Posts Tagged ‘the-road’

Samoa to Change Time Zones

Monday, May 9th, 2011

It must be a confusing time to live in Samoa. First the government switched the side of the road Samoans drive on, and now it’s trying to switch to the other side of the dateline, meaning the Pacific island will jump forward in time by a day. Samoan…

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Samoa to Change Time Zones

Monday, May 9th, 2011

It must be a confusing time to live in Samoa. First the government switched the side of the road Samoans drive on, and now it’s trying to switch to the other side of the dateline, meaning the Pacific island will jump forward in time by a day. Samoan…

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Samoa to Change Time Zones

Obama to hit road to rally support for debt reduction plan ahead of budget battles

Monday, April 18th, 2011

President Obama will hit the road this week and forcibly deliver his message that a combination of spending cuts and tax hikes on the rich is necessary to rein in the nation’s rocketing debt — a high-stakes effort to rally public support ahead of a series of contentious budget battles in Congress.

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NATO Strike Hits Libya Rebels

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Libyan rebels say NATO planes mistakenly fired on them, killing at least 13 people and destroying five vehicles on the road between Brega and Ajdabiya late Friday night. Details of the incident are unclear, and NATO says it’s investigating. A BBC…

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Libya rebels fight for Sirte road

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Libyan rebels battle government troops for control of the road to Sirte, Col Gaddafi’s birthplace and a key step towards Tripoli.

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Extra £15m given to fix potholes

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Councils are to share an extra £15m from the government to cover the impact of the big freeze on the road network.

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Jobs market ‘on road to recovery’

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

A new KPMG-led study suggests the jobs market is “on the road to recovery”, with a strong rise in demand for staff.

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Jobs market ‘on road to recovery’

Weird Animal Deaths Plague Arkansas

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

What’s going on in Arkansas? Late in the evening on December 31st, thousands of black birds over the small town of Beebe started mysteriously falling out of the sky. “It was horrible; you could not even get down the road without running over hundreds….

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Weird Animal Deaths Plague Arkansas

FiveThirtyEight: Sarah Palin’s Nomination Chances: A Reassessment

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Heading into a new election cycle, Sarah Palin faces challenges on the road to winning the G.O.P. nomination.

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FiveThirtyEight: Sarah Palin’s Nomination Chances: A Reassessment

Bluster and blushes

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur on a year on the road

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Bluster and blushes

Bluster and blushes

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur on a year on the road

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Bluster and blushes

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur on a year on the road

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Many killed in Ecuador bus plunge

Friday, December 24th, 2010

At least 30 people are killed when their bus tumbles off the road and down a ravine in the west of Ecuador.

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Imam Behind Islamic Center Plans U.S. Tour

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the proposed Islamic center near ground zero, is taking to the road in January to foster dialogue about Muslim life in America.

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Imam Behind Islamic Center Plans U.S. Tour

Survival secrets

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Wikileaks founder in hiding keeps his show on the road

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Survival secrets