Tuesday, July 29, 2008 As gas prices have risen in the United States, the regional transport authority for southeastern Pennsylvania, SEPTA, has seen a sharp increase in ridership, which has caused overcrowding on the trains. “As fuel prices have continued to rise, SEPTA ridership has steadily increased and is the highest in 18 years,” said […]
Thursday, March 18, 2010 Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has announced the dissolution of the country’s cabinet. In a statement after a cabinet meeting, Nigeria’s information minister, Dora Akunyili, said that “the acting president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolved the Federal Executive Council [cabinet].” In the same statement, Akunyili said that […]
Read An Opinion On: Secure Parking Bollards help you set boundaries by abigaylemark1People are looking for different ways to set limits between the spaces they have. Erecting walls is not always the best answer since you do not seek to be separated from the world. Bollards are a nice way through which you will be […]
Friday, January 5, 2007 An ethical controversy has surged in the United States and elsewhere around nine-year-old Ashley X (her family name has not been released). The disabled girl was operated upon at the request of her parents, to prevent her from growing, menstruating and developing breasts. The parents, who wish to remain anonymous, explain […]
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 Mobile phones are to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. Health-care workers will be able to report current health data from the field to a central database using their mobile phones, under a project to be launched with the help of leading phone companies and the U.S. government. The US$10 million project, called […]
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Michael Gurian, psychologist and author of “What Could He Be Thinking?“, has claimed to identify approximately one hundred structural differences between male and female brains in a recent study. Gurian comments: “Men, because we tend to compartmentalize our communication into a smaller part of the brain, we tend to be better […]
Sunday, February 18, 2007 File:Sathyasaibaba.jpg Indian spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba, 81, found himself embroiled in a political row after his recent remarks characterising the partition of the state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) as a “great sin”. On a recent visit to Chennai he publicly spoke out against the proposed partition of India’s fourth largest […]
Read An Opinion On: Nissan Titan For Sale Nissan Titan For Sale Australia byAlma Abell One major mistake that many people make when visiting India is limiting themselves to a single place or city. True, India’s size and diversity can be intimidating. One might compare it to walking into an immense department store and not […]
byAlma Abell Platinum and Gold Jewellery aren’t the only pieces of jewellery that you can buy as a gift for a person. Silver is an excellent gift idea and doesn’t cost as much as gold or platinum. Even though silver is cheaper than other jewellery options, you aren’t getting low-quality jewellery when you purchase silver. […]
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