France24 (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A fist fight may seem an odd way to show respect between Jews and Muslims, but when Dmitriy Salita competes for the WBA light-welterweight title next month, he'll be doing just that. Salita, an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn, New York, meets British Muslim title holder Amir Khan on December 5 in Newcastle, England. It will be a rare -- reportedly the first -- world title bout between practicing members...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A Newcastle fan group is trying to raise funds from supporters to buy the northeast England club from unpopular owner Mike Ashley.
MEI Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
I have known our two MEI Consultants to Flotation '09 for many years. Prof. Dee Bradshaw is a professorial research fellow at the JKMRC , University of Queensland, Australia, where she is involved in a number of projects focused on process mineralogy and flotation chemistry characterisation and optimisation. She has worked closely with industrial partners and has published widely, especially in Minerals...
MEI Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
With 190 delegates and 13 exhibitors, the Vineyard facilities are at full capacity. Six of the conference delegates have attended all this century's major flotation conferences, Flotation 2000 in Adelaide, Flotation '03 in Helsinki, Centenary of Flotation in 2005 in Brisbane, and Flotation '07 in Cape Town. Pictured below, left to right are Prof. Graeme Jameson (Newcastle University, Australia), Dr....
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
From the website of God's Own University: A Durham consortium of University and faith leaders hopes that Pope Benedict XVI will accept their invitation to make the first ever papal visit to the North East of England. Following a visit of Vatican representative and HM Ambassador to the Holy See, HE Francis Campbell, to Durham University in March of this year, a unique partnership of University, Anglican...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The European commission is to rule on the break-up of Northern Rock today - Graeme Wearden follows the action as it happens 10.24am: Anticipation over the future of Northern Rock is particularly acute in Newcastle. Local newspaper The Journal is reporting that local MPs are hoping that any buyer promises not to move its operations out of the North East. As Durham City MP Roberta Blackman-Woods put...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
A Briton of Nigerian descent, Chinyelu Susan Onwurah, has been selected by the Labour Party (LP) as its candidate for Newcastle Central in the House of Commons for the 2010 parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom.
ThePoliceTour.com . What's New (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
On November 24, Deutsche Grammophon will release a special, live concert performance on DVD entitled, 'Sting: A Winter's Night... Live from Durham Cathedral'. Filmed at the magnificent Durham Cathedral near Sting's hometown of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Northern England, the DVD features music off his forthcoming album, 'If On A Winter's Night...' in-stores, October 27. Recorded in HD and produced by...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
We hear from a former Nobel Peace Prize winner today from a little Q and A from Time Magazine. Muhammad Yunus won the award for starting the practice of microcredit, small loans to people who do not have collateral. Yunus began the practice in Bangladesh because poor people there only had access to credit through loan sharks who would charge outrageous interest. Our snippet contains 4 out of the 10...
Chris & Glynis Abbott (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
North East Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign to bring the Olympic flame to our region as part of the UK celebrations in 2012. Led by Berwick’s MP Sir Alan Beith, Liberal Democrats from around the north east have written to Lord Coe as Chairman of the London Organising Committee asking for the flame to visit the North east. Other signatories are: Fiona Hall MEP, Cllr John Shipley, Leader...
Sports World | Sports News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Watch Sam Sexton versus Martin Rogan rematch fight for the Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship on October 9, 2009 at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland. What: Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship - Sam Sexton vs. Martin Rogan When: 8:45PM Friday, October 09, 2009 Where: Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland Sam Sexton Sam Sexton (born 18 July 1984) is a British heavyweight boxer based...
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine goes to Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows [who] are nameless. Makes sense to me, but,...
A Good Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
This month's edition of The Session is about beer to the east and I had worried for a while about making sure I had the right be, the most easterly. But to heck with that. I am going to write about my entire relationship with the nation to my east, the U.S.A. I have to confess something - I buy most of my beer in another nation. Easily 75% of my beer money is spent in America. I did it this weekend...
gamma ways (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
The aim of the awards is to honour achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think". The Ig Nobel Prizes were presented to the winners by genuine Nobel laureates. The ceremony was organised by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Veterinary medicine: Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, UK, for showing that cows with names give more milk...
Bird North East (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to welcome one of the United Kingdom’s flagship construction companies as its latest corporate member. Balfour Beatty Construction Northern Limited is one of the most respected construction organisations in the United Kingdom and aims to be the Contractor of Choice not by being the largest but by being the best. The construction company has been based...
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phoenix634kv | 08/25/2009
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cherling62l2 | 08/21/2009
WASHINGTON – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year to colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program. Al-Maliki said the country's education system has suffered after years of war and dictatorship. "Today with the stability and the security...
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