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US Senate committee investigates credit card practices

September 27, 2018 0

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 On Tuesday, the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs‘s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing titled “Credit Card Practices: Unfair Interest Rate Increases.” The hearing examined the circumstances under which credit card issuers may increase the interest rates of cardholders who are in compliance with the […]

Countries around the world send aid, help to Haiti

September 27, 2018 0

Thursday, January 14, 2010 Countries and organizations from around the world are sending aid and help to victims of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, damaging many buildings. The death toll is currently unknown, but estimated to run into the tens of thousands of people. US president Barack Obama said in […]

Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds

September 26, 2018 0

Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd’s List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on […]

Crm Software Real Time Access And Decision Making For Marketing, Sales And Customer Service

September 25, 2018 Software 0

By Antony Dutton A flexible CRM software solution will help you track valuable information about your customers. Having real time access to detailed reporting and dashboards will allow you to optimise many of your business processes. Whether you are a decision maker for marketing, sales or customer service, having the right information at the right […]

Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer, dies at 97

September 25, 2018 0

Thursday, August 27, 2009 File:Sergey Mikhalkov.jpg Sergey Mikhalkov, a well-known Russian childrens poet and a writer, died on Thursday in Moscow after a heart attack in February. He is lyricist for both the anthem of the USSR (with Gabriel El-Registan) and the anthem of Russia. Born in 1913 in the Russian Empire, he lived a […]

Top exorcist says schoolgirl was kidnapped for Vatican sex ring

September 25, 2018 0

Thursday, May 24, 2012 Gabriel Amorth, the Roman Catholic Church’s leading exorcist, has suggested missing schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi was kidnapped for sexual abuse at orgies attended by foreign diplomats and arranged by Vatican police. Orlandi was fifteen when she vanished in 1983. Amorth, 85, who was appointed by the late Pope John Paul II, makes […]

Botox Cosmetic Surgery Alternatives Keep Patients Looking Young

September 24, 2018 Skin Treatment 0

byAlma Abell The ability to look much younger than one’s true biological age is truly a gift. While teenagers are consistently trying to look like an older adult, this attitude generally changes when one enters their middle years. Appearing years younger works to one’s benefit when going on an interview for a new job or […]

British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations

September 24, 2018 0

Sunday, December 7, 2008 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikinews has learned at least six of the United Kingdom’s main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have implemented monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK […]

Typhoon Ketsana leaves over 140 dead in the Philippines after heavy flooding

September 23, 2018 0

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 The Philippines has appealed for international assistance following the worst flooding in more than 40 years. At least 140 people have been killed and another 32 are missing as a result of the heavy rains, and the death toll from the disaster continues to rise. The Philippine government has been attempting […]

Dubai receives bailout from Abu Dhabi

September 22, 2018 0

Monday, December 14, 2009 The government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has agreed to give US$10 billion to its neighboring emirate, allowing the state-owned Dubai World conglomerate to repay its immediate debt obligations. Dubai says more than $4 billion of the injection will be given to Dubai World’s property firm, Nakheel, to […]