Archive for sierpień, 2010

Platini voices England 2018 fears

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

Uefa president Michel Platini warns the Football Association that delaying naming a new chairman could damage England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

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Dell agrees $1.6bn 3Par takeover

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

Computer giant Dell agrees to take over data storage firm 3Par after tabling an improved offer for the company.

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Murray to face Lacko at US Open

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

Britain’s Andy Murray will play Lukas Lacko of Slovakia in the first round of the US Open.

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More rains hit flood-battered Pakistan

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

More monsoon rains across upper Pakistan Thursday will add to the misery of a nation still reeling from devastating floods.

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500,000 told to flee Pakistan floods

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

About 500,000 people in Pakistan are being urged to evacuate because of new flooding. Already, 17 million Pakistanis have been affected by flooding.

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Release RCMP gun registry report: Liberals

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

The federal Opposition Liberals are demanding the Conservative government release an RCMP report that concludes Canada’s long-run registry is cost-effective and an important tool for police.

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S Africa unions threaten ’standstill’

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

South African unions threaten to call a nationwide strike across all sectors in support of public workers, who marched through the country’s cities.

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Unions threaten SA ’standstill’

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

South African unions threaten to call a nationwide strike across all sectors in support of public workers, who marched through the country’s cities.

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Farmers oppose Indian road plan

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

Thousands of farmers hold a protest in the Indian capital, Delhi, against the forced acquisition of their land for a new motorway.

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‘Obliterated’ town coming back to life

czwartek, sierpień 26th, 2010

Tommy Longo has had a rough year: both hips, a femur and a knee replaced. When he hobbles out of his truck to see how the new City Hall construction is going, he looks with every step like he just needs to sit down. His face is covered with perspiration in the afternoon heat, and he always seems to be headed to the next appointment. You might think the mayor of a town that disappeared would have little to do, and yet Longo seems to never stop. “We lost our residential structures, lost our commercial structures, lost our governmental structures,” he says. “Every city building was gone. Our town was obliterated. We were wiped off the face of the earth.” For all the attention focused on New Orleans each time the anniversary of Katrina rolls around, it would be easy to [...]

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