Pressure grows on Mugabe

Posted by GarryPas on April 2nd, 2008 filed in News

Zimbabwe could be about to see a presidential head-to-head in the next three weeks, according to the country’s state-owned newspaper, the Herald.
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Final verdict on French boy’s sodomy case on April 7 (Khaleej Times)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

DUBAI - The Dubai Court of Cassation is expected to give its verdict on April 7 in the French boy’s sodomy case that attracted media attention not only in the UAE but also in the West.


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$1.7 million in Waterbury properties brings $166,000 (Republican-American)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

WATERBURY — Four inner city properties valued by a New York investor at $1.7 million were sold Thursday at a delinquent tax auction for $166,000.


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Thennis’ grand slam gives Texas Tech 15-11 win over Missouri (Park Hills Daily Journal)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Doug Thennis hit a grand slam to give Texas Tech a come-from-behind 15-11 win over Missouri on Sunday.


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ONTARGET(R) Trial Proves Telmisartan Is As Protective As Ramipril And Better Tolerated In A Broad High-Risk … (Medical News Today)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

The results of the landmark ONTARGET® Trial have proven that telmisartan, brand name Micardis®, a modern angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), is as protective as the current gold standard, ramipril, in reducing the risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and hospitalisa


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Open slots for E-Week (Home News Tribune)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

EAST BRUNSWICK — MIDDLESEX COUNTY 4-H will hold the 2008 Explorations Week Summer Program from July 7 to 11 at the Middlesex County 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Road.


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Intermatic plans move along (Northwest Herald)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

SPRING GROVE – Intermatic Inc., a  landscape lighting and energy control manufacturer based in Spring Grove, is moving ahead with plans to lay off an estimated 300 workers as it prepares to shift manufacturing to China and Mexico.


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Project stresses reuse, space (Portland Tribune)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

The Centennial Mills site on the Willamette River between the Broadway and Fremont bridges is on its way toward redevelopment as a site for restaurants, art galleries and a culinary school, among other things — and will use many of the existing buildings and keep significant open space on the …


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$1.7 million in Waterbury properties brings $166,000 (Republican-American)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

WATERBURY — Four inner city properties valued by a New York investor at $1.7 million were sold Thursday at a delinquent tax auction for $166,000.


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Australian Dollar Falls on RBA Statement; N.Z. Dollar Declines (Bloomberg.com)

Posted by on April 1st, 2008 filed in News

April 1 (Bloomberg) — The Australian dollar fell after the central bank signaled interest rates at the highest since July 1996 may be sufficient to curb inflation. The New Zealand dollar declined on speculation the nation’s economic growth will slow.


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