Archive for September 7th, 2008

Investigators try to shut down Cantina sex trade

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

was padlocked. Police found her after she called 911 in March when a cantina customer gave her a cell phone and showed her how to contact authorities, Silva said. She was found after two house-to-house searches since she didn’t know the address of the

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Ted Johnson’s St. Paul pinch

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

were generally friendly; once they saw our media credentials hanging from our necks, Ted Johnson’s St. Paul pinch they allowed us to use cell phones and Blackberrys for a brief time. One officer took pictures of all the arrestees for posterity. Another told us that as members of the

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McCain ‘excited’ by response to Palin

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

his more moderate views on a number of issues such as immigration, and his support for McCain ’excited’ by response to Palin embryonic stem cell research. He also deeply offended many by calling Christian evangelical leader Jerry Falwell an ’agent of intolerance,’’ and has struggled to rally

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Bid to sell condoms in WA schools

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

WA high schools and female students to be provided with access to the contraceptive pill. FPWA Sexual Health Services chief executive Steve Blackwell said evidence supported the use of such measures among sexually active teenagers, in combination with

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Little interest shown in Return to Country transport scheme

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

system and since people’s income has been quarantined it’s really difficult for them to be able to use services that are user-pays because people just don’t have discretionary funds, or as much discretionary funds,’ she said.

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Red Cross aids effort

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

experience, the British Red Cross has said. A spokeswoman said the organisation was asked to help the emergency services, who had been unable to cope with calls. ’They were unable to cope with the volume of calls so we were able to give them some

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Gosnells glue sniffer burned in back yard blaze

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

when a fire he was lighting in his back yard flared out of control. A Fire and Emergency Gosnells glue sniffer burned in back yard blaze Services Authority spokesman said it appeared the man was attempting to light the fire at his Murchison Way property about 10pm when the glue ignited. Fire and

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As firms expand U.S. workers told to go global

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

up the ladder Building international bench strength is not cheap, said Penny Stoker, vice president of global human-resources services for AstraZeneca P.L.C. in Wilmington. Typically, she said, it costs two to four times an employee’s annual salary to

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DFSA suspends GFS for rules violations

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

not approved under its licence and trading on their accounts without their permission, according to the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the regulatory body of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). GFS, the Dubai subsidiary of the

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20 Per Cent of GP Cases Could be Handled by Pharmacists

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

been waiting for. It lays out plans for community pharmacies as healthy living centres 20 Per Cent of GP Cases Could be Handled by Pharmacists - delivering minor ailment services, screening for vascular disease and sexually transmitted infections and providing more support to people with long-term conditions

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