News briefs:June 4, 2010

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Menorca airport’s new terminal collapses

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Thursday, September 14, 2006 The roof of the new Menorca Airport terminal in Spain collapsed at 12:32 p.m. local time, trapping 20 people and injuring three. The terminal was scheduled to be inaugurated in a few months time.

Ex-minister says UK Cabinet was “misled” about legality of Iraq war

May 7, 2019 By

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Clare Short, the United Kingdom’s then-Secretary of State for International Development, appeared before the Iraq Inquiry yesterday, and told the panel that the Cabinet was “misled” about the Iraq War’s legality prior to the 2003 invasion. The three-hour session was held in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London‘s City […]

Reasons Snow Removal In Neenah Is Needed

May 7, 2019 By

More On This Topic: Business Electricity Best Business Electricity byadmin One of the major enemies of roofs is snow. Unlike rain, snow has properties that can damage roofing material. While most roofs are designed to efficiently handle water, snow is a different type of entity that can wreak havoc on roofs. These are some of […]

Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal

May 7, 2019 By

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’ […]

Canterbury farmers to get aid because of snow

May 7, 2019 By

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 The New Zealand government officials have announced that it will give NZ$160,000 in aid to help farmers who were affected by the huge amounts of snow in Canterbury, New Zealand two weeks ago. The aid package will provide four regional offices for co-ordination, food supplies and ongoing support. The Federated Farmers […]

Cocaine found in frozen mango puree shipped to Montréal, Canada

May 2, 2019 By

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced Tuesday that they had seized approximately 160 kilograms of cocaine discovered in buckets of frozen mango puree imported from Mexico. Investigations led the police to a shipping container destined for the Port of Montréal, in the Canadian […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

May 2, 2019 By

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]