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Monday, September 5, 2005 OpenTheGovernment.Org, a coalition of conservative and liberal nonprofit groups, released a 2005 report (PDF, 12 pages) saying that all branches of […]
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005 A bill passed by India’s Parliament put an end to the manufacture of many cheap generic drugs copied from products protected […]
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Monday, October 7, 2019 Yesterday morning, English drummer Ginger Baker died in a hospital at the age of 80. The news came from the Twitter […]
Read MoreSeeds placed in Norwegian vault as agricultural ‘insurance policy’
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a vault containing millions of seeds from all over the world, saw its first deposits on […]
Read MoreUS continues to deny Red Cross access to all detainees
Sunday, May 14, 2006 In a statement released on Thursday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that ICRC President Jacob Kellenberger “deplored […]
Read MoreHockey player Georges Laraque joins Green Party of Canada
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Former Montreal Canadiens hockey player Georges Laraque has joined the Green Party of Canada, according to the party and The Canadian […]
Read MoreFormer Irish politician Liam Lawlor dies in car crash
Saturday, October 22, 2005 Former Irish politician Liam Lawlor died Saturday in a car crash outside Moscow, Russia. Lawlor’s Mercedes crashed into a lamp post […]
Read MoreBritish Airways and Iberia sign merger deal
Friday, April 9, 2010 British Airways (BA) and the Spanish airline Iberia have signed a merger deal, which will create one of the largest air […]
Read MoreOn the campaign trail in the USA, September 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020 The following is the fifth edition of a monthly series chronicling the 2020 United States presidential election. It features original material […]
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