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...country. Since the removal of the last vestiges of the White Australia Policy in 1973, Australia has become markedly multiracial. The 2006 census showed that of a 20 million - strong population, over 40% were either born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas. After English, the most common languages spoken are Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic and Mandarin...
Bear stearns was our warning shot. Back in March 2008, when the 85-year-old investment bank collapsed, we didn't yet know how common it would be for a financial firm to be brought to its knees over a panicked long weekend. The Wall Street Journal's Kate Kelly takes us inside Bear's last, dizzying days: the lawyers swarming the sixth floor, the pleading phone calls to investors for emergency billions, the sickening realization that a lifesaving loan from the Federal Reserve would last two days--not 28. Kelly flicks at Bear Stearns' backstory--how its eat-what...
...district attorney's office said that the defendant was visiting friends on campus. It is alleged that, along with others, Copney then confronted Cosby in a common space in Kirkland House. Shots were fired, and one of those shots struck Cosby, resulting in his death, according...
...alleged that, along with others who were not these Harvard students, Copney confronted Cosby in a common space in Kirkland House. Shots were fired, and one of those shots struck Cosby, resulting in his death, according to the DA. Though officials are unsure who fired that shot, they said they had enough information to arrest Copney...
Across Central Asia, they are a common sight: portraits glorifying each nation's leader. Rising above the people on roadside billboards and taking pride of place on the walls of local government offices, visual tributes to the region's sitting presidents outnumber internet cafes, independent newspapers and working bank machines. But Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon aims to change all that. He has issued a decree that all portraits depicting him with local politicians are to be torn down immediately...