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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 “Jeremy”, an airplane pilot in Nelson, has put his uniform on sale for NZ$1.00 at New Zealand auction site TradeMe. The pilot had lost his job when Origin Pacific Airways fired 230 staff because of financial difficulties and is now trying to “make ends meet this week,” the pilot said. The […]

Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This […]

Saturday, October 6, 2007 RuPaul: “There is a definite prejudice towards men who use femininity as part of their palette; their emotional palette, their physical palette.”photo: David Shankbone Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking […]

December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After […]

Friday, July 22, 2005 The Peace Tax Seven, who are campaigning to have the 10 per cent of their taxes which go to Britain’s defence budget diverted to non-military uses, have had their case rejected by a High Court judge. The judicial review was called for under article 9 of the European Convention on Human […]

Thursday, May 6, 2010 A British oil firm has claimed to have discovered oil off the coast of the Falkland Islands. Rockhopper Exploration would be the first company to strike oil in the Falklands if the claim is proven. Rockhopper were working in the North Falkland Basin when they apparently struck oil. Rockhopper Exploration released […]

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 An Amazon yellow-headed parrot.Image: Jason L. Buberal. It turns out that dogs may not be the only ‘man’s best friend.’ A parrot in Muncie, Indiana is being credited with saving the lives of its owners. According to the owner 33-year-old Shannon Conwell along with his 9-year-old son were watching television when […]

Saturday, April 11, 2009 Eugene V. Debs ran for president four times as a member of the Socialist Party of America. Twenty percent of the American public believes that socialism is superior to capitalism, says a poll by Rasmussen Reports released on Thursday, April 9. Asked the question “Which is a better system – capitalism […]

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Caloundra’s bench during the first half.Image: Patrick Gillett. Caloundra defeated Wynnum 45 points to 24 in their Round 4 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union match at Wynnum’s Grenada Street ground on Saturday. “It’s a better performance than what we put on last week”, Wynnum coach Matt Myers said. “We’re a forty or […]

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 The flag of Ukraine The Ukrainian Parliament voted to oust the Prime Minister and his cabinet Tuesday after the handling of the countries gas crisis with Russia last week. Viktor Yushchenko called the vote “incomprehensible, illogical, and wrong”. Although Russia and Ukraine have solved the crisis, for the time being, when […]