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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. Continue Reading
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 to democracy. “We’ll need to do all we can to attract supporters to our efforts and to correct the lies Continue Reading
Steel major Arcelor ready to reconsider Mittal’s offer
Monday, May 22, 2006 Luxembourg’s largest steel company Arcelor is ready to study Mittal Steel‘s improved takeover offer, the former said on Sunday, opening the door to possible talks with Indian steel magnate Laxminivas Mittal. Arcelor Chairman Joseph Kinsch told reporters after a meeting of Arcelor’s board that the company’s Continue Reading
Get A Great Deal On Outdoor Signs In Orange County
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Signage Companies Sydney Business Signage Sydney byAlma Abell Every business owner or future entrepreneur should know the importance of getting your business name out into the community, or presented to your target audience. In order to get your business known or seen, it Continue Reading
Apple Inc. unveils iPad 2 tablet
Thursday, March 3, 2011 In a media event on March 2, Apple Inc. unveiled its iPad 2 tablet computer, the successor to the company’s iPad. The announcement was made at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. CEO Steve Jobs appeared at the event and introduced Continue Reading
South Korea: Fire in hospital housing elderly people kills at least 37
Friday, January 26, 2018 Fire broke out on Friday morning and destroyed the bottom two floors of a six-story hospital in Miryang, South Korea, killing at least 37 people, most of them elderly. More than a hundred injuries were reported, with eighteen people in critical condition. This is the highest Continue Reading
First Star Trek series in twelve years, Discovery, debuts on television
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 On Sunday, US television station CBS aired “The Vulcan Hello”, the premiere episode of Star Trek: Discovery. The episode is slated to be the only one of the series broadcast on conventional television, with future installments exclusive to streaming platform CBS All Access. Discovery continues the Continue Reading
Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy
Friday, October 5, 2007 You may not know Joseph Merlino, but he knows about you and what makes you function. He knows what turns you on and he knows whether it is a problem for you. Merlino, who is the psychiatry adviser to the New York Daily News, is one Continue Reading
Australia’s richest man dies aged 68
Tuesday, December 27, 2005The Nine Network has announced the death of one of Australia’s richest men, Kerry Packer, aged 68. Announcer Richard Wilkins said on the Today Show that he had just been handed official confirmation of Mr Packer’s death at 68. He said a statement from Tony Ritchie, Nine Continue Reading