Posts Tagged ‘government’
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
China's ancient treasures are now at Stanford thanks to China's patient labor and today's technology. The 9,100 volumes capture the best of China's past.

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Stanford acquires a cache of ancient Chinese books
Tags: china, country, government, library, media-contact, national, news, not-the-bank, Philosophy, popular-stories, series
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
ONE of my favourite movies and I say this at the risk of reminding readers which generation I belong to is Youve Got Mail .

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Do you think you are a good worker? Find out
Tags: business, columnists, education, entertainment, government, health, intelligence, investor-relations, lifestyle, movie, personal
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
OXFORD, Miss. - A rare auction of signed William Faulkner books and personal items has drawn international interest, but few on the town square of the author's hometown were aware of the bidding set for Tuesday at Christie's in New York.

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Rare, large Faulkner collection up for auction; signed books, telegram to daughter among items
Tags: brandon-sun, Canada, classifieds, entertainment, faulkner, government, manitoba, mother, Sports
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
IT'S storytime at Monash University, but this time Blinky Bill and Enid Blyton have replaced Grey's Anatomy and Aristotle.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Rare books on show in Monash
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
BANGKOK - A new international campaign aims to encourage oil and gas giants Total and Chevron to reveal the extent of payments they have made to the Myanmar government over the past 18 years.

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Call to open Myanmar's books
Tags: asia-times, china, development, government, junta, middle-east, ndonesia-news, philippines-news, southeast-asia, united, world, yadana
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
A Chinese city shaken by one of three back-to-back attacks on schools stepped up security and urged its citizens to "trust the government" Saturday, a day after parents of the injured children protested outside a local hospital.

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China city goes on defense after school attack
Tags: children, china, chinese-schools, education, entertainment, facebook, government, opinion, please-sign-in-to-rate, politics, rate-this, related, report, Sports, Yahoo
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Biotech drugmaker fell to first-quarter loss as sales declined and company set aside $175 million to pay fine related to manufacturing problems at its Allston, Mass., plant.

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Genzyme Books 1Q Loss On FDA Fine
Tags: allston, biotech, development, drugmaker, fda, function, genzyme-books, government, manufacturing, massachussetts, mouse, news, sales
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
HUNDREDS of books from Bacchus Marsh's heritage-listed Blacksmith Cottage and Forge Bookbarn are looking for new homes.

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Selling in volume at Bacchus Marsh bookshop
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010
A 44-year-old McCleary woman faces charges for allegedly stealing more than $12,000 in rare coins from her father, according to The Daily World of Aberdeen.

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MCCLEARY: Daughter charged with stealing money (The Olympian)
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Written by Our Correspondent Lianhe Zaobao journalist Ms Yew Lun Tian who conducted a rare interview with Singapore Democratic Party leader Dr Chee Soon Juan a few weeks ago, has posted a clarification on her Facebook denying that she had attempted to put Dr Chee in a bad light deliberately by portraying him as being evasive

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Zaobao journalist posts clarification on Facebook that she did not “sabotage” Dr Chee Soon Juan in her interview with ... (The Temasek Review)
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