Quarter of New Zealanders take part in quake drill
More than 1.2 million people, including many students and company workers, joined the government-led exercise. The drill was based on a scenario involving a large quake occurring at 9:26 AM local time...
View ArticleSo that’s why they don’t let you smoke around munition dumps! ‘Cigarette’...
More than 4,000 tons of ammunition being transported in crates exploded WT news feed
View ArticleQuarter of UK mothers forced to turn their heating off to afford food for...
It is a bit of a bloated tittle for a very real problem in the UK. Many people can not afford to heat their homes anymore. bertb news feed
View ArticleCIA rendition: more than a quarter of world’s countries ‘offered covert support’
That is 54 countries and some are more guilty than others. There are some notable exceptions though. Check out the list. bertb news feed
View ArticleJapanese economy contracts for third straight quarter.
Then again the Japanese economy has been stagnant for over 20 years. Is this the future for the rest of the western economies? bertb news feed
View ArticleUnemployment in Greece rose to 26 pct in final quarter of 2012
Greece’s unemployment rate increased to 26 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with 24.8 percent in the third quarter, according to data published Thursday by the Hellenic Statistical...
View ArticleKindergartener gets detention, forced to apologize for Lego gun the size of a...
Yet another student has landed in a heap of trouble for having something that represents a gun, but isn’t actually anything like a real gun. This time, the perpetrator was a six-year-old boy. The...
View ArticleUnemployment in Greece reaches 27.4% in the first quarter
Unemployment in Greece reached 27.4% in the first quarter of 2013, compared to 26% in the previous quarter and 22.6% in the corresponding quarter of 2012, according to data from the Hellenic...
View ArticleIn The Third Quarter, The Rich Got Richer By $1.9 Trillion
The quarterly Flow of Funds report by the Fed has been released and the latest household net worth numbers are out. While not nearly quite as dramatic as last quarter’s wholesale dataset revision,...
View ArticleOne Quarter of the World’s Cartilaginous Fish, Namely Sharks and Rays, Face...
One quarter of the world’s cartilaginous fish, namely sharks and rays, face extinction within the next few decades, according to the first study to systematically and globally assess their fate...
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