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Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal

February 10, 2023 By Admin

Monday, January 26, 2009 Half a million participated in anti-China demonstrations on October 25, 2008 (“1025 demonstration”) in Taiwan.Image: MiNe. On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others. […]

Police report drug haul seizure worth up to £30 million in Brownhills, England

February 10, 2023 By Admin

Monday, December 2, 2013 Location of West Midlands within England Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described […]

Three injured in a school shooting in Idaho, US; sixth grader in custody

February 7, 2023 By Admin

Sunday, May 9, 2021 Two students and a school employee have been injured following a shooting at Rigby Middle School in Idaho, United States, on Thursday, with a sixth grader in custody. According to Jefferson County sheriff Steve Anderson, the sixth grader — who attends the middle school and lives in Idaho Falls — pulled […]

Ground broken on Northpoint development in Cambridge, Massachusetts

February 6, 2023 By Admin

A view of the Leonard Zakim bridge from the construction site. The warehouses at right will be replaced by a five-acre park within two years. The elevated roadway in the foreground is the John F. Gilmore Bridge. Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Cambridge, Massachusetts —Construction of two condominium buildings and a five-acre park began on March […]

“PGR4” pre-launch in Taiwan: TOP Drivers’ Derby

February 4, 2023 By Admin

Saturday, September 29, 2007 After the launch of “Halo 3” on Tuesday (September 25), Microsoft promoted a brand new Xbox360 racing game “Project Gotham Racing 4” (PGR4) with a friendship match as a “TOP on TOP” competition between Taiwanese World Cyber Games (WCG) PGR3 Delegate You-cheng Liu and “Drift Master of Taiwan” Po-hsiung Chou at […]

China prepared to support eurozone countries hit by financial crisis

February 4, 2023 By Admin

Thursday, December 23, 2010 File:Jiang Yu 29 May 2007.jpgJiang Yu, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry. Image: VOA. China has said it is prepared to support eurozone countries during the financial crisis that has hit the sixteen member states. The country’s foreign ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said: “We are ready to support the eurozone […]

Countries around the world send aid, help to Haiti

February 3, 2023 By Admin

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. Remarks by President Barack Obama on […]

Australian PM doesn’t support Queensland party amalgamation

February 1, 2023 By Admin

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 The highest ranking member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Prime Minister John Howard has said he would not support a joining together of the Queensland Liberal and National parties. The Prime Minister said, pointedly: “There is one thing that I will fight for to my last political breath, is to […]

Dairy cattle with names produce more milk, according to new study

February 1, 2023 By Admin

Thursday, January 29, 2009 Giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual with “more personal touch” can increase milk production, so says a scientific research published in the online “Anthrozoos,” which is described as a “multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals”. The Newcastle University‘s School of Agriculture, Food and […]