Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam

Sunday, February 13, 2005 New York –”Buy cheap Viagra through us – no prescription required!” Anyone with an active email account will recognize lines like this one. According to some reports, unsolicited advertisements (spam) for Viagra and similar drugs account for one in four spam messages. BACKGROUND Spamming remains one of the biggest problems facing […]

byAlma Abell Sewage/wastewater treatment is one of the essential services that we often take for granted without realizing the immense role they play in our lives. The purpose of this treatment is to keep quality of wastewater high. Apart from cleaning the water, sewage treatment is also critical in maintaining proper ecological balance of water

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Sunday, August 1, 2010 Antelope Valley, California —The Crown Fire that has burned through 13,980 acres in the High Desert of Southern California since 2:32 pm (2232 UTC) Thursday was at 82% containment Saturday evening, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. On Friday high winds caused the fire to jump the California Aqueduct

14,000-acre Southern California ‘Crown Fire’ at 82% containment, evacuation orders lifted

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By Jayne Waldorf Many of the celebrations in the United States that are associated with Christmas were traditions brought by German and English immigrants. Advent calendars, Christmas greeting cards, gingerbread houses and gingerbread cookies were all traditions brought by these immigrants. Even the Christmas tree was a tradition adopted from the immigrants.. Christmas in the

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Saturday, February 16, 2008 While nearly all cover of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, there are small political parties offering candidates, and those who choose to run without a party behind them, independents. Wikinews is interviewing some of these citizens who are looking to become the 43rd person

Wikinews interviews Frank McEnulty, independent candidate for US President

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Monday, March 30, 2009 First becoming famous in her native Ukraine in the 1990s, long-haired self-described “Amazon” Ruslana gained international recognition for winning the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Wild Dances,” inspired by the musical traditions of the Hutsul people of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. In the five years since, Ruslana has decided

Eurovision ’04 winner Ruslana discusses her paths as singer, spokesmodel, stateswoman and source of inspiration

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Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Yahoo!, the world’s favorite Internet destination, reported $373 million in net income for the three month period ended December 31. Revenues were $1,078 million for the fourth quarter of 2004, a 62 percent increase compared to $664 million for the same period of 2003. “We are attracting more and more users

Yahoo triples its quarterly profit on strong advertising revenue

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Thursday, September 27, 2007 At least 200 monks have been arrested in Myanmar during night-time raids on monasteries not long before sunrise. Government forces began to crack down on protesters after several days of peaceful demonstrations, but despite the violent treatment from military personnel, the monks returned to the streets in the morning. 100 monks

Hundreds of monks arrested in monastery raids; continue protests

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Saturday, May 19, 2018 Ogun state police said the proprietor, the principal, and a teacher at Meteorite Standard School in Ayetoro, Nigeria were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly tying two students — one male and one female — to crosses and lashing them with a horsewhip for being late to school. They are being charged

Principal, teacher arrested for allegedly whipping two students late for school in Ayetoro, Nigeria

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