Chile’s President-elect’s battle with delinquency becomes personal

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Saturday, February 27, 2010 Late on Thursday, at approximately 21:20 local time, the home of Cristián Larroulet, the nominated Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency under President-elect Sebastián Piñera of Chile, was burglarized while his wife and son were home alone. Two suspects physically assaulted them, before making off with valuables. Future Ministry Larroulet lives […]

Moon water possibly originated from comets, data shows

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Data from recent detailed analyses of samples collected on NASA Apollo moon missions, released Sunday, show that Lunar water may originate from comets that collided with the moon early in its geologic history. A team of astrophysicists led by James Greenwood of Wesleyan University in Connecticut analyzed samples collected on the […]

Israeli Supreme Court overturns expulsion of US student

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Saturday, October 20, 2018 On Thursday, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled in favor of Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old University of Florida student who appealed an expulsion order, allowing her to remain in the country. She was refused entry upon arrival in Israel on October 2 at Ben Gurion Airport and threatened with deportation; Israeli authorities […]

UN sponsored ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon begins

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Monday, August 14, 2006 At 5:00 a.m. GMT, a UN sponsored ceasefire between the IDF and Hezbollah took effect. Outside of isolated small arms fire, both sides seem to be abiding by it. Although fighting took place until just minutes before the ceasefire, no air strikes or rocket attacks have been reported since. Israel has […]

US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%

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Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This […]