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Read MoreElwood Norris receives 2005 Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 MIT has announced that Elwood “Woody” Norris, inventor of potentially revolutionary technologies of Hypersonic Sound beams and AirScooter flying vehicles, will […]
Read MoreThird death following RAF helicopter crash in North Yorkshire, UK
Friday, August 10, 2007 A third man has died today from injuries sustained in the crash of an Royal Air Force AĆ©rospatiale Puma helicopter in […]
Read MoreNews briefs:June 22, 2007
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Read MoreClaims from British quake may run into “low tens of millions of pounds” – Insurance association reps
Thursday, February 28, 2008 Representatives from the British insurance industry have said that the cost of the earthquake which hit Britain early yesterday could be […]
Read MoreUS House committee approves daylight saving time amendment
Thursday, April 7, 2005 The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee passed an amendment on Wednesday to extend daylight saving time by two months. The […]
Read MoreHundreds of thousands of British public sector workers strike over planned pension changes
Friday, July 1, 2011 Hundreds of thousands of British public sector workers went on strike across the country yesterday to protest planned changes to pensions. […]
Read MoreFive South Korean workers kidnapped from Nigerian natural gas facility
Thursday, June 8, 2006 Five South Korean workers have been kidnapped from a natural gas facility operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company in the Nigerian […]
Read MoreBush’s Katrina statement contradicted by emerging evidence
Thursday, March 2, 2006 Recently emerging evidence seems to contradict a statement by United States President George W. Bush during Hurricane Katrina. He stated in […]
Read MorePakistani parliament passes bill for transgender rights
Friday, May 11, 2018 On Tuesday, Pakistan’s parliament passed a bill at Islamabad’s National Assembly which granted transgender people various civil rights. The bill, “Transgender […]
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