Japan earthquake death toll estimated at over 10,000

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 The official death toll from the devastating Japanese earthquake that hit on Friday is now nearing 1,900, while police officials say that it is all but certain the final toll will be at least 10,000 people dead. Bodies are still being recovered—2,000 thus far in the Miyagi Prefecture alone. The official […]

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ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their […]

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Why Do Americnas Love Pizza?

Click Here To Know More About: Lunchtime.Com.Au Lunchtime Why Do Americnas Love Pizza? by Akos Fintor It is late at night and you are still at the office finishing up some much needed work for a demanding client. You cannot even get out to grab a quick bite. So isnt it better to just order […]

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Global markets plunge

Friday, October 10, 2008 Stock markets across the world have fallen sharply with several seeing the biggest drop in their history. Asian markets saw the biggest sell-off. The Nikkei dropped 9.62% to reach a 20 year low. Japan also saw a collapse of a mid-size insurance company, Yamato Life Insurance Company, which declared bankruptcy. The […]

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Turkish teens died of mutated strain of bird flu

Friday, January 13, 2006 Scientists have confirmed that the H5N1 virus found in the DNA taken from one of two Turkish victims, who died from the disease, has mutated and they now believe that Turkey is now a locale for endemic bird flu. However, the WHO, stressed that it is too early to tell if […]

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