Sunday, October 19, 2008 NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) to map the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space will be launched on a […]
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Thursday, August 14, 2014 On Tuesday many internet routers, used to find the pathways to different parts of the web, reached their memory limit of […]
Read MoreImmediate life insurance website launched, first in world
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Read MoreHiker missing from US state of Utah wilderness found in Australia
Tuesday, August 23, 2005 A man missing from a camping ground in southern Utah in the Western US since July 30 was found in Australia. […]
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 MoreRed Cross urges Sri Lanka to respect lives of Tamil civilians
Thursday, January 29, 2009 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other agencies have raised the issue of a humanitarian crisis unfolding in […]
Read MoreFormer Scottish Conservatives leader Annabel Goldie to stand down as MSP
Friday, June 26, 2015 Annabel Goldie, Scottish Conservative Party leader from 2005 to 2011, has announced she will stand down as an MSP at the […]
Read MoreSpanish town council electee proposes nudist pool, marijuana field in park
Friday, June 1, 2007 A former mailman who proposed to paint the town hall pink, turn the local town square into a nudist pool, and […]
Read MoreThai prime minister dismisses offer by anti-government protesters
Sunday, April 25, 2010 Thailand’s prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, has ruled out a compromise offer by anti-government protest leaders for parliament to be dissolved in […]
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