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Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after ‘Top Model’

February 13, 2023 By Admin

Monday, November 26, 2007 In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming […]

Athletes prepare for 2012 Summer Paralympics at the Paralympic Fitness Centre

February 12, 2023 By Admin

Monday, August 27, 2012 London, England — As Paralympians ready for the Games which are set to open later this week, they have access to a world class fitness center inside the Paralympic Village which is designed to maximise their pre-Game preparations. According to volunteers staffing the center, instead of being a single large room, […]

Category:August 2, 2010

February 12, 2023 By Admin

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Major explosions at UK oil depot

February 12, 2023 By Admin

Sunday, December 11, 2005 A series of large explosions have occurred close to Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire, UK. The source of the explosions has been confirmed as the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal (HOSL), Hemel Hempstead, known locally as the Buncefield complex. Up to 150 fire fighters are reported to be at the scene with 10 fire […]

Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal

February 10, 2023 By Admin

Monday, January 26, 2009 Half a million participated in anti-China demonstrations on October 25, 2008 (“1025 demonstration”) in Taiwan.Image: MiNe. On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others. […]

Police report drug haul seizure worth up to £30 million in Brownhills, England

February 10, 2023 By Admin

Monday, December 2, 2013 Location of West Midlands within England Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described […]

Three injured in a school shooting in Idaho, US; sixth grader in custody

February 7, 2023 By Admin

Sunday, May 9, 2021 Two students and a school employee have been injured following a shooting at Rigby Middle School in Idaho, United States, on Thursday, with a sixth grader in custody. According to Jefferson County sheriff Steve Anderson, the sixth grader — who attends the middle school and lives in Idaho Falls — pulled […]

Ground broken on Northpoint development in Cambridge, Massachusetts

February 6, 2023 By Admin

A view of the Leonard Zakim bridge from the construction site. The warehouses at right will be replaced by a five-acre park within two years. The elevated roadway in the foreground is the John F. Gilmore Bridge. Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Cambridge, Massachusetts —Construction of two condominium buildings and a five-acre park began on March […]

“PGR4” pre-launch in Taiwan: TOP Drivers’ Derby

February 4, 2023 By Admin

Saturday, September 29, 2007 After the launch of “Halo 3” on Tuesday (September 25), Microsoft promoted a brand new Xbox360 racing game “Project Gotham Racing 4” (PGR4) with a friendship match as a “TOP on TOP” competition between Taiwanese World Cyber Games (WCG) PGR3 Delegate You-cheng Liu and “Drift Master of Taiwan” Po-hsiung Chou at […]

China prepared to support eurozone countries hit by financial crisis

February 4, 2023 By Admin

Thursday, December 23, 2010 File:Jiang Yu 29 May 2007.jpgJiang Yu, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry. Image: VOA. China has said it is prepared to support eurozone countries during the financial crisis that has hit the sixteen member states. The country’s foreign ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said: “We are ready to support the eurozone […]