Hualien warm-up of 2007 ING Taipei Marathon kicked off

Tuesday, September 4, 2007 This is the fourth year as ING Antai titled for sponsoring Taipei International Marathon, as “ING Running Club” in some area still continued, the first warming up competition kicked off on September 1 at Meilun Stadium in Hualien County. More than 3,000 people participated in this event including 400 professional runners. […]

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Four explosions at Spanish power station

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Four explosions have rocked a brand new, soon to be online power station in Spain’s Basque reigon in the city of Amorebieta. Shortly before the blasts, warning calls were made to Basque newspaper Gara and the Basque emergency road service known as DYA, police rushed to the scene and evacuated workers. […]

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Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium

Thursday, March 22, 2007 When Wouter Van Bellingen became the first black registrar in Belgium, he knew there would be negative reactions, but he admitted that he didn’t expect them to be “so direct, so soon.” In February, three couples refused to pledge their wedding vows in front of the first black alderman of the […]

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2010 BRIT Awards highlights

Friday, February 19, 2010 The 2010 BRIT Awards, presented by the British Phonographic Industry, is an annual award ceremony for music artists. This year, the competition took place in the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England. The event started taking place in 1980, with this year’s event being the 30th BRIT Awards. This year, […]

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G20 protester dies after collapsing

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 According to reports, a man protesting the G20 Summit in London, England has died after collapsing at a protester camp. Sky News says the man collapsed on the street inside a camp close to the Bank of England and when found he was still breathing, but efforts by paramedics to rescue […]

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions bows out of Russia investigation over contact with ambassador

Sunday, March 5, 2017 U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday recused himself from any investigation of Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race but reserved the right to make decisions “on a case-by-case basis” about other issues involving Russian hacking. I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations […]

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