No stranger to agriculture, the eighth plague of Exodus is back, but at least not over American crop fields. Sometimes described as “hell from above,” Egypt and the Middle East have been hit with a massive swarm of locusts some ...
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On 1st March 2013 the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) will have a Day of Action in Cape Town. This will take place on the second day of SACTWU’s annual Bargaining Conference. The Day of Action ...
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A Huddersfield pie manufacturer has been found guilty of health and safety breaches that killed a factory worker in a gas oven explosion. The site after the explosion in 2009 Andrew Jones Pies was prosecuted by the Health and Safety ...
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Haiti became the 31st country to join the TAAT alliance which is seeking strong and fair textile rules in the TPP agreement. Gregor Avril, the Executive Director of the Association of Industries of Haiti said, "We stand with our free ...
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A report released National Audit Office revealed that the UK IT skills shortage means that Britain could have trouble defending itself from cyber attacks over the next 20 years. The UK was hit by over 40 million cyber attacks in 2011 ...
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February 1, 2013 -- Canada Credit Fix, Canada’s leading credit restoration and debt settlement specialists, has recently offered its services to the Canadian government in response to a recent loss of student loans data. The loss of ...
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The Canadian federal government plans to repeal the law that regulates the sizes of packaged foods sold in Canada. The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada national president Wayne Hanley has written an open letter to Canadian ...
NEW YORK --- The American Heart Assn. wants the home furnishings industry to help build awareness of the devastating effects of heart disease on women. Teaming with Concept Marketing Group, a New York-based licensing consulting firm, the ...
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The White House on Tuesday offered no specifics on how President Barack Obama plans to tackle climate change, a day after his inaugural speech included a pointed call to action. But a key Democrat in the House of Representatives said ...
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The ¥70 million (approximately US $900,000) contract from Mitsui (MES) will be to further develop the Company’s PowerBuoy technology for Japanese sea conditions. Under the contract, OPT will continue to analyse methods to ...
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A child using a WakaWaka Light in Haiti A Dutch lighting and energy company has announced that it will donate 10,000 solar led lights to Haitians still living in the dark after the earthquake of 2010. Off Grid Solutions has organised ...
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US-based pressure sensitive labeling solutions provider Technicote has announced the reopening of the newly renovated pressure sensitive adhesive and silicone coating facility at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, US. Technicote president Doug Connell ...
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Xylem’s storm water solution prevents multiple flooding in Malaysia since 2007 A storm water solution designed by Xylem has prevented seven major potential floods in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur since 2007, according to ...
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An award-winning storm water solution designed by Xylem Inc. has prevented seven major potential floods in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur since 2007, according to KoonSing Low, Director of SMART with the Malaysian government. Xylem ...
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The UK Defence Committee is urging the Government to be more vigorous in its approach to cyber threats. A new report released by the Committee says that the British military is now too dependent on information and communications ...
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