Sunday, August 19, 2012 Officials with the US Marine Corps have announced their investigation into the fatal crash of a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey transport Continue Reading
Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar Continue Reading
New Zealand ‘Boobs on Bikes’ parade approved
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 The Auckland ‘Boobs on Bikes’ parade for next weeks annual sex industry convention, Erotica Expo which features naked woman on motorcycles Continue Reading
South African apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock granted parole
Saturday, January 31, 2015 South African Justice Minister Michael Masutha yesterday announced he is granting parole to Eugene de Kock, an apartheid-era assassin who has Continue Reading
Civil Rights lawyer Oliver Hill dies
Sunday, August 5, 2007 Oliver Hill, an American Civil Rights lawyer died today at the age of 100. Hill was attending breakfast, when he died Continue Reading
Israeli greenhouses to be preserved after Gaza pullout
Saturday, August 13, 2005 A last minute deal reached Saturday dictates that about 1,000 Israeli settler greenhouses located in the Gaza strip will not be Continue Reading
Queensland Premier denies March 28 election
Saturday, February 14, 2009 Despite fuelling speculation of a March 28 election, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has indicated that she will serve a full term. Continue Reading
Eurostar suspended due to cold weather
Sunday, December 20, 2009 Eurostar trains have been suspended today due to cold weather, and further snowfall is predicted in the United Kingdom, while the Continue Reading
UK retailers MFI and Woolworths collapse
Friday, November 28, 2008 Two major retail chains in the United Kingdom — general retailer Woolworths Group and furniture vendor MFI Group — have entered Continue Reading
eBay removes Canadian town’s listing of sperm whale carcass
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Citing violations of its policy regarding “Marine mammal items”, eBay terminated an online listing on Monday by the town of Cape Continue Reading