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African nations gather to support a ban on cluster bombs

Thursday, April 3, 2008 A 39-nation coalition in Africa passed a declaration on Tuesday to ban cluster bombs in a nearly unanimous vote. The gathering in Lukasa, Zambia was the first meeting of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) in Africa. “Africa is ready for Dublin,” summarised Zambian delegate Robert Mtonga, referring to the upcoming May

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Five Tips For Car Loans With Less Than Perfect Credit

Read An Opinion On: Loan Agreement Australia By Max Pain If you have been rejected for a car loan because of your credit score, don’t despair. You can get approved for a loan even if you have less-than-perfect or bad credit, but you may need to take a few steps to do so. Lenders see

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Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate ‘green’ on city green

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Coinciding with Easter Sunday, Glasgow Cannabis Social Club’s annual 420 event was held on Glasgow Green, under sunny blue skies, and overlooking the river Clyde. Despite the city’s council attempting to revoke permission for the gathering at the last minute, police were happy for it to go-ahead with approximately a dozen

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Australian researchers confirm stress makes you sick

Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Australian researchers say they have scientifically proven that stress causes sickness. The Garvan Institute in Sydney has discovered that a hormone, known as neuropeptide Y (NPY) is released into the body during times of stress. Their findings show the hormone can stop the immune system from functioning properly. “Neuropeptide Y is

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Car Tuning: The Way To Set Oneself Apart From The Crowd

Read An Opinion On: Callaghan Motors Submitted by: Cynthia Brown You’ll find lots of people that have extremely fast autos but there’s a limited number who are not satisfied with a stock car so they try Car Tuning vendors that specialize in setting autos apart aesthetically and performance wise. Just about every year progressively more

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Parajet Skycar expedition takes off from London to Timbuktu

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Two explorers have set off from Knightsbridge, London Wednesday morning (0900 GMT) in a propeller-powered dune buggy heading for the Sahara. Giles Cardozo, age 29, from Dorset, with chief pilot and expedition leader Neil Laughton, age 45, an ex-SAS officer, will fly and drive the amazing two-seater vehicle more than 6,000-km

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CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate David Sparrow in Don Valley West

Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with David Sparrow. Sparrow is a candidate in Ontario’s Don Valley West riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding was set to vote in a

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First Norfolk Island murderer in a century found guilty

Friday, March 9, 2007 The first murderer in 150 years on Australia’s Norfolk Island, Glenn McNeill, has been found guilty of killing restaurant owner Janelle Patton in 2002 on Easter Sunday. A 29-year-old New Zealand chef, Glenn McNeill was found guilty of murdering Australian Janelle Patton after the jury of 11 deliberated for two days,

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How Many Different Types Of Headaches Can One Experience?

Read An Opinion On: Hair Loss Clinic Submitted by: Alyssa Nair Several people have been known to experience different types of headaches at different times in there life so it is important to get the correct diagnosis by keeping a journal of the event and time that the headaches took place. Tension headache are widely

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