Posts Tagged ‘two-months’

Aung San Suu Kyi allowed internet

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi obtains internet access, two months after she was freed from years of house arrest.

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Aung San Suu Kyi allowed internet

Qantas resuming A380 US flights

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Australian airline Qantas is resuming flights of its Airbus A380s to the United States, two months after suspending them following a mid-air engine explosion.

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Freed miners head to Disney World

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Following in the footsteps of many other celebrities, the miners who spent more than two months trapped underground in a Chilean mine are “going to Disney World.”

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Freed miners head to Disney World

U.S. soldier no longer charged in UAE

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

The charges against an American soldier who had been detained for more than two months in the United Arab Emirates have been dismissed, authorities said.

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DealBook: General Electric to Buy Wellstream

Monday, December 13th, 2010

General Electric said on Monday that it had reached an agreement to buy the British oil services company Wellstream for $1.3 billion, two months after a lower offer from G.E. was rebuffed.

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Football Legend Don Meredith Dies

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Don Meredith, a legend for both his playing and his announcing, died at 72 in his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Meredith was the quintessential Dallas Cowboy: Signed to the Cowboys two months before they were admitted into the NFL, he played all of his…

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Football Legend Don Meredith Dies

Chile mine agrees to sell assets

Friday, November 26th, 2010

The company that owns a mine in Chile where 33 men were trapped for more than two months has agreed to sell its assets to avoid bankruptcy.

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Chile mine agrees to sell assets

‘Hobbit’ Movie to Stay in New Zealand

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

After two months of negotiations, and $500 million in new incentives, Warner Brothers and the government of New Zealand finally agreed that Peter Jackson’s prequel to The Lord of the Rings will continued to be filmed in New Zealand. After an argument…

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‘Hobbit’ Movie to Stay in New Zealand

Villa rocked by injury to Petrov

Monday, October 25th, 2010

Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov will be out for two months with a knee injury.

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‘Unique’ teen’s 1990 death a mystery

Monday, October 25th, 2010

Phlisia Bunting’s body was found dumped in a Colorado state park two months after she finished her freshman year in high school.

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‘Unique’ teen’s 1990 death a mystery

E.P.A. Struggles Over Fuel Ratings for Plug-In Cars

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Just two months before Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf enter showrooms, how the E.P.A. will measure the cars’ fuel economy remains a question.

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E.P.A. Struggles Over Fuel Ratings for Plug-In Cars

First moments out

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Isolated in a dark, underground world for more than two months, the first seven miners to emerge from the San Jose mine savored the fresh air amid eruptions of applause. Here’s how each man spent his first moments above ground:

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Rescue first step in long recovery

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The process of extracting 33 miners from a Chilean mine, where they have been trapped for more than two months, is going better than expected, the nation’s health minister told reporters Wednesday.

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First moments above

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Isolated in a dark, underground world for more than two months, the first seven miners to emerge from the San Jose mine savored the fresh air amid eruptions of applause. Here’s how each man spent his first moments above ground:

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First moments above

‘I’ll tell him never to work in a mine again’

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

The Chilean government says the first of the miners who have been trapped at the bottom of a pit for more than two months will be brought to the surface on Wednesday.

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‘I’ll tell him never to work in a mine again’