Shockers from probe of oil block sales Jul 30, 2008
The chairman further disclosed that SNEPCO participated in the bid for oil block OPL 450 in year 2000 and was awarded the block for about $200 million but has only paid $75 million since then. Kupolokun explained that after the company won the oil block, a lot of negotiations dragged on and SNEPCO paid about 35 per cent of the $200 million which was about $75 million "SNEPCO bidded for $200 million. The negotiation went on and on and when we finished, it was agreed that they should pay 35 per... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Dipping stocks hurt Permanent Fund return Jul 29, 2008
Anchorage Daily News. The bears are awake and showing up around town. (Anchorage Daily News)
NDC's Response To Akufo Addo's False Claims Jul 29, 2008
The Tamale hospital was on course to be rehabilitated into a Regional and Teaching hospital when the NDC left office in the year 2000. Eight years down the road, the Tamale Hospital has been left to deteriorate. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Just how big is the web? Ask Google Jul 29, 2008
By the year 2000 that number had shot up to one billion. And eight years later more than one trillion thats 1000 billion individual pages are now indexed. (SmartCompany.com.au)
Man facing three murder charges following shootout Jul 27, 2008
Police say that officers have had nearly 100 contacts with Hylton since the year 2000, resulting in over 50 arrests for criminal offenses. More Headline News. (FOX 11, AZ)
PPF: A secure investment avenue Jul 27, 2008
From the year 2000, then d 00004000 ecent began, and the rate has touched the prevailing eight per cent.. An individual can open only one account. (India Times)
Soul receiver gets another shot at ring Jul 27, 2008
1:12 p.m. July 26, 2008. NEW ORLEANS Chris Jackson already is one of the most accomplished receivers in Arena Football League history. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Choir ending its run, says thanks to the community Jul 27, 2008
Again, thanks to everyone who has supported the choir since the year 2000. Together, we made a difference. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
NPP In Search Of Another Northern Moslem Jul 24, 2008
In the year 2000, candidate Kufuor tracked back to the north once more to choose Aliu Mahama as his running mate ... Al Gore followed the same path when he virtually effortlessly became the candidate of the Democratic Party in the year 2000 ... In all these advanced democracies, just like what pertained in Ghana in the year 2000, when Prof Mills took the baton after President Rawlings came to the end of his tenure, such transition from President to Vice are as effortless as the succession of day... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Criticisms of McCain Jul 24, 2008
Democrat wrote on Jul 23, 2008 4:22 PM:" There was a lot of support for McCain in the year 2000, but he is not the same man. He is mumbling and stumbling, and can't get his message straight. His judgment of keeping Gramm on his team (after he had said he had released him after the whining statement) is very poor to say the least. We have had 8 years of embarrassment on the world scene and don't need another 4 years. ". LookinOut wrote on Jul 23, 2008 3:39 PM:" "Tom T" I wouldn't call that... (Sioux City Journal)
Is the U.N. Deadline on Curing Malaria Wishful Thinking? Jul 23, 2008
We may also take heart in the success of an immunization campaign in reducing the number of deaths from measles in Africa by more than 90 percent since the year 2000. Other recent triumphs include the control of polio, leprosy and guinea worm. (Scientific American)
NDC: Arthur Kennedys Fallacious Statement Jul 23, 2008
The Office of, NDC Leader and Presidential Candidate, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, responds to the extremely fallacious statement made by Dr. Arthur Kennedy, Akufo-Addos Director of Communications, as regards some statement that the NDC Leader is purported to have made sometime in the year 2000. Arthur Kennedy, would have the world believe that the NDC Leader, somewhere in Wa, during his 2000 campaign tour, said that, it was impossible for any government to provide free education. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
ELECTION 2008: Giacomino, Harris face off in Bisbee City Council Ward 2 election Jul 22, 2008
The city of Bisbee has evolved to a great extent since the year 2000. We now have programs for our children to enjoy during the summer and more on the back burner, Giacomino said. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
There is cause for concern about aspects of the current debate about climate change. Jul 22, 2008
Remember the Y2K bug and how at the year 2000 all computers would crash and we would all be ruined. Did it happen. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Carlyle may exit Chennai-based fin co Jul 21, 2008
According to sources familiar with the proposed transaction, it is logical for Carlyle to exit from FSS. "The first round saw them invest in the year 2000 followed by the second round in April 2004. The indications are that they may exit when FSS hits the market for its third round funding, a process which has already been kick-started," sources said. Nagaraj V Mylandla, managing director, FSS, however said, that Carlyle has expressed its intentions to stay invested with the company. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
The Rising Cost of Friendship Jul 20, 2008
"Look how my neocortex lights up when I'm thinking about Kant!" It's possible to take MRI scans of a couple in the act of intercourse - a team of Dutch researchers won an Ig Nobel prize for doing so in the year 2000, and Mary Roach and her husband recently repeated the experiment for her new book, Bonk. Let's hope it doesn't become a trend to send these pictures along with wedding invitations. (Boston Globe)
Tanzania: Zanzibar No State, Says Ruling Party Jul 20, 2008
A similar ruling was issued by the Court of Appeal of Tanzania under a panel of three judges in a treason case that involved Machano Khamis Ali and 18 others against the Zanzibar government in the year 2000. The judges were the late Justice Kahwa Lugakingira, Justice Augustino Ramadhani and Justice Robert Kissanga. (allAfrica.com)
Exclusive: WALL-E star Sigourney Weaver on her mum Jul 19, 2008
"Over the years we have passed a lot of legislation that cleaned up our water, cleaned up our air and made companies change their emissions. Bush reversed every single thing that had been done."There was the opportunity for a new President in the year 2000 to say, 'We have to start thinking of the planet. We have to transform the way we see our resources. (Mirror.co.uk)
Farmer suicides: Myth and reality Jul 19, 2008
The WHO World Report on Violence and Health says, In the year 2000 an estimated 815,000 people died from suicide around the world. This represents an annual global mortality rate of about 14. (India Times)
1998: Syphilis Genome Sequenced; 2008: Syphilis on the Rise Jul 18, 2008
2007 marked the seventh consecutive year in which incidence of the sexually transmitted disease increased. By Nikhil Swaminathan. (Scientific American)
Energy Woes Could Mean Dems 'Oil' Washed Up Jul 18, 2008
Will windmills run millions of our tractor rigs, farm machinery, lawn mowers, boats, ships, planes, army tanks and jeeps, government autos by the millions, school buses by the millions, cars older than the year 2000 by the multi millions, plastics, cabs, trains, ferrys, and on and on and on. You alternative energy people are fn crazy. (Townhall.com)
Robert Manigualt of staffing firm Magnum Opus Technologies has changed the firm's focus but not its commitment to service. Jul 18, 2008
In the year 2000, Robert Manigault set out to create his greatest work of art and called it. Manigault, president of Magnum Opus, says he came up with the name, which means a great work of art, because any software product they developed was going to be a work of art. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Las Vegas envy Jul 18, 2008
"I can't go that far; that's the year 2000," Nixon rejoined. Nixon was a little early, but extremely prescient, especially when you think of the other things people predicted for our current era: flying cars, self-cleaning windows, 20-hour workweeks. (International Herald Tribune)
Cars and cyclists both guilty in KGW stop sign sting Jul 18, 2008
City statistics show 148 bike-involved crashes in Portland in the year 2000 and 193 in the year 2006, with a steady increase each year. In 2007, we know there were six bicycling deaths in Portland. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Whats best for our kids? Jul 17, 2008
The state School Superintendent at the time, Lisa Graham Keegan, aimed for a year 2000 deadline to make it a requirement for graduation. But politics intervened and lawmakers pushed back that deadline, until the Class of 2006 became the first to have to pass it to graduate. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Colombia landmines blamed on Farc Jul 16, 2008
The group said the number of civilian victims had increased from 66 in the year 2000, to more than 300 last year. Child victims. (Yahoo News -- Colombia)
Kufuor Cannot Annoint His Successor -CPP Jul 16, 2008
That was in the year 2000. And they lost the elections. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa Jul 15, 2008
By the year 2000 this project was complete and the monument was reopened. Today the tower is 48 cm less tilted, so to speak, than it was before it was closed in 1990. (Suite101.com)
Was President Carter right on energy? Jul 15, 2008
Carter was correct, too, in setting a goal of obtaining 20 percent of our energy from solar power by the year 2000. If we had listened to Carter, would we be in the current energy fix. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Second hearing for Carter Jul 15, 2008
Carter was correct, too, in setting a goal of obtaining 20 percent of our energy from solar power by the year 2000. We balked, and his energy program, which was new and demanding, shriveled up and died. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Nagpur: Std X kids score over 100% Jul 13, 2008
The merit list of bifocal courses this year seems highly unusual and different as compared to all previous years since the centralised admission procedure began in the year 2000. Thanks to the new percentile system, implemented by the state government, the students percentages have surpassed even the magical 100% mark. (India Times, India)
Letters to the editor Jul 13, 2008
2 million for their land and expansion and now have to pay them back all the taxes they have paid since the year 2000. Almost 10 years. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)
Local issues addressed Jul 13, 2008
In the US census figures, a growth of 78 people has occurred in our county from the year 2000 to 2006. during that time an average of more than 600 babies have been born in URMC. Not all of those babies were from Upson county, so that means an average loss of a minimum of 400 people a year has taken place. (Thomaston Times, GA)
No leadership from McCain on G.I. Bill vote Jul 13, 2008
Tom P wrote on Jul 11, 2008 5:27 AM:" MK - you're absolutely right. Lets go back to the year 2000. Back to before 9-11. How many times since 9-11 have be been attacked? Back to the cheap gas days. Don't forget that Bill Clinton vetoed the bill allowing drilling in ANWR in 1995. Your hero is probably responsible for you paying an extra $1 per gallon at the pump. The good old days. ". Joe wrote on Jul 10, 2008 8:42 PM:" Isn't $47,000 enough to obtain a degree? How much more money does it take? I... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Gillette population: Is it 25,000 or 30,600? Jul 13, 2008
The report shows Gillette at a 6 percent growth rate since 2006, and at a 23 percent rate since the year 2000 ... That trend of higher city estimates goes all the way back to the year 2000, when census estimates put the city at 19,646, while the city lists a figure of 22,391. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
More over 70s couples 'are enjoying sex' Jul 13, 2008
Dr Petra Boynton, a specialist in the psychology of sex and relationships at University College London, said it was important to remember that someone turning 70 in the year 2000 would have been influenced by the more free sexual attitudes of the 1960s and 1970s - and also perhaps fitter and healthier than those in their 70s in previous decades. She said: "We still have this stereotype of elderly people with their bath chairs and canes, staggering around, who couldn't possibly be having sex -... (BBC News -- Health)
* Taiwan-France trade can improve: outgoing official Jul 13, 2008
President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) said on June 12 that Taiwan would look to Europes leading experience in cutting greenhouse gas emissions to create a cleaner Taiwan, as his administration has set an ambitious goal of having greenhouse gas emissions equal to this years level by the year 2020, cutting them to the level of the year 2000 by 2025, and to half of the 2000 level by 2050. We of course are very keen to cooperate with Taiwan because we have very strong experience, including in waste... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Foreign medical students Jul 13, 2008
From fewer than 300 in the year 2000, the number of international students commencing medical studies in Australia climbed to well over 400 in 2006. The number will continue rising in the coming years as more medical schools are opened in Australia. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Oil prices threaten globalization Jul 13, 2008
When oil prices were still around $20 per barrel in the year 2000, transport costs amounted to an average tariff rate of 3 percent. At $150 per barrel, the rate is 11 percent, which was the average level of the 1970s. (Xinhuanet, China)
Children’s center serves area youth Jul 6, 2008
SCC has held a Five-Star license through the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development, since the year 2000 when the DCD began issuing star-rated licenses to all eligible childcare center and family childcare homes, she said. According to the DCD, a high-quality childcare program will help prepare a child for school readiness by increasing chances to succeed. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
AMBUCS and Soap Box Derby have a rich history Jul 5, 2008
In the year 2000, the Conshohocken AMBUCS received a national First Place Award for community service. The main reason was the Soap Box Derby. (Conshohocken Recorder, PA)
Interview: Daliso Chaponda Jul 5, 2008
But I first realised I could make a living from it around the year 2000. When you say, a defence mechanism. (iAfrica.com)
The horror: Vietnam defines another election Jul 4, 2008
In early February of the year 2000, it was looking pretty grim for the young dauphin George W Bush trying to reclaim his father's stolen throne. McCain had just drubbed Bush with a surprising thumping in the New Hampshire Republican primary; with the South Carolina primary soon upcoming, the pundit class was. (Asia Times Online)
As Temperatures Rise, So Do Power Bills Jul 4, 2008
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Escalating diabetes figures present worrying trends Jul 3, 2008
"In children 0-14 years, in the year 2000 we found that there were 761 new cases in the year. And then in 2006 we found that there were 916 new cases," Ms Faulks said. That is about 150 more per year by 2006 with an increase around 3 per cent per year. (ABC Online)
Bubbas done it again! Jul 3, 2008
The first painting was done in the year 2000, and each year since then he has put a different painting on this rock. It takes him approximately three weeks from start to finish. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Female pilots welcomed in Mansfield Jul 3, 2008
It finished in Hyannis in the year 2000. Local pilot Kathy McDonald, who lives in Easton and owns Mansfield Oil, served as president of the race committee and has been working tirelessly for more than a year to make the event the success that it was. (Easton Journal, MA)
Parliament: RM428m to build mosques Jul 3, 2008
Since 1991, he said the Prime Minister had allocated RM1mil for the physical development of churches and temples and RM1mil for kuils starting from the year 2000. A co-ordinating unit under the Prime Minister's Department would approve the applications for non-Muslim projects, he explained. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Study highlights diabetes increase Jul 2, 2008
KATHERINE FAULKS: In children naught to 14 years, in the year 2000 we found that there were 761 new cases in the year. And then in 2006 we found that there were 916 new cases. (ABC Online)
HIV patients living longer in developed nations Jul 2, 2008
Before 1996 when the drug cocktails were not widely available, the heightened death risk ranged from nearly 8 percent to 20 percent depending on age before falling each year to zero in the year 2000 for all age groups, Porter said. The risk rises again after five years, possibly because people become less likely to take the drugs regularly or maybe because they are less able to tolerate the drugs, Porter said. (MSNBC -- Health)
LETTERS: NCT, July 1, 2008 Jul 2, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. I read in the paper that Valley Center High School is installing a new expensive track and football astro turf ("Valley Center High to get new 1.8M track, field," June 9). (North County Times)
Time to protect the Thunder Dragon Jul 2, 2008
The government's estimates vary with those of the CIA World Factbook (2,005,222 in the year 2000) and the World Bank (782,000 for the same year) simply because a huge chunk of residents of Nepalese origin are not recognized as citizens by the Bhutanese government. Some 100,000 Nepalese have been driven out of the country so far. (Sify.com, India)
Drug Charges Dismissed; Video Contradicts Officers' Testimony Jul 2, 2008
In the year 2000, to avoid a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging a "pattern and practice" of abuses, LAPD officials agreed to enter a consent decree, which gave the U.S. Justice Department considerable influence over how the roughly 10,000-member law enforcement agency is run. What prompted the threat of the Justice Department lawsuit was the confession of former anti-gang , who was caught stealing cocaine being held as evidence and agreed to inform on his colleagues who also had broken the... (NBC4.tv, CA)
How global warming challenges the old Bay Area assumptions Jul 2, 2008
As for automobile use, the average drive for commuters from eastern Contra Costa County was a 40-mile round trip in the year 2000, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The average round-trip trek for San Mateo County residents was barely half that: 24 miles. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Gators Land No. 7 Jul 1, 2008
Harrison is the fourth prospect to commit to the Gators since the year 2000, including offensive tackle and athlete. This is the fourth player in seven years we have sent to Florida and that speaks a lot about our community and how hard the kids work here at South Lake, head coach Walter Banks said. (FightinGators.com)
Letters to the editor (June 30) (29) Jun 30, 2008
Depleting the budget surplus left from year 2000. Creating a historic deficit of more than 400 billion by 2008. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Can Safin Win Another Grand Slam? Jun 29, 2008
Safin stunned the tennis audience worldwide back in the year 2000 when he defeated Pete Sampras in the US Open final. Safin became number one in the world after reaching the Masters Cup semifinals that year, but it took him four more years before he managed to add to his Grand Slam tally. (Suite101.com)
NPP Is Worse Culprit Of NDCs Mistakes Jun 29, 2008
Prior to year 2000 people were begged to contest MP on NPP ticket but today they are prepared to sacrifice their lives for the slot. Being NPP delegate today is more lucrative than being an accountant. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Justice Kennedy: American Idle Jun 29, 2008
Not what someone thinks it should be interpreted to mean in the year 2000 because it's text is hundreds of years old. The constitution is not an archeological relic written in Sumarian that we need learned men to help us understand what it means. (Human Events Online)
Look, another tax initiative! Jun 28, 2008
Measured in year 2000 dollars, spending per pupil in California went from more than $600 above the national average in 1978 to more than $600 below the national average in 2000. "and..."Sure enough, the scores of California public school students have hit nearly rock bottom. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
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According to the club of Rome, and others, we were supposed to run out of oil and almost everything else by the year 2000. These kinds of predictions have been proven wrong over and over again. (Human Events Online)
Global Web Growth & Usage Statistic... Jun 27, 2008
From year 2000 to 2008, the Middle East region had the highest percentage increase in the number of Internet users with a world-leading 1177% gain. Africa finished second with a 1030% rise, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean which increased its Web users by 660. (Suite101.com)
Energy required (but no fossil fuels) Jun 26, 2008
More than 5,000 people have been added to the citys population in the last three years, according to the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research and Planning, and there has been a nearly 37 percent increase in population since the year 2000. Even the year before this, we experienced increased sales due to the growing number of people, Conrad said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
A Deadline on Malaria (Extended version) Jun 26, 2008
We may also take heart in the success of an immunization campaign in reducing measles deaths in Africa by more than 90 percent since the year 2000. Other recent triumphs, based on the up-scaling of powerful and easily deliverable technologies, include the control of polio, leprosy and guinea worm. (Scientific American)
Get off the Couch This Summer: Join the Fitness Revolution for Kids Jun 26, 2008
One in three U.S. children born in the year 2000 could develop diabetes during their lifetime, according to a July 2005 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The current generation of children in America is the first predicted to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents, according to a 2005 report by the New England Journal of Medicine. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
