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Four senior employees of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) have been relieved of their positions over alleged financial irregularities and unethical accounting practices before May 2007.
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Tina Ramirez, the artistic director of Ballet Hispanico, is stepping down from her position after almost 40 years.
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For decades, Terence Davies has felt ostracised from the film establishment - but his new movie, a deeply personal documentary about his home city of Liverpool, has become the toast of film festivals around the world. He talks to David gritten.
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John Hawthorne, director of redevelopment in North Sarasota for the past five years, resigned this week.
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When visiting the Hulu blog today to see if they were up to anything worth writing about, I was greeted by a familiar voice (well, in text form). A voice that I have enjoyed for years through film, and "literature" (he's got a couple books). A voice from a man who is ironically most famous for being silent.read more
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Mr. Martin speaks in a very deadpan tone and entertained the fans in Birmingham with his witty remarks on the Eurovision Song Contest. Bill Martin founded one of the most successful songwriting partnerships with Nothern Irish Phil Coulter, who wrote
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Details: Classification: Full Time Compensation: $120,000 to $135,000 per year A $15 billion, publicly traded, international manufacturing firm headquartered in downtown Chicago is searching for a Tax Director to join their team. The Tax Direc
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The Minister of Sport and Recreation, Makhenkesi Stofile has called for the development of a ten-year-plan that will assist in giving some focused attention to team preparation ahead of major international sport events.
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Canada's defending figure skating pair champions Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay may not be ready to compete at the Grand Prix events in Canada and Japan that begin in October.
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Saturday 10 a.m. Activists urge amnesty for U.S. political prisoners outside the Harlem State Office Building, 126th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard. (1 p.m. March through Harlem; 3 p.m. Rally in Morningside Park between 112th and 114th streets.) 5:30 p.m. PETA activists dressed as zombies protest outside KFC restaurant; KFC Herald Square, 1286 Broadway, at 33rd Street. 6 p.m. Liesel Pritzker hosts fundraiser for Young Ambassadors for Opportunity; Gustavino's, 409 East 59th St. 7 p.m. Anti-war forum held at PS 41, West 11th Street near Sixth Avenue. Sunday Noon. Rally against changing the term-limits law on the City Hall steps. Monday 7 p.m. Author Herb Boyd reads from and discusses his book Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin at Revolution Books, 146 W 26th St. And it's the last chance to see The Falls.
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The cancellations include a conference that was to be held in Half Moon Bay. The insurer has drawn harsh criticism for a function it held at a luxury resort days after it got an $85-billion bailout. American International Group Inc. said Thursday that it would cancel most of its planned events after lawmakers castigated the insurer for hosting a $440,000 function at a resort while benefiting from an $85-billion government bailout.
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Scott's new thriller, 'Body of Lies,' stars Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Some of the anger is getting raw at Republican rallies as supporters of John McCain see his presidential campaign lag, and John McCain is mostly letting that rage flare.
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Damnation was the dominant theme Saturday in a new Vienna State Opera production of Charles Gounod's Faust. But redemption triumphed in the form of wonderful singing and a powerful orchestral performance.
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BOSTON (AP) -- For more than two years, U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan has been consumed by the latest entry on his resume: acting chief of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives....
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Liverpool's Capital of Culture year is hailed as one of the best ever, so far attracting 10 million visitors to the city.
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8 a.m. L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discusses his clean ports plan with Jerry Nadler and Chris Ward at a forum on cleaning up seaports at The Harvard Club, 27 West 44th St. 8 a.m. New York Building Congress releases the city construction forecast through 2010 at a breakfast forum with Amanda Burden at the Hilton New York, 1335 Sixth Ave. 10 a.m. State Senator Liz Krueger hosts a forum for the arts community on reaching out to international tourists, at Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th St. 11 a.m. State Senator Kevin Parker discusses the term-limits legislation on the City Hall Steps. read more »
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Profile: The new chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland arrives after four years working in commercial property. Stephen Hester leaves investment company British Land to replace Sir Fred Goodwin.
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Corporations can donate to the Commission on Presidential Debates and get coveted tickets to the debates and an image boost in return.
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London 2012 officials are considering moving the badminton event to Wembley to save money, BBC London learns.
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London 2012 officials are considering moving the badminton event to Wembley to save money, BBC London learns.
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10:30 a.m. Make the Road New York leads march and rally of low-income New Yorkers and supporters to protest budget cuts. March begins at 11:15 at U.F.T. Headquarters, 52 Broadway; rally begins at noon at City Hall. 10 a.m. Signing of the Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds Program on the Arsenal Rooftop, Fifth Avenue and 64th Street. 10:30 a.m. LaGuardia Community College hosts a discussion with broadcast journalist Joe Franklin; 31-10 Thomson Ave., Poolside Cafe, E-Building, Long Island City. 10:30 a.m. Representative Carolyn Maloney and financial service leaders discuss the consumer credit crisis and the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights at LJ Altfest & Company, 425 Park Ave. read more »
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One IIT that is not affected (of this global crisis) is IIT Guwahati. The institute has had a policy of not allowing financial companies to make campus recruitment for many years now," IIT-G director Prof Gautam Barua told PTI. "The
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8:30 a.m. Peter Vallone moderates Baruch College's forum on term limits. In theNewman Conference Center, 151 East 25th St., 7th floor. 8:30 a.m. Young Lawyers for Obama meet at Dewey & Lebouf, 1301 Sixth Ave., 23rd floor. 8:30 a.m. The Board of Directors of the New York City Industrial Development Agency meet in the 4th floor boardroom at NYCEDC offices, 110 William St. 9 a.m. Brooklyn College hosts a forum on HIV-AIDS outreach at The Penthouse of the Student Center, 2900 Bedford Ave. 9:30 a.m. State Senator Ruben Diaz and the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization protest an abortion clinic located at 560 Southern Blvd. read more »
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A senior director has left Woolworths and others are expected to follow, as the retailer's woes mount ahead of the critical Christmas trading period.
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Cox and Moore direct first films based on Glamour mag stories, attract A-listers
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According to her syllabus, the topic of the day in Professor Lynne Kelly's graduate microeconomics class at Howard University yesterday was to be cost analysis. But the headlines highlighted another shift in the government's bank-bailout strategy; another toilet flush of the stock market; another...
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Toccoa Main Street Director Connie Tabor has been designated as a Master Georgia Downtown Development Professional.
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Henry Reid was indicted by a grand jury in May on charges of selling body parts to a businessman who resold them to medical, pharmaceutical and hospital research companies. An Anaheim man who is the former director of UCLA's program for bodies donated to research pleaded guilty Friday to his role in a scheme to traffic body parts for profit, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.
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2008/2009 Ukrainian League. Week 11
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The International Monetary Fund investigates whether its director abused his power in an alleged relationship with a subordinate.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed it has launched an investigation into whether director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, abused his power while involved in a...
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