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  - DAWN - RSS Feeds; June 23, 2007
BELFAST, June 23, (AFP) - India were set a revised target of 171 in 39 overs, under the Duckworth-Lewis method, to beat Ireland in in their lone one-day international at Stormont here Saturday after rain delayed the start of their reply to the hosts' 193 all out.
ISLAMABAD, June 23 (APP) Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Saturday said that the PML and its allied parties are proud of the fact that their government has presented five successive budgets for the first time in the country's history.
NEW DELHI, June 23 (AFP) The Indian coast guard Saturday was trying to save 24 crew members trapped on a sinking cargo vessel stranded in the Arabian Sea off the west coast of India, the local maritime rescue centre said.
www.dawn.com /2007/06/23/rss.htm   (4458 words)

  
  June 23 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
June 23 is the 17th day of the year (17 th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining.
The Happiest day of the year is June 23 according to a recent study completed by the Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales (a part of the Russell Group of British universities).
This page was last modified 21:39, 28 June 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/June_23   (1445 words)

  
 June 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judge Karon O. Bowdre, presiding over the federal trial of Richard M. Scrushy in Birmingham, Alabama, delivers what is called the Allen charge to the jury in that case, in the hope of breaking its deadlock and producing a verdict.
In separate referendums, the voters of Switzerland decide to ratify the Schengen treaty, abolishing all its normal land border controls by 2007, and also approve the legalizing of civil unions for gay couples, for tax and inheritance purposes, but not for child adoption.
In Washington, United States, the battle over the results of the 2004 gubernatorial election is settled by a county judge, approving the final count in favor of Christine Gregoire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/June_2005   (4886 words)

  
 PERU - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OF JUNE 23, 2OO1 IN SOUTHERN PERU - Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis
The June 23, 2001 earthquake in Peru was very shallow in depth and this may have limited the extent of the tsunamigenic area.
Considering that the energy of the June 23, 2001 earthquake (magnitude 8.1) was very large, the energy responsible for tsunami generation is a small fraction and is roughly estimated to be only 1/1,500 of the total energy of this event.
The June 23, 2001 earthquake occurred in the western part of an active seismic belt that lies between the Andean mountain block and the Peru-Chile Trench.
www.drgeorgepc.com /Tsunami2001Peru.html   (3874 words)

  
 Red Boiling Springs Flood of June 23, 1969
During the early morning of June 23, 1969, very heavy rainfall pounded a large area (figure 1d) of south-central Kentucky and extreme northern middle Tennessee, including the Salt Lick Creek drainage basin.
CDT) (figure 2a) on the morning of June 23 showed low pressure centered near Chicago, with a cold front trailing southwestward through southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, and the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas.
Meanwhile, the 500-millibar analysis from 1200 UTC on June 23 (NCDC) (figure 2d) showed an unusually strong 50-knot jet stretching from Little Rock to Nashville.
www.srh.noaa.gov /bna/research/flood_1969.htm   (1930 words)

  
 Afghanistan News June 23, 2008
Mon Jun 23, 3:09 AM ET JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - Hundreds of protesters took to streets in eastern Afghanistan on Monday after a father and son were allegedly killed by gunfire from US-led soldiers, a governor and witnesses said.
News Mon Jun 23, 3:00 AM ET Despite continued fighting in the nation, Afghan Wireless Communications and rival Roshan both said their subscriber numbers have each hit 2 million in Afghanistan, marking fast growth in a nation that in 2002 first launched mobile phone services.
June is already the bloodiest month this year for international forces, with 32 soldiers killed so far.
www.afghanistannewscenter.com /news/2008/june/jun232008.html   (12358 words)

  
 Today in History: June 23
Robert Louis "Bob" Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 23, 1927.
They married in 1960 and while they were separated when he died on September 23, 1987, they remained friends. Verdon was the artistic advisor to the Tony Award-winning musical Fosse (1999), a musical and dance revue.
On June 23, 1845, a joint resolution of the Congress of Texas voted in favor of annexation by the United States.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/jun23.html   (1269 words)

  
 June 23: Today's Notable Birthdays - Associated Content
June 23rd was the birth date of several notable individuals.
Barbara Jordan, American softball outfielder and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on June 23, 1966.
Anthony Veiller, American author (Night of the Iguana and Moulin Rouge), was born on June 23, 1903.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/839509/june_23_todays_notable_birthdays.html   (617 words)

  
 The Johns Hopkins Gazette: June 23, 2003
With the city's official June 27 reopening of Charles Street between Penn Station and Lafayette Street, the Homewood-JHMI shuttles have resumed using the Charles Street-Penn Station stop.
Baltimore is the 15th stop on Nader's nationwide tour, which seeks to address issues ranging from postwar Iraq and civil liberties to the environment and education.
The rare books and the Dutch marquetry furniture in the museum's collection will be points of departure for her creations, which will be collected in Libraries as Reference/Libraries as Object, the anticipated title of her 2004 exhibit.
www.jhu.edu /~gazette/2003/23jun03/23briefs.html   (1180 words)

  
 WDNR - DNR Outdoor Report - June 23, 2005
Late June and July is breeding time for fl bears, and there have been many reports of bear sightings throughout Barron and Polk County.
As of June 22, all hiking and biking trails are dry and in excellent condition.
Mississippi River level at Prairie du Chien is at 10.9 feet as of June 23.
dnr.wi.gov /org/caer/ce/news/or/2005/or050623.htm   (6515 words)

  
 Baltimore Crime: June 23
Marcus Caldwell, 23, 3200 block of Sequoia Avenue (12:30 a.m.
Sandy Howard, 23, 4100 block of Mariban Court (6:00 p.m.
Eric Jones, 23, 700 block of W. North Ave.
baltimorecrime.blogspot.com /2008/06/june-23.html   (4109 words)

  
 June 23, 2005
Steidl addressed the 73rd Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Chicago June 11, using the opportunity to introduce the idea of the AIA's "Blueprint for America." He followed Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Illinois U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, and USCM President Don Plusquellic.
The component is hosting an exhibition (June 1-30) called “Going Green” that features the national COTE Top 10 winners (over 150 people attended the opening reception earlier this month).
The legislation was sent to the governor on June 1 and it is expected to be signed shortly.
www.aia.org /nwsltr_angle.cfm?pagename=angle_nwsltr_20050623&archive=1   (3419 words)

  
 NRC: Current Event Notification Report for June 28, 2006
A sample of the discharge was analyzed on site using a non-approved method, which showed the result was well below the NPDES limit.
Off-site lab results were received on June 16, 2006, which showed the Iron was above the NPDES limit, 650 ppb.
The lab results were re-analyzed and the re-analysis on June 22, 2006 verified it was above the permitted limit.
www.nrc.gov /reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/en.html   (244 words)

  
 *Ø*  Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Book of Days | June 23 | Midsummer Eve bonfires St Saint John's wort ...
The eve (June 23) of the feast day of St John the Baptist, has been traditionally the time in Europe for Midsummer bonfires.
It will then be still as fresh as in June; if you then stick it in your bosom, your husband-to-be will come and take it out.
The saint's day falls on 24 June, but it is customary to light the bonfires associated with the summer solstice the night before.
www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/jun23.html   (4999 words)

  
 Sidley Austin | Client Resources | June 23, 2004 - Asian Edition
It has been reported that on June 18, 2004, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision and the SEC extended the comment period for 30 days on the Interagency Statement on Sound Practices Concerning Complex Structured Finance Activities.
It has been reported that on June 18, 2004, Japan’s FSA instructed UFJ Bank Ltd. (UFJ), one of Japan’s four largest banks, and its holding company UFJ Holdings Inc., to improve operations after regulators discovered violations of banking law, including attempts to avoid inspections and concealing documents relating to loan losses.
It has been reported on June 21, 2004 that the Bank of China decreased its lending by nearly fifty percent in May as compared to the previous month.
www.sidley.com /news/pub.asp?PubID=941246252004   (777 words)

  
 The Hot Blog: BYOB - June 23
at June 24, 2008 06:38 AM Noah Forrest has a column up about Edward Norton, which is interesting, but it has one of those lines that drives me crazy.
at June 24, 2008 09:02 AM Who "fell" in Transformers and who needs "revenge?" I'm not being smarmy or sarcastic, I remember neither forebearers of revenge or falling happening in the first one.
Through the sheer fact that he doesn't seem to be trying as hard and never seems to get his props as a stellar comedian, I'd give Carvey the edge for a slightly more affectionately bad movie, even if GURU is better made and (arguably) cast, and somewhat less torturous to endure.
www.mcnblogs.com /thehotblog/archives/2008/06/byob_june_23.html   (1835 words)

  
 Wednesday, June 28 - High-priority business news
Why top MBA schools are full (UPI) LONDON, June 28 (UPI) -- When Russia's state-owned oil monopoly OAO Rosneft goes public next month, investment bankers will share about $120 million in fees.
Smart Car's Fortwo for U.S. in 2008 (UPI) NEW YORK, June 28 (UPI) -- DaimlerChrysler AG said Wednesday it is bringing its tiny Smart brand two-seater to the United States in 2008.
SPR loans crude to two Louisiana plants (UPI) WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy approved two loan requests Thursday totaling 750,000 barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
www.newsvantage.com /perl/p/biz.top?yqy   (456 words)

  
 Obituaries – June 23, 2008 on The Lebanon Democrat
Monday, June 23, at Partlow Funeral Chapel in Lebanon.
Monday, June 23, at Eulia Cemetery in Westmoreland, Tenn., with Brother Bill Fowler and Brother Charles Carr officiating.
Winfree, 35, of Lebanon, died June 19 at Vanderbilt Hospital.
www.lebanondemocrat.com /news.php?viewStory=3863   (752 words)

  
 Yourish.com » 2006 » June » 23   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Chatting with Sarah this afternoon, we were discussing the various types of girls that her daughter could grow into, and both were expressing our thankfulness that she shows absolutely no sign of becoming one of those hothouse flower types that lives only to be frail and served by Manly Men.
This is a hilarious (to me) account of a man trying to cancel his AOL account, but getting The Phone Rep From Hell, who simply will not take “no” for an answer.
Here’s a link to the full tape, which I suspect you may not get at the NBC stations, what with the end being expletive-impeded.
www.yourish.com /date/2006/06/23   (2862 words)

  
 Cooperstown Confidential __ June 23, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Carroll Sembera (Died on June 14 in Shiner, Texas; age 64): A skinny six-foot right-hander, Sembera was a member of the original Montreal Expos team that debuted as an expansion franchise in 1969.
Brandy Davis (Died on June 12 in Newark, Delaware; age 76; prostate cancer): Davis was an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1950s.
Ken Weafer (Died on June 4 in Guilderland, New York; age 91): Making his debut at the age of 22, Weafer pitched in one major league game on May 29, 1936.
xsorbit27.com /users5/historicbaseball/index.php?topic=41.0   (3873 words)

  
 Peace Corps Online | June 23, 2003 - The New Yorker: RPCV Peter Hessler discusses the Yangtze River Dam
June 23, 2003 - The New Yorker: RPCV Peter Hessler discusses the Yangtze River Dam
The day that I was out on the Yangtze, on June 8th, I passed a former riverside temple whose roof eaves were just barely above the water.
All you could see was the head of the dragon that poked up at one end of the roof, and the tail at the other.
peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/2629/2014532.html   (3113 words)

  
 Public Opinion Watch - June 23, 2004 - Center for American Progress   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mother Jones magazine released an interesting new poll on June 16 that shows, in more detail than any other recent poll, just how negatively voters feel about the course the country has taken in the past three years and how ready they are for a change.
For example, the poll, conducted May 17-22, asked voters about a series of issues and whether the country is now better off, or worse off, on that issue than it was three years ago.
Kerry is ahead of Bush among registered voters 49-44, including leads of 27 percentage points among moderates, 23 points among young voters (ages 18-29), and 9 points among independents.
www.americanprogress.org /site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=98452   (1050 words)

  
 June 23, 2006 -- American Academy of Family Physicians
On June 22, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved transferring $9 billion from President’s Bush’s defense request to other subcommittees, including $5 billion to programs under the jurisdiction of the Labor/HHS panel.
While the Chair of the Labor/HHS Subcommittee, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), had sought an extra $7 billion for health and education over the original allocation, the $5 billion amount is certainly a positive development.
On Wednesday, June 21, Senator Ensign (R-NV), who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee's technology, innovation and competitiveness subcommittee, held a hearing on Accelerating the Adoption of Health Information Technology.
www.aafp.org /online/en/home/policy/federal/update/washingtonupdatefederalandstateupdate.html   (1509 words)

  
 Saturday: 10 GIs, 75 Iraqis Killed; 39 Iraqis Wounded - Antiwar.com
At least 75 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 39 were injured in numerous small incidents throughout the country.
In southern Baghdad, an MND-B soldier was killed during a small arms attack.
The DOD reported that a soldier had died on June 14, a day after being injured in a roadside bombing.
antiwar.com /updates/?articleid=11185   (513 words)

  
 BrothersJudd Blog: June 23, 2008 Archives
Dobson to Attack Obama Tuesday for Distorting the Bible, Having a "Fruitcake" Interpretation of the Constitution (Jake Tapper, June 23, 2008, ABC News: Political Punch)
Unemployment is 5.5%, low by historical standards; income is rising slightly ahead of inflation; housing prices are down, but the typical house is still worth a third more than in 2000; 94% of Americans do not have threatened mortgages, and of those who do, most will keep their homes.
And now, since the Irish voted no in a referendum on a plan to reorganize the EU, and the EU's leaders held a flailing, ineffectual summit meeting to talk about what has been called a body blow to the community's integrated future, Europe is asking how to heal itself.
brothersjuddblog.com /archives/2008/06/23   (3251 words)

  
 Seismo-Watch Significant Earthquake Report - Peru M8.3 earthquakes, June 23, 2001
local time), June 23, along the coast of south-central Peru, causing widespread damage, killing over a hundred people and generating a tsunami that swept the southern Peruvian coastlines clean and conctrbuted to the loss of life.
An overview of the Peruvian highland town of Moquegua partially destroyed by a major earthquake that shook the south of the country, June 25, 2001.
Thousands of Peruvians struggled to patch their homes and lives back together after an earthquake of at least 7.9 magnitude killed 70 people and left tens of thousands homeless.
www.seismo-watch.com /EQS/AB/2001/010623.019.Peru8.1.html   (873 words)

  
 23 | MetaFilter
They are doing things from the beginning that Flickr worked a couple years to figure out in the first place.
Flickr of course is way ahead of 23 in numbers (people and money).
One of the reasons I'm trying out 23 is their silliness over 'non-photos'.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/47010   (1967 words)

  
 Bulatlat - The Philippines's alternative weekly magazine
This time, the opening salvo of the new campaign — held only four years after Estrada’s fall — already began with a consortium of various political forces and shades including a bloc of traditional opposition politicians participating.
Reacting to the June 24 rallyers, Macapagal-Arroyo said she will not resign and called her detractors “economic saboteurs.” Critics have scored her for foisting an “undeclared martial law” for blocking anti-government rallies and threatening to charge those calling for her to resign with sedition and rebellion.
Meanwhile, calls for her to resign have gathered momentum with other legislators and presidential claimants, some of whom were her former allies, calling for a snap presidential election.
www.bulatlat.com /news/5-20/5-20-frontline.htm   (1140 words)

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