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Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark

Friday, January 12, 2007 The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was resented on Wednesday for the first time) - Apple Inc. - and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose - Cisco. The company claims to possess the trademark for iPhone, and moreover, that it sells devices under the same brand through one of its divisions. This became the reason for Cisco to file a lawsuit against Apple Inc. so that the latter would stop selling

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Learning How To Drive In Australia

Click Here To Know More About: Offroadcarts.Com.Au Goulburn Off Road Carts & Generators Learning how to drive in Australia by Catherine PadleyRoad safety is universal, so the same rules like road courtesy, wearing of seatbelts, and keeping to displayed speed limits required in other countries also apply on Australian roads. If you are learning how to drive in Australia, remember that the goal of driving is to arrive at the destination in a timely and safely manner. Your best bet if you are learning how to drive in Australia would be to enlist the help of pr

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New York tour bus crash kills 14

 Correction — March 15, 2011 The destination of the bus was in Manhattan, not Uncasville as stated in the article.  Sunday, March 13, 2011 At least fourteen people have died after a chartered bus crashed in The Bronx, New York. According to authorities, the tour bus accident also injured eighteen other people, amongst which five were critically injured. The vehicle was travelling from Mohegan Sun in Connecticut to the village of Uncasville, also located in Connecticut. When the crash occurred on Interstate 95 at approximately 0535 EST (1035 UTC) on Sunday, there were at le

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United Nations suspends operations in Gaza after schools and trucks are hit by Israeli forces

Friday, January 9, 2009 The United Nations (UN) suspended all of its operations in Gaza from yesterday, after the bombing of a convoy of UN aid trucks which killed one Palestinian driver, and wounded three others. Thursday was the second day of attacks on UN targets after three UN schools housing refugees were bombed on Tuesday, killing over 50 civilians. "UNRWA decided to suspend all its operations in the Gaza Strip because of the increasing hostile actions against its premises and personnel," Adnan Abu Hasna, a Gaza-based spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Work

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Gulan’s Space Projections}

Click Here To Know More About: Australian Aboriginal Art For Sale Australian Aboriginal Art Galleries Sydney Gulan's Space Projections by elmer5596bSpace Projections, the most recent album by Gulan, has gone beyond the hope of all diehard Gulan fans. This in itself is a big success, for there are several who believe Cassiopeia, his earlier album, as the ultimate ambient music phenomenon. The earlier albums Antigravitation and Sphere, in addition to Cassiopeia sure a large number of music fans about his exclusive capability to generate space music by coming togethe

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‘Davos man’ versus ‘Camp Igloo’; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps

Thursday, January 26, 2012 Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gave yesterday's opening address to the 42nd meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is facing a distinctly different geo-political landscape from twelve months ago. Outside the WEF security cordon, in the sub-zero temperatures of Davos' train station car park, the local incarnation of the Occupy movement are setting up 'Camp Igloo'; but, with little hope of the archetypes of the 1%, 'Davos Man', arriving by public transport and seeing their sub-zero protest. David Roth, heading the Swiss centre-left's

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Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds

Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd's List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on the Caribbean island of Curaçao where the ship is docked began an investigation into the presence of asbestos dust on the ship. Former Scientologist Lawrence Woodcraft supervised work on the ship in 1987, and attested to the presence of blue asbest

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News briefs:October 21, 2007

Audio Wikinews News Brief for October 21, 2007 Recorded by: DavumayaProblems listening to the file? See media help.RSS The time is 6:15 UTC and this an Audio Wikinews Brief for the weekend of Sunday, October 21, 2007. Contents 1 Thousands flee renewed violence in Congo 2 Blast kills 8, injures 126 at a mall in Manila, The Philippines 3 Mass suspensions and relief of duties after US B-52 flew with armed nuclear missiles 4 Half of life could go extinct by century's end, warn eminent biologists 5 US stock markets tumble on 'Black Monday' anniversary 6 South Afric

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Swiss reject single health insurance

Monday, March 12, 2007 24 of 26 Swiss Cantons rejected the proposal for a single health insurance system, in which premiums would be based on income and wealth. The vote on Sunday was the latest in a series of attempts to cut rising costs and ease the financial burden on citizens. Around 71% of voters rejected the reform. Turnout was at about 46%, slightly above the Swiss average. As expected, voters in the main German-speaking part of the country turned down the planned reform, which was supported by the centre-left but opposed by the centre-right as well as the business

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Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts

Sunday, May 20, 2018 On Thursday morning, before dawn, Hawaii's K?lauea shield volcano erupted again, sending up an ash plume to an altitude of 30,000 feet (9,100 meters). This follows an earlier eruption Tuesday afternoon, after which authorities issued an aviation alert and to extend an ash-fall advisory for residents. The current eruption event began May 3 and has caused thousands of people to evacuate their homes. Robert Hughes, whose Aloha Junction Bed and Breakfast, is only 1.5 miles from the volcano's crater described the day as otherwise "a nice rainy day" and re