Afghan women’s rights official shot dead

Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Safia Ahmed-jan, the director of the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs for the Khandahar province and an advocate of women’s rights and a strong critic of the Taliban’s repression of those rights, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside her home in Khandahar city in southern Afghanistan on Monday. Safia Ama-jan, as she was known locally, is the first woman offiRead More…

SpaceX delays Falcon 1 launch again

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
SpaceX Corporation has postponed the launch of the maiden flight of their Falcon 1 rocket again at their Kwajalein launch facility. Although not as damaging as the previous delay on November 11, this is certainly a significant set back for Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX.
A full engine test was conducted on the rocket, and the launch pad equipment which holdsRead More…

Fertilizing To Create More Blossoms On Your Flowers, Flowering Shrubs And Trees

Read An Opinion On: Trex Price Sunshine Coast By Michael McGroarty
The secret to making your flowering trees, shrubs, annuals, and perennials bloom more is in the numbers. All fertilizers have analysis numbers on the package. These numbers represent the percentage of each chemical the fertilizer contains. For example, 12-12-12 is a typical garden fertilizer that would contain 12% nitrogeRead More…

Leaked cables cause Australian concern

Friday, December 10, 2010
Leaked diplomatic cables between Australia and the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, have raised controversy in the Australian community. The documents were released by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. The cables between the then prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, and the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, revealed that China may need to be forcedRead More…

Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan

Friday, September 28, 2007
Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery Ballroom last Tuesday was that they could not camp oRead More…

Australian opposition minister gives speech on poverty

Thursday, October 20, 2005
Australian shadow minister for work, family, youth, and community, Tanya Plibersek, gave a speech today on poverty as part of Anti-Poverty Week 2005. During the speech she criticised the government in a number of areas, including not committing to the UN Millennium Development Goals, the proposed industrial relations legislation, and the governments funding of servicesRead More…

Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer dies at age 58

Sunday, March 18, 2007
Bob Woolmer, Pakistan’s cricket coach died at a university hospital in Kingston, Jamaica earlier today. Woolmer was found unconscious in his room at the Pegasus Hotel at 10:45 Sunday morning, only hours after Pakistan’s Cricket World Cup exit at the hands of Ireland.
After being found by hotel workers in his room, he was rushed to the emergency department at the UniversityRead More…

Commonwealth 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 advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of clients’ money without the clients’ permission, resulting in hundreds oRead More…

Debt Consolidation Loans Why You Must Consider Debt Consolidation Loans

Read An Opinion On: Financial Adviser By Bill Smith
When you are swimming in a sea of debt, debt consolidation loans can come to your rescue. If you are maxed out on all your credit cards and store cards and are at the brink of bankruptcy, debt consolidation loan is what can save you. Debt consolidation loans are regarded to be a better option compared to any other lines of credit.
Here aRead More…