Ross Hammond
PORTSMOUTH — A Greenland man who allegedly beat and threatened his roommate before smashing into his roommate's car and driving while intoxicated is being held on $20,000 cash bail.
Sep 8, 2010
Greenland man accused of beating roommate held on $20g cash bail
Ross Hammond
PORTSMOUTH — A Greenland man who allegedly beat and threatened his roommate before smashing into his roommate's car and driving while intoxicated is being held on $20,000 cash bail.
Dengue : du mieux en Martinique et Guadeloupe
Chaque semaine, l’Institut de Veille sanitaire (InVS) publie un état des lieux de l’activité de la dengue et du chikungunya dans les territoires français ultramarins. Pour la semaine 34 (du 23 au 29 août) les épidémies restent très actives, mais à la Martinique et en Guadeloupe la tendance est à la stabilisation, voire à la baisse.
A la Martinique : stabilisation de l’épidémie de dengue. Le nombre de cas de dengue reste à « des niveaux très élevés », même s’il a légèrement diminué par rapport aux semaines passées. Au total, 432 cas confirmés ont nécessité une hospitalisation depuis le 22 février 2010, dont 130 pour le seul mois d’août. Depuis le mois de mai, 13 décès ont été enregistrés ;
Pacific Games to cost $1.8K per athlete
Pacific Games Council secretary general David Boyd, sitting right, protocol director Helen Court Wabete, sitting second right, and NC2011 president Pascale Bastien-Thiry, sitting third right, pose with NMASA members after holding a special briefing at the conference room of the Gilbert ....
WALLIS, FUTUNA: A highly (electrically) charged atmosphere, Sep 08, 2010
Wallace atoll is located 220 km northwest from the islands of Alofi and Futuna and 357 km westwards from the Samoan island of Savai'i. (Pacific Scoop File image.)
Report – By Virginie Ribadeau Dumas.
In Wallis and Futuna, the atmosphere that reigned this past month was highly charged in electricity.
Yves Morault, Pacific associate CEO ....
Puissant séisme au Nord-est de Fidji, forte réplique en Nouvelle-Zélande
SUVA, mercredi 8 septembre 2010 (Flash d'Océanie) – L’activité sismique demeure intense dans le Pacifique Sud-ouest avec, mercredi, aux aurores, un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,3 sur l’échelle de Richter qui a frappé au Nord-est de Fidji, près de l’île de Vanua Levu, non loin des Wallis-et-Futuna, rapporte l’institut géophysique américain USGS. velle-Zélande
Puissant séisme au Nord-est de Fidji
SUVA, mercredi 8 septembre 2010 (Flash d'Océanie) – L’activité sismique demeure intense dans le Pacifique Sud-ouest avec, mercredi, aux aurores, un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,3 sur l’échelle de Richter qui a frappé au Nord-est de Fidji, près de l’île de Vanua Levu, non loin des Wallis-et-Futuna, rapporte l’institut géophysique américain USGS.
Karate side off to Tahiti
NINE athletes will jet out this Sunday bound for Tahiti to compete in the 14th Oceania Karate Championship.
The nine are team captain Marika Rodu, Jasmine Rafiq, Sandip Pala, Beato Lenoa, Pita Lenoa, James Lenoa, Shaun Yuen, Victor Qiolevu and David Qiolevu along with national coach Lemeki Lenoa and team manager Laverne Qiolevu.
Brunei Eye Quarterfinals Berth
Photo: James Kon Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Darussalam U-18 football team is eyeing a quarterfinals berth in the Asian U-18 Schools Football ...
Seven Thousand Dollars from the Chamber Commerce of India in Brunei Darussalam
Today, the Fund received a total of Seven Thousand Dollars from twelve donors from the Chamber Commerce of India in Brunei Darussalam. ...
BA-Iberia eye 12 airlines for expansion
BRITISH Airways and Iberia have a list of 12 potential airlines to buy or merge with when their tie-up is complete, BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh said in Mumbai on Sunday.
Slow growth for IT jobs in UK
PUBLIC sector job opportunities in IT in Britain have fallen markedly since the start of the year, a survey showed yesterday, in a sign that the government's austerity drive is already affecting the labour market.
Obama to launch political offensive on economy
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama will travel to the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin Monday as part of a broad effort to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery.
BA still keen on Qantas merger
BRITISH Airways would be keen on reopening merger talks with Qantas Airways if Australia's top carrier was interested in reviving a deal that collapsed in 2008, according to BA's chief executive.
Slovakia faces EU problems after rebuff of Greek aid
SLOVAKIA faces growing criticism and isolation in the European Union over its decision not to contribute to an aid package for debt-ridden Greece, EU diplomats said yesterday.
Euro slides, Europe banking issues in focus
THE euro fell broadly yesterday after rekindled concerns about the European banking sector and prompted investors to sell higher-risk currencies.
Debenhams is cutting prices by up to 25 per cent
LONDON: British department stores group Debenhams is cutting prices by up to 25 per cent, in a sign retailers are increasingly nervous about the outlook for consumer spending.
UK behind in graduate race
BRITAIN is falling behind other industrialised nations in the race to produce the highly skilled graduates needed to remain competitive in the world economy, an international survey of education found yesterday.
Agreement for feasibility study of bridge to Temburong inked
Illustration: BT/Ayi Hermala
The proposed bridge linking Brunei-Muara and Temburong is likely to become one of the Sultanate's must-see landmarks, with an Islamic motif dominant in its design.
Cockroaches could help fight infection
NEWSCORE - Cockroaches could be more of a health benefit than a health hazard, as their brains contain powerful antibiotic properties which could lead to new treatments against superbugs, British scientists said Monday.
4 killed by police in Kashmir
AFP - Four people were killed on Monday when Indian security forces opened fire on alleged stone-throwing protesters during fresh demonstrations against Indian rule in Kashmir, police said.
Teen faces castration after brutal police beating
AFP - A Russian teen is facing castration after being severely beaten by police in the Volga river town of Kstovo, a local non-governmental group against torture said Monday.
US drone strike kills militants
NEWSCORE - A US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle carrying militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area, near the Afghan border, killing five rebels, officials said.
World's shortest man is 27 inches tall
NEWSCORE - A Colombian measuring just over two feet tall has been officially recognized as the world's shortest living man by the Guinness World Records, Sky News reported Monday.
Iran blocks UN nuclear inspectors
AFP - Iran is hampering a long-running investigation into its controversial nuclear drive by refusing to allow experienced U.N. inspectors into the country, the UN atomic watchdog said Monday.
Gillard is PM, Australia
NEWSCORE - Labor leader Julia Gillard secured government in Australia with a AU$10billion ($F17.6billion) package for regional areas.
The much-anticipated announcement by independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott gave Gillard 76 seats ù enough to form Australia's first minority federal government since 1940, The Australian reported. Earlier, fellow independent Bob Katter said he was backing the Liberal-National Coalition, giving its leader Tony Abbott 74 seats. The two sides had been in deadlock since the August 21 election left neither side in a position to govern.
Songbirds slaughtered for a Frenchman's feast
FORMER French President Francois Mitterrand chose to die in a remote rural spot, hundreds of miles from the Elysee Palace in Paris where he had once dominated French politics.
Here in Landes, in south-west France near Bordeaux, there are only maize fields and pine trees as far as the eye can see; a calm, isolated place to contemplate your life ù as Mitterrand did in his final days, dying of prostate cancer at the age of 79 in January 1996. It's also ideal stopping-off territory for one of France's most charming little birds. The ortolan bunting is a greenish-grey bird about the size of a sparrow ù the males with a handsome pale yellow throat.
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