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Too Grimm? Mother Goose cartoonist sued by Colombian coffee growers

• Posted on February 13, 2020
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 While it was just a joke, the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia doesn’t find a recent “Mother Goose and Grimm” comic terribly funny. In what the coffee growers association calls “an attack on national dignity and the reputation of Colombian coffee,” the characters in a comic strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning

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Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam delivers speech on video after protests in legislature

• Posted on February 10, 2020
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Today, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam delivered her annual policy speech. Speaking in the Legislative Council, Lam was interrupted by protesting legislators. The council was adjourned and Lam later delivered the speech via video. This was reportedly the first such occurrence. Lawmakers from the pro-democracy camp shouted at Lam

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Las Vegas ‘chili finger’ woman has history of lawsuits

• Posted on February 6, 2020
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Monday, April 11, 2005 Anna Ayala, the Las Vegas woman who claims to have found the notorious “chili finger” at a Wendy’s outlet in San Jose, California, has filed lawsuits against other businesses, according to researchers at the Associated Press. Her previous court battles included the national El Pollo Loco chicken-chain, a previous employer, and

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US Senate Panel approves bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

• Posted on February 5, 2020
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Thursday, December 6, 2007 A United States Senate committee has passed landmark legislation aimed at combating global warming by limiting carbon dioxide emissions. The vote was timed to coincide with the U.N. conference on climate change taking place in Bali, Indonesia. The bill would set caps on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility, transportation

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Scottish lawyer denies death of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

• Posted on February 4, 2020
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 A Scottish lawyer today denied reports that Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi had died, after it was reported on Sky News earlier today that “unidentified sources” had said that he was dead. The reports came onto Sky News at around 16.00 BST today. The information could not be confirmed,

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Australia/2008

• Posted on February 4, 2020
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