- UncategorizedClash of cultures: Somali and Latino workers at U.S. meat packing plants
Friday, October 17, 2008 Grand Island, Nebraska Image: Shereth. Muslim Somali workers at a meat packing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska wanted to pray. Their colleagues from Latin America wanted to work. A dispute over the company’s break schedule led…
- UncategorizedCommonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial…
- UncategorizedBritish conductor Edward Downes and wife die in double assisted suicide
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 The Sydney Opera House where Sir Edward conducted the opening public performance Image: Mfield, Matthew Field. British conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan took their lives at a Swiss assisted suicide clinic on Friday,…
- UncategorizedBaby attacked by dog in New York
Saturday, January 5, 2008 A Doberman. An eight-month old boy, Andrew, was attacked and killed by a Doberman Pinscher in Brooklyn, New York. The dog was a three-year old named Mackabee, who is also neutered. The grandmother was babysitting the…
- UncategorizedDeaths on South African roads at 1215 for December 2005
Thursday, January 5, 2006 According to the South African government’s Department of Transport, the number of fatalities on the country’s roads during December 2005 was 1,215. This is compared with 1,234 the previous year, where the total number of deaths…
- UncategorizedScottish Borders minibus crash kills one, injures 23
Monday, December 31, 2018 A minibus overturned on the A6089 road between Gordon and Carfraemill in the Scottish Borders on Saturday night. The rural accident killed one man and injured 23 more. A file photo of the A6089 near Gordon.Image:…
- UncategorizedColleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/LA-ND
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans…
- UncategorizedGM recalls 1.3 million cars over steering issues
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 General Motors (GM) announced on Tuesday a recall of 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac cars in the US, Mexico, and Canada over problems with the power steering system. Recalling these vehicles is the right thing to…
- Uncategorized2009 Shri Shyam Bhajan Hindu religious festival held in Hyderabad
Monday, August 17, 2009 Nanduji presenting the bhajan to Baba Shyam The Shri Shyam Bhajan, a Hindu religious festival, was organised on August 15th in Hyderabad, India. This was the city’s annual function, which was coincidentally celebrated a day after…
- UncategorizedUS president Obama, Congress call for blocking of executive bonuses at AIG insurance company
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 United States President Barack Obama stated Monday that insurance giant AIG is in financial trouble due to “recklessness and greed,” and called for legal action to stop the company from giving out millions of dollars in…