Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan
August 9, 2020
Friday, September 28, 2007 Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery Ballroom last Tuesday was that they could not camp out all night underneath these celestial bodies. We live in the age...
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Study says poor African American women less likely to receive pap smears
August 7, 2020
Wednesday, December 28, 2005Black American women living in communities with high poverty rates are significantly less likely to be screened for cervical cancer, a study finds. The Harvard School of Public Health's Geetanjali Dabral Datta investigated the relationship between individual characteristics and larger socioeconomic factors and cervical cancer screening rates. The Febreuary 1 issue of Cancer carries the study. More than 40,000 black women from across the United States participated in the Black Women's Health Study....
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits New Zealand’s South Island; dozens dead
August 7, 2020
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand at 12:51 PM local time on Tuesday (Monday 23:51 UTC). At least 75 people have been killed by collapsing buildings in central Christchurch, with more feared. Mayor Bob Parker said 55 bodies had been identified and there were a further 20 unidentified bodies. The spire of the iconic Anglican ChristChurch Cathedral has fallen and rubble is strewn throughout the central business...
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India: Cabinet approves capital punishment for rape of girls under age twelve
August 7, 2020
Monday, April 23, 2018 On Saturday, India's Union Cabinet approved capital punishment in an ordinance for the rape of girls under the age of twelve. This comes after nationwide protests that took place in various cities after an eight-year-old girl was gang-raped and killed in Kathua city in Jammu and Kashmir. "Government has taken serious note of incidents of rape in various parts of the country [...] while expressing deep anguish over such incidents, it has...
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Jerry Brown defeats Meg Whitman in election for California governorship
August 6, 2020
Thursday, November 4, 2010 On Tuesday night, twenty-seven years after previously completing his second term as governor of California, candidate Jerry Brown has again won the race for the position. Attorney General Jerry Brown, of San Francisco, California, was the lead nominee for the Democratic Party, facing off against the lead nominee of the Republican Party Meg Whitman, of Long Island, New York, who had spent a record US$141 million to support her campaign. More than...
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Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags
August 6, 2020
Wednesday, March 9, 2005File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery stores, and place a levy on other plastic bags, all to combat the country's environmental problems stemming from the bags' popularity.
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Bellerín extends Arsenal contract
August 6, 2020
Monday, November 21, 2016 Today, English capital football club Arsenal F.C. announced Spanish defender Héctor Bellerín signed a "long-term" contract extension. 21-year-old Bellerín joined the Gunners in 2011 from FC Barcelona's academy, La Masía, where he spent eight years. Graduating from Arsenal's youth ranks, Bellerín made his professional debut for Arsenal in 2014. In the 2015–16 season, Bellerín started in 36 of 38 Premier League matches. He won a spot in PFA's team of the season...
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Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan
July 23, 2020
Friday, September 28, 2007 Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery Ballroom last Tuesday was that they could not camp out all night underneath these celestial bodies. We live in the age...
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Tony Blair tells Iraq Inquiry he would invade again
July 22, 2020
Friday, January 29, 2010 Tony Blair, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, appeared before the Iraq Inquiry today. He faced six hours of questioning, starting at 6:30 am, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London concerning his role in the 2003 Iraq invasion. During the inquiry, Blair stood by his decision to invade, saying he would make the same decision again. This is the third time Blair has given evidence at an inquiry...
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Worst storm in thirty years hits Newcastle, Australia
July 21, 2020
Friday, June 8, 2007 Up to eight people may have died after Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia experienced its worst storm in thirty years. NSW Premier Morris Iemma made the declaration at 9.30pm on the 8th June, as people waded through waist-deep water in the centre of the city. Authorities have had to call off the search for a family of five, who were lost when the Old Pacific Highway sank into a thirty-metre deep chasm...
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