Appalachian Mountains coal company target of protesters

Saturday, July 9, 2005 A Friday protest in downtown Richmond drew around 200 protesters to Virginia’s state capital to demonstrate against strip mining practices of Massey Energy Company. Demonstrators marched through town and gathered in front of the company’s office building where nearly 20 laid in the street of the …

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News briefs:August 8, 2005

Contents 1 Robin Cook dead after collapsing 2 Russian submarine rescued by Royal Navy 3 America’s atomic bombing commemoration held in Hiroshima 4 Larson B ice-shelf collapse reveals exotic organisms isolated for 10,000 years 5 ABC News anchor Peter Jennings dies at 67 6 Space Shuttle Discovery STS-114 landing postponed …

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Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags

Wednesday, March 9, 2005 File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets …

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Food packages to Vestas occupiers cut off

Sunday, August 2, 2009 Food deliveries from the RMT were allowed into the Vestas plant in Newport, England yesterday, but were cut off by Vestas management this afternoon. Protesters at the Isle of Wight factory celebrated the delivery of supermarket bags filed with groceries, which entered with a police escort. …

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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe: Vote for us or starve

Saturday, March 26, 2005 In a land of four million people where roughly one fourth of the population faces danger of hunger, opposition party supporters are receiving a harsh message from government run emergency food stations in the run up to Thursday’s election: Vote for Mugabe, or starve. As two …

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Abramoff begins prison sentence

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 File:Jack Abramoff Jan1006.jpg Jack Abramoff, the disgraced ex-lobbyist began his six year prison sentence today. Abramoff himself pled guilty on January 3, to three criminal felony counts in a Washington, D.C. federal court related to the defrauding of American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials. …

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Choosing Nanny For Children}

More Detail Here: Digital Marketing Company Sydney Best Pr Agency Brisbane Choosing Nanny for children by Chrystal Targett There’s a story that recently ran on the local media about a nanny who stole your baby after leaving the family for over few months. This story left a lot of people …

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