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Israeli PM Sharon rushed to hospital

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon (born Ariel Sheinerman), 77, has been admitted to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, after suffering what doctors said was a “massive” stroke. According to reports from Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem, the Prime Minister was put under an anesthetic prior to surgery to address a massive...

SpaceX successfully launches its first crewed spaceflight

Sunday, May 31, 2020 SpaceX successfully launched its first crewed mission at 1922 UTC yesterday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in a Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket. This was the first launch of a crewed spacecraft from the United States since NASA’s...

Small Business Accounting Firm: Increase Your Profit Base

See More About: Best Tax Preparation Services For Startups By Alvis Brazma No doubt businesses aspire to earn a good reputation, but this comes with a lot of hard work. To start from a scratch and then be ahead in the race demands extra efforts, besides keeping a vigil on the growth charts of a...

Fukushima reactor suffers multiple fires, radiation leak confirmed

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Fires broke out at the Fukushima Daiichi plant’s No. 4 reactor in Japan on Tuesday, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company. The first fire caused a leak of concentrated radioactive material, according to the Japanese prime minister, Naoto Kan. The first fire broke out at 9:40 a.m. local time on...

SpaceX Falcon I launches from Kwajalein Atoll

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 SpaceX Corporation launched its Falcon I rocket today from Kwajalein Atoll. Liftoff occurred at 6:00 PM PDT, following two previous launch aborts this week. The first stage was completely successful, although there appeared to be some problems with the second stage. The sub-orbital flight reached an altitude of 300 km, and...

President of Guinea-Bissau assassinated

Monday, March 2, 2009 According to officials, João Bernardo Vieira, the president of Guinea-Bissau, was shot to death on Monday in his palace by renegade soldiers. “President Vieira was killed by the army as he tried to flee his house which was being attacked by a group of soldiers close to the chief of staff...

How Secure Is Your Shed And Garage?

See More About: Emerald Shed Cost How Secure is Your Shed and Garage? by Chris Marshall Sheds and garages are often full of expensive garden tools and machinery, as well as bikes and other similar items. What’s more, a burglar may not only steal these items but can use them in order to gain access...

Turkish government accused of being too slow to respond to bird flu

Friday, January 13, 2006 The Turkish government has come under fire from officials in Dogubayazit, where three siblings died from the H5N1 strain of Bird Flu, for not sending enough resources and not responding quickly enough in the region. The mayor of Dogubayazit, Mukkades Kubilay, claims that the Turkish government sent only three doctors and...

Somali pirates hijack Indonesian tugboat and Turkish container ship

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Two more vessels have been hijacked in Somalia. Pirates have captured an Indonesian tugboat with a barge that was working for French oil firm Total and a Turkish container ship. The Turkish vessel’s seizure was confirmed by a US Fifth Fleet spokesman. MV Bosphorus Prodigy is a 330 ft (100 m)...

Why Incorporating Can Mean Amazing Tax Savings

See More About: Reverse Mortgage Loans According to a new survey carried out by Alliance & Leicester, one in five small business owners view tax astheir greatest concern. The Chancellor has announced in hislast budget that companies with profits below ?10,000 willnot have to pay any corporation tax with effect from 1 April2002. The question...