Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye.…Continue reading
Spruce Up Your Home With Luxury Interior Doors In Naples, Fl
More Detail Here: Farm Sheds Emerald Blue Print Sheds byAlma Abell There are a number of things & you can do to make the inside of your home look more elegant. One change you may want to consider is Luxury Interior Doors in Naples, FL. Luxury doors can make any room look more elegant and,…Continue reading Spruce Up Your Home With Luxury Interior Doors In Naples, Fl
Apple introduces iPhone and Apple TV
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Apple Inc. today has introduced the much-anticipated iPhone at the Macworld Conference in San Francisco. The iPhone is claimed to be “a revolutionary mobile phone” as stated on the Apple website. The device appears to be running a mobile version of the Apple operating system Mac OSX. It is approximately the…Continue reading
After uncertain day of Eurovision rehearsals, EBU will place sanctions on Spain and RTVE
Friday, May 15, 2009 After a tense day of rehearsals, in which Spanish national broadcaster RTVE said publicly that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) would not be imposing sanctions on them for pre-empting the second live Eurovision semi-final, the EBU has made an official statement, contradicting RTVE and announcing that sanctions will be placed on…Continue reading
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes 2005 Budget speech
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Gordon Brown PC MP, in a speech to the British House of Commons today presented his ninth Budget, what is very likely to be his last Budget before the next UK General Election. This opened the parliamentary debate on the 2005…Continue reading
Stolen minibus recovered 35 years after theft
Friday, November 6, 2009 A 1965 Volkswagen minibus that was stolen in 1974 has been recovered by customs agents in Los Angeles. The vintage minibus was in pristine condition, valued at $25,000, and was found during a routine inspection of a shipping container scheduled for departure to The Netherlands. A routine computer database search on…Continue reading
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority drop inquiry into culture of banking
Thursday, December 31, 2015 The Financial Conduct Authority, one of Britain’s banking sector regulators, indicated it has decided to drop an inquiry into banking culture, including practices and payment of banking staff. The inquiry was intended to review “whether culture change programmes in retail and wholesale banks are driving the right behaviour, in particular focusing…Continue reading
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Former NASA astronaut Eugene Cernan dies aged 82
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Eugene Cernan, former NASA astronaut and the most recent human to walk on the Moon, died on Monday aged 82, according to a NASA statement. Cernan, who commanded the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon in 1972, was in Houston, Texas, at the time of his death. Cernan, who was born…Continue reading
50 Italian parliamentarians call for global summit for “a new financial architecture”
Thursday, March 17, 2005 A letter and motion to be debated by Italian Parliament this week calls for action to address speculative bubbles and potential future financial crashes in the global economy. The motion asks for a global summit similar to the 1944 Bretton Woods United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, which gave us the…Continue reading