Michigan has received its first electric charging station as part of the ChargePoint America program. The charging station was installed at the NextEnergy headquarters in downtown Detroit at 461 Burroughs, Detroit, Michigan 48202. The charging point will form part of a program to hook up Southern Michigan to the electric vehicle network with 5,000 charging [...]
Australian Defence Force personnel aboard HMAS Tobruk have arrived in Papua New Guinea as part of a humanitarian mission alongside the United State’s ship, Vandegrift. The US sponsored “Pacific Partnership 2010″ program aims to strengthen the capacity of Pacific nations to deal with disasters such as the 2004 tsunami, as well as increase collaboration between [...]
The UN Secretary-General, Ban-Ki Moon, has dispatched an assistant to the Democratic Republic of Congo after reports of mass rape in North Kivu. Special Representative Roger Meece and Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), Atul Khare, are both looking into allegations that as many as 154 civilians had been raped in [...]
BAE Systems has landed a $629 million contract to upgrade a series of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles for the US military. 1,700 MRAP trucks will be upgraded to the Caiman Multi-Terrain Vehicle (MTV), which integrates a refurbished and improved armored capsule from an existing Caiman with a new high-power automotive power train, chassis [...]
American Football players at some of America’s top college teams got a makeover from Nike with ten special edition uniforms revealed on 1st September 2010. The 2010 Nike Pro Combat kits have special significance for each team: Alabama: Houndstooth check pattern incorporated into the uniform in tribute to legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. Boise State: [...]
Deutsche Bank launched a concerted effort on September 1st 2010 to recruit members of the military into the investment bank. Deutsche Bank has 80,849 employees in 72 countries, and hopes to benefit from the leadership and exceptional training available in former and serving members of the US military. As part of the US Military Veterans [...]
As the UN celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday 11th August 2010, the California Tribal Business Alliance was preparing to make a stand against big money pressures on tribes in North America. The CTBA, claims that off-reservation gaming schemes proposed in California have been pushed by non-Indian developers who encourage [...]
An Allied Glass factory in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, caught fire this afternoon before being put out by members of the West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service. Fire crews were called to the Hope Glass Works on Fernley Green Road at 12:13 on Tuesday 10th August and responded from Castleford, Knottingley, Pontefract, Normanton and Featherstone. An [...]
With just days remaining before the start of the 2010/2011 Barclays Premier League season, Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill has this afternoon announced his decision to resign from the club “with immediate effect.” The announcement comes after weeks of speculation and negotiation regarding a transfer of Villa’s England star James Milner to Manchester City, though [...]
What We Now Know: Wikileaks and the War in Afghanistan The story of how Wikileaks became instrumental in the biggest leak in US military history reads like a political thriller, and the fallout is likely to continue for days as specialists pour over its details. But as a first cut, how credible is the response [...]
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