Founder of the National Ballet of Canada dies at age 85

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Celia Franca, founder of the National Ballet of Canada and its training ground, the National Ballet School of Canada, died at age 85 Monday in Ottawa, Ontario. She is reported to have died in an Ottawa Hospital and her cause of death is not known. She went to the hospital last […]

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Wind-powered land vehicle breaks speed record

Saturday, March 28, 2009 Richard Jenkins, an engineer from the United Kingdom, broke a record for the fastest speed attained in a wind-powered land vehicle on Friday. Jenkins managed to reach a speed of 126.1 miles per hour (202.9 kilometres per hour) in his Greenbird car along the plains of Nevada’s Ivanpah Lake. Jenkins said […]

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Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai discharged from hospital

Friday, January 4, 2013 The Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for education for girls, was discharged yesterday from the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham, England after success in the first stage of her medical treatment. In October, Yousafzai was shot by Taliban forces on a school bus in […]

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Banners And Signs In Oklahoma City: How To Make Them Effective

Click Here To Know More About: Corporate Signage Business Signage byAlma Abell Any time you drive out of your office or home, you are bound to see several banners and signs. Some of them are giving information about certain events and occasions while others are striving to create awareness for various products and services. Regardless […]

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Flexible displays soon to be in production

Thursday, March 17, 2005 Roll up displays for use in hand-held gadgets will be available for mass production by March 2007 according to co-developer Philips. Working with US based paper pioneer E-ink, Philips have developed a 13cm wide screen which is just 0.1 millimetres thick and can be rolled up so that it is only […]

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Election in Moldova instigates rioting mob demanding recount

Thursday, April 9, 2009 Protests which began Monday escalated to a riot on Wednesday consisting of over 10,000 people in Chi?in?u, the capital of Moldova, protesting the results of Sunday’s 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election, which showed an apparent, narrow victory for the Communist Party (Partidul Comuni?tilor din Republica Moldova, PCRM). Demonstrators claim the victory was […]

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Category:Theresa May

This is the category for Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 11 June 2017: Theresa May’s Conservative Party wins UK election but loses majority, leaving Brexit plan in question 21 April 2017: Theresa May calls for June general election 18 January 2017: Theresa May’s […]

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Salvador Sobral wins Eurovision for Portugal

Monday, May 15, 2017 On Saturday, Portugal won its first victory at the Eurovision song competition, held this year at Kiev’s International Exhibition Centre in Ukraine. Salvador Sobral’s song Amar Pelos Dois won 758 points from public and professional judges. Bulgaria and Moldova came second and third respectively. Sobral called it “a victory for music”. […]

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