Archive for March 20th, 2008
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Former U.S. Guantanamo commander Jay Hood has been appointed the new defense representative in Pakistan, Pakistan's local newspaper reported Thursday.
The U.S. army chief of staff has appointed Major General Jay Hood chief of Office ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
At least 13 people have died and three are missing Wednesday after a foot of rain in America's midsection caused rivers and creeks to overflow their banks. Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated.
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
A TV station in Chile's capital Santiago was evacuated following a bomb alert Wednesday morning, the second such alert in the city this week.
Chilevision received an anonymous call warning of the bomb just after 6:00 am. It later tu ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura officially named the cartoon characters "Doraemon" (middle) and "Nobita" (right) at an appointment ceremony on March 19 in Japan's capital city, Tokyo. On that day, the popular Japanese cartoon cha ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Australia plans to allow greenhouse gas emissions to be stored in the ocean floor around the island continent, with exploration for suitable sites possibly starting this year.
Energy Minister Martin Ferguson said the government would ame ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
The Chinese government ansd US educators lit one small candle yesterday, opening the first Confucius Institute in the US state of Georgia.
The Confucius Institute in Atlanta is part of a fast-growing international network of cultural cen ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Kuwait's ruler dissolved parliament yesterday and will set a fresh election in May, lawmakers said, days after the cabinet of the Gulf Arab oil exporter resigned over months of political wrangling.
Lawmakers said that Jassem al-Kharafi, ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Japan has created an unusual government post to promote animation, and named a perfect figure yesterday to the position: Doraemon.
Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura appointed the popular cartoon robot cat as "anime ambassador", handing a ...
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