Click Here For More Specific Information On: Issues Management Sydney Issues Management Australia By John B Mayall Military personnel are highly trained and skilled in various specialties to perform their duties efficiently to safeguard the country. While they have high degree of specialization in the art of combat, many of them are not adept with […]
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British adventurer flies powered paraglider over Everest
Friday, May 18, 2007 British explorer and mountaineer Edward “Bear” Grylls, has set a new altitude record by piloting a powered paraglider above Mount Everest reaching 29,494ft (8,990m). He and his fellow pilot, Giles Cardozo, who had invented and developed the parajet engine, set out on their attempt from the Himalayan village of Pheriche (altitude […]
Police kill gunman in London, England
Thursday, May 8, 2008 On Tuesday, armed police with Scotland Yard killed an armed man in a gunfight on Kings Road in London, England. Police arrived at the scene at about 4:50 p.m. local time, after receiving reports of gun shots into a child’s bedroom in the area in Chelsea in the west of the […]
Former Satyam CEO Raju, his brother and CFO arrested and detained in profit-fraud scandal
Monday, January 12, 2009 Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, founder and chairman of Satyam Computer Services, and his brother, B. Rama Raju, the company’s managing director, were arrested late Friday by Andhra Pradesh police. The brothers were placed under judicial custody in a Hyderabad, India jail and will remain there until January 23. Facing charges of criminal […]
News briefs:October 17, 2007
Wikinews Brief October 17, 2007 Audio Wikinews – Problems listening to the file? See media help. The time is 4:45 UTC and this an Audio Wikinews Brief for Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Contents 1 Oil prices at new high on fears of Turkish attack in Iraq 2 China ‘furious’ at U.S. over Dalai Lama award […]
French workers use threats in compensation demand
Friday, July 17, 2009 Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform cranes. The JLG factory announced in April 2009 that it will fire 53 of its 163 workers by the end of 2009, while the remaining 110 jobs will not […]
Hope fades for families of trapped Mexican miners
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Almost 600 desperate family members and others remained camped outside the Pasta de Conchos coal mine near San Juan de Sabinas, in the northern Mexico state of Coahuila where 65 Mexican miners were trapped by a gas explosion around 2:30 a.m. (0830 GMT) Sunday. Some are threatening to storm the mine […]
Malaysian opposition gains in elections, conquers four new state legislatures
Monday, March 10, 2008 The elections in Malaysia have resulted in gains by opposition parties. The ruling Barisan National (BN) Coalition’s fraction has fallen below two thirds (The requisite supermajority to amend the constitution), while still maintaining an absolute majority to mass its legislation. The elections, held on the March 8, were for the Parliament […]
Silicone Breast Implants Add Choices For Women}
Submitted by: Lloyd Krieger After more than ten years of controversy and scientific study, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved silicone gel breast implants for general usage. They are now available to all women ages 22 and higher for both reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery. The availability of silicone implants will greatly expand […]