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Grandmother of Barack Obama dies at 86
Monday, November 3, 2008 Madelyn Dunham, the maternal grandmother of United States 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama, has died of cancer at 86, just one day before the election. Dunham, who was born in Peru, Kansas in 1922, helped to…
Amsterdam pet shop owner creates beer for dogs
Thursday, January 25, 2007 Correction — February 8, 2007 Terrie Berenden’s pet shop is located in the town of Zelhem, not Amsterdam as stated in the article & title. Zelhem is approximately 135 km (85 miles) from Amsterdam A woman in…
US Senate approves $10.5 billon in aid for Hurricane Katrina victims
Friday, September 2, 2005 The United States Senate has cut short their summer recess and has arrived in Washington to approve a $10.5 billion aid bill to victims of Katrina as requested by President George W. Bush.The United States House…
Over 100 dead and hundreds missing in Indonesia after tsunami destroys island villages
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 At least 113 people are now dead and hundreds more are missing after a 10 foot (3 m) tsunami destroyed several villages in a series of remote islands in western Indonesia. The tsunami was caused by…
Australian columnist ‘offended, insulted, humiliated’ fair-skinned Aborigines
Friday, September 30, 2011 Conservative commentator Andrew Bolt has been found in breach of the Racial Discrimination Act, following a pair of newspaper articles in 2009 where Bolt criticised fair-skinned people identifying as Aborigines. Australia’s Federal Court Justice Mordecai Bromberg…
Explosion in Pakistan mosque kills dozens
Friday, June 5, 2009 A bomb blast at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan is suspected to have killed at least forty people on Friday. According to police reports, the explosion happened in a village located in the Upper Dir district…
Trace Minerals Tiny Amounts For Big Health Results}
Submitted by: Emily Morris Everyone knows that good health is associated with getting enough vitamins & minerals, but do you know about Trace Minerals? These special substances are often over looked because you only need them in such small amounts.…
Top Boys Bunk Bed Design How To Make A Kids Room Look Funky
Submitted by: Kathleen Cochrane When it can be time to move your little boy to his own personal sleeping space, you can choose a bunk bed, so he can sleep alone and at identical time feel the presence and through…
United States Senator Jeff Flake announces retirement, citing ‘profoundly misguided’ party politics
Friday, October 27, 2017 Arizona Senator Jeff Flake announced on Tuesday he will not seek reelection when his term in the Senate is up next year, citing issues within the United States Republican Party and with President Donald Trump, whose…