senior Russian air force commander has claimed that new, upgraded Tu-160 bomber aircraft were unchallenged by US air defense systems when they penetrated a radar zone near the Canadian coast in US territory during an April training exercise, reports the Russian news agency RIA Novosti. Commander of Russia’s long-range strategic […]

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VoIP penetrates emergency calling infrastructure

Saturday, April 23, 2005 Leading VoIP provider Vonage negotiated access to the Qwest Communications emergency calling infrastructure, allowing Vonage customers in 14 states the ability to connect directly to emergency dispatchers by dialing 911. With the exception of Rhode Island, VoIP’s 911 callers were delivered to the administrative offices of a public-safety answering point, instead […]

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