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Death toll from Typhoon Mirinae climbs to 16 in Philippines
Philippine authorities on Monday reported two more deaths from Typhoon Mirinae, which smashed into the storm-weary nation at the weekend, bringing the total number of those killed to 16.The National Disaster Coordinating Council in Manila said the deaths...
Tags: Manila, Death, toll, Typhoon Mirinae, climbs, 16, Philippines
‘Spiderman’ climbs hotel in Doha
Joyce C Abano reports from Doha DOHA: Clad in a Spiderman costume, French rock and urban climber Alain Robert enthralled close to two thousand spectators at the La Cigale Hotel as he climbed up the 100-metre building. Cheers and whistles erupted from...
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Big run to drive traffic closures
Fresno :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
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To make room for the 3,000 runners expected to participate in the Eye Q Two Cities Marathon & Half, stretches of road will be closed along 12 streets that make up the course. Some will close for as little as one hour; others for as long as seven. All...
Jobless rate hits 3.9%
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate rose 1.3 percentage points from the July 2007 rate of 2.6 percent and 0.1 percentage point from last month's 3.8 percent, according to statistics released yesterday by the state Department of Labor and Industrial...
Tags: rate, level, climbs, jobless rate, unemployment rate, Florida, Hawaii, rate climbed
Inflation rate climbs to unprecedented level
ISLAMABAD: Rate of inflation in the country jumped to 30-year high at 21 percent compared to the previous year, according to figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics.The economic experts say that the effect of soaring electricity, gas and...
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Real estate notebook
Snohomish :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.45 percent this week...It was the highest level for 30-year mortgages since they averaged 6.46 percent for the week of Sept. 9, 2007. It marked the fifth...
France's Spiderman upstaged
Paris :: France | about 1 year ago
Credibility Just hours after Alain Robert, 45, became the first person to scale the 52-floor building, another climber made an apparent copycat ascent...His manager Julie Cohen said she knew nothing about the second climber: "I'm mortified, he's absolutely nothing...
Tags: climbs, New York Times, times building, Alain Robert
'French Spiderman' scales Hong Kong hotel
Hong Kong :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility French Spiderman" Alain Robert, who has become famous for illegally climbing buildings across the world, scaled a top Hong Kong hotel on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said. The 45-year-old urban climber scrambled up the outside of the 46-storey Four Seasons Hotel...
Tags: climbs, Hong Kong, Alain Robert
Bare-Handed 'Spiderman' Scales Skyscraper in Brazil
São Paulo :: Brazil | about 1 year ago
Credibility Spiderman' Scales Skyscraper in Brazil With Bare Hands, Catches Eye of Police Wednesday, February 27, 2008 AP Feb. 27, 2008: Frenchman Alain Robert, known as "Spiderman," climbs the Italia building in Sao Paulo, Brazil...With no safety equipment,
Tags: climbs, Brazil With Bare Hands
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