1 million people welcome 2007 in Sydney

Monday, January 1, 2007 A crowd of approximately 1 million has welcomed the new year in Sydney overnight. Many of the crowd had camped out since 6 AM AEDT (7PM UTC) to ensure they had the best vantage point for the fireworks displays at 9 PM and 12 AM. Earlier predictions of rain failed to […]

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UK rail firm cuts 180 jobs

Thursday, February 5, 2009 British rail company South West Trains (SWT) is to cut 180 jobs. The franchisee for lines out of London‘s Waterloo station has already announced 480 job cuts. The redundancies affect front line staff in ticket offices and at stations and further managers and administrators. Bus firm Stagecoach Group, LSE: SGC which runs South […]

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Rare Middle East cyclone batters Oman

Thursday, June 7, 2007 Tropical Storm Gonu headed toward Iran today, after lashing Oman for two days with high winds and torrential rains, and causing at least 23 deaths and the evacuation of more than 20,000 people to emergency shelters. Concern was high for the oil industry, as rough seas kept tankers from leaving their […]

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The Green Party of Canada to elect new leader

Saturday, August 26, 2006 The Green Party of Canada will elect a new leader today. The new leader will replace Jim Harris, who stepped down after holding the position since 2003. The candidates are: Elizabeth May, a former Sierra Club executive director David Chernushenko, the party’s deputy leader Jim Fannon, a real estate agent from […]

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Lewis Hamilton on top for 2007 British Grand Prix

Saturday, July 7, 2007 Vodafone McLaren–Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the pole position on his home soil at FIA Formula-1 2007 Santander British Grand Prix on the Silverstone Circuit at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England. His teammate Fernando Alonso was in the lead for the first two qualifying sessions, but lost 0.150 seconds to Lewis and only […]

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Sunshine Coast Regional Council can’t challenge legal appeal by McDonald’s Australia

Monday, March 9, 2009 Sunshine Coast Regional Council has received legal advice that it will not be able to challenge a McDonald’s Australia appeals process. Council rejected development plans for a 24-hour store at Minyama in December, and the restaurant giant plans to appeal the decision. “Council has received legal advice back that McDonald’s will […]

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