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- NY girl survives 15-storey chimney plunge
- NEW YORK AFP — New Yorkers talked of a miracle Friday after a 12-year-old girl survived a 15-story chimney plunge. The girl had been playing on the roof area of her 13-story apartment building, an artists' colony in Manhattan's trendy West Village neighborhood, when she decided to climb a...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Diamond Frank Exploration Inc.: Acquisition of a Property With Diamondiferous Potential
- Diamond Frank Exploration Inc. ("Diamond Frank")(TSX VENTURE: DOD) announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the G-10 property. The property is comprised of 68 claims located in the Nouveau Quebec area known for its diamondiferous potential. Following the terms of this agreement,...
- Research articles 2008-04-18
- Man rescued from Australian pub chimney after 10 hours: police
- SYDNEY AFP — Police said Friday they were waiting to question a man who had to be rescued by firefighters after he got stuck in the chimney of an Australian outback pub. Officers believe the man -- too late to be making a Christmas delivery -- may have been...
- Research articles 2007-12-27
- Greenpeace members end Czech power plant protest
- PRAGUE AFP — Greenpeace activists Friday ended a two-day protest on top of the chimney of the biggest thermal power plant in the Czech Republic, which they say is the country's biggest polluter. "We succeeded in attracting attention about the links between the biggest Czech thermal plant which emits...
- Research articles 2007-12-07
- Rare earthquake creates alarm in southern Britain
- LONDON AFP — A rare earthquake shook households in southeast England on Saturday, toppling chimneys, causing power cuts and alarming residents, authorities said. The tremor, which the British Geological Survey BGS said hit 4.3 on the Richter scale, struck just after 8:15 am (0715 GMT), leaving one woman suffering...
- Research articles 2007-04-28
- Polish storks battle it out -- live via webcam
- WARSAW AFP — Tens of thousands of bird lovers are homing in on a nest on top of a chimney in western Poland thanks to a webcam giving an online glimpse of the trials and tribulations of two pairs of storks. "Last year, we had 1.4 million visitors to...
- Research articles 2007-04-03
- Baltic herring beats pike to become national fish of Estonia
- TALLINN, Estonia AFP — Estonia on Thursday elevated a small, slippery animal that often features on dinner plates to the status of national symbol. The humble Baltic herring was chosen over the pike in a government-sponsored contest to find a fish suitable to join the blue, black and white...
- Research articles 2007-02-22
- Winter Storms Causing Consumers to Reach for Supplemental Heating
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: CPSC Media: +1-301-504-7908 WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With winter storms and cold weather impacting much of the country, the need for supplemental heating is on the rise. Continued reports of deaths and injuries associated with alternative heating products prompts the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC...
- Research articles 2007-01-29
- Standard Oil Employee Jeff Wilson Wins Better Business Bureau Award for Coming to the Aid of Local Customer
- Jeff Wilson, Assistant Service Manager for Standard Oil of Connecticut ( www.standardoil.com ), came to the aid of an elderly Fairfield resident when a life-threatening chimney cleaning scam was taking place. The out-of-state chimney company had inspected the chimney and claimed that it was not working properly and needed an...
- Research articles 2007-12-17
- A nation struggling to catch its own breath.
- Byline: Matt Walker May 02, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- China has 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities, a World Bank study has found in 2006. It has the world's highest emission of sulphur dioxide, resulting in acid...
- Research articles 2006-05-02
- Hood features sleek styling.(NEW PRODUCTS)
- Broan-NuTone LLC has added three Forward Vision Best by Broan range hoods to its extensive collection of hoods, including the WM24 chimney hood, that was designed for Best by Broan by F.A. Porsche. The sleekly styled hood features an aluminum composite skin which reduces noise, according...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Trapped woman rescued from chimney
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Firefighters have rescued a woman who was found mysteriously stuck in the chimney of a house in California, officials said. "We were called out and discovered the female, who was approximately 20-years-old, was stuck about eight feet (2.4 meters) down from the top of the...
- Research articles 2006-01-17
- Santa Wars as deposed British world champ fumes
- LONDON AFP — The British Father Christmas who lost his Santa of the Year world crown lashed out, citing a suspected campaign to stop him from winning again that has damaged "Santa morale". Ron Horniblew, 70, has been authorized by the Master Santa in Greenland and is part of...
- Research articles 2005-12-18
- Aussies lead the race for clean air.
- Byline: Amanda Hodge Dec 12, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian Environment Minister Ian Campbell is hopeful new clean energy technology will soon be ready to be...
- Research articles 2005-12-12
- Hot over heat
- Dwight Moses has enjoyed free home heating for eight years.Moses, Grand Forks, owns a tree trimming and removal company and has access to lots of free wood. So much that he has a two-year supply piled up in his back yard for his outdoor wood boilerBut he can't use it.After...
- Research articles 2005-12-11
- Cardinals retreat into secrecy for papal election
- VATICAN CITY AFP — Shut away from the outside world, cardinals prepared to enter an ultra-secret conclave that combines ancient ritual with hi-tech gadgetry as they seek a new leader for a billion Roman Catholics around the globe. The cardinals from 52 nations will go into the first conclave...
- Research articles 2005-04-17
- New pope elected, Vatican rejoices
- VATICAN CITY AFP — The Roman Catholic Church elected its first new pope of the third millennium as bells pealed and thick white smoke billowed out of a Vatican chimney, with his identity to be announced within minutes. Tens of thousands of people on Saint Peter's Square roared and...
- Research articles 2005-04-19
- Cardinals begin second day of conclave
- VATICAN CITY AFP — Cardinals began the second day of their conclave to choose a successor to Pope John Paul II shortly after 9:00 am (0700 GMT) Tuesday, Italian media reported. The 115 cardinals made their way on foot and by bus from their Santa Marta residence behind Vatican...
- Research articles 2005-04-19
- No result in first papal ballot: black smoke
- VATICAN CITY AFP — Black smoke from the roof of the Sistine Chapel signalled that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their secret conclave. Some 20,000 people watching from Saint Peter's Square initially broke into ecstatic applause, thinking the election had been successful...
- Research articles 2005-04-18
- Papal conclave a mix of ritual and hi-tech security
- VATICAN CITY AFP — The chapel is ready, the tables are out and the place has been swept for bugs: as cardinals withdrew to elect a new pope, they entered a world of ancient ritual and hi-tech security. It began with the cardinals processing in red-robed finery into the...
- Research articles 2005-04-18
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