Published on March 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Aftershocks Continue In Chile – Chile’s new president, Sebastián Piñera, was minutes from being sworn in on Thursday when major aftershocks struck the central coast of this earthquake-ravaged country. But less than an hour after being inaugurated, he appeared on television to announce that troops, relief supplies and even Mr. Piñera himself would be heading immediately to the quake zone.
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Tags: Act, Aftershocks, Central Coast, Chile Chile, Congress Building, Devastating Earthquake, Inauguration, Initial Response, Magnitude, Michelle Bachelet, National Congress, New President, Pointed Reference, Predecessor, Quake Zone, Right Wing, Television Light, Tremors, Wing Leader, World Leaders
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Published on March 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Students Burned In Science Experiment – TWO 15-year-old students are in a serious condition in hospital with third degree burns after a science experiment went wrong in western Sydney.
Emergency services were called to the science lab at Norwest Christian College in Riverstone at 9.35am (AEDT) today.
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Tags: ambulance, Bunsen Burner, Emergency Services, Experiment Students, Fire Brigade, Methylated Spirits, Norwest, Riverstone, S Hospital, Science Experiment, Science Lab, Spokesman, Third Degree Burns, Upper Bodies, Western Sydney, Westmead
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Published on March 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Constance McMillen Prom Controversy – When Constance McMillen fought the law, the law canceled the fight.
With the backing of the ACLU, McMillen fought an Itawamba County school board to be able to take her lesbian partner and wear a tuxedo to the Itawamba County Agricultural High School prom, in the small town of Itawamba, Miss. about 20 miles east of Tupelo.
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Tags: Aclu, Agricultural High School, April, Board Members, Classmates, Constance, Expression Rights, Fear, High School Prom, Itawamba County, Lesbian Partner, Lost, Mcmillen, Prom Controversy, Restriction, Retribution, Tux, Tuxedo
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Published on March 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
104 Nuclear Reactors In The U.S. – The Iranian government is tyrannical. It’s corrupt and it has a heavy record of human rights violations. All this explains the sea of people protesting in the country in city streets since the disputed June presidential election. The tides of discontent have been ebbing and flowing for years, tempered by things like the near-decade long war with Iraq and fueled by the regime’s own harsh crackdowns.
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Tags: City Streets, Decade, Decades, Discontent, Friction, Human Rights Violations, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Government, Iranian Population, Light Up The Sky, Military Action, music, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Reactors, Presidential Election, Regime, Sea People, Struggle, Tides, War With Iraq
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Published on March 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Youtube Now A TV Station – YouTube’s first major move away from being a video-sharing site and towards an online TV destination begins early tomorrow morning when it begins streaming free live Indian Premier Cricket League matches.
The Google-owned YouTube yesterday unveiled eight sponsors, half of which are global brand names. HSBC, Hewlett Packard, Coca Cola, Samsung, Indian mobile phone company, Airtel, Honda motorcycles, an Indian university, and one of the teams, the Bangalore-based Royal Challenger team were named as sponsors of the initial 56 matches of this season.
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Tags: Advertisers, Ambition, bangalore, Brand Names, Challenger Team, coca cola, Cricket League, Dollar Size, Global Brand, google, Hewlett Packard, Honda Motorcycles, Internet Users, Match, Mobile Phone Company, Odds, Sponsorship Packages, Tomorrow Morning, Tv Station, youtube
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