The 509th Composite Group began deploying to North Field on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, in May 1945. In addition to the two nuclear bombing raids, it carried out 15 practice missions against Japanese-held islands, and 12 combat missions against targets in Japan dropping high-explosive pumpkin bombs.
Article by WN.com Correspondent DallasDarling If Julian Assange and polls prove incorrect, forget about October Surprises like bin Laden’s videotape, a past DUI arrest record that suddenly appears, an arms-for-hostages scandal or even an indictment against Hillary Clinton... Trump presidency. But if Trump somehow achieves the impossible by becoming the 45th president, there are several factors that must go his way....
North Korea is preparing to launch a missile on Nov. 8, the day of the US presidential election. . The US military and South Korean forces have issued a high alert to troops in the Korean peninsula in anticipation of the election day missile test ... The western Pacific territory of Guam has multiple American strategic military assets arranged to check the perceived threat of North Korea. ... ... ....
In a powerful essay published on CNN.com, longtime Republican strategist AnaNavarro announced Monday she had decided to cross party lines and vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Raw Story reported.In a column for CNN.com, Navarro explains she had intended to write in a vote for her mother if the polls showed Republican Donald Trump had no chance to win her home state of Florida... “Let me rephrase that ... Division....
... soldiers or civilians."They would torture them inside and then take them out of the neighborhood and either shoot them or slit their throats," said Abdul Rahman al-Wagga, a member of the Nineveh provincial council who spoke to Reuters about how the armed group began killing dozens of civilians in the area since Iraqi forces began their offensive....
Beneath the volcano is something known as the Altiplano-Puna magma body, which has long been presumed to be just that – a molten mass that fuels, or fueled, the significant historical eruptions at this particular volcano, the report said ... This means that as much as 50,000 cubic kilometers (12,000 cubic miles) of it is water, the report said. ....
The U.S. stock market rebounded from a nine-day losing streak Monday, posting its biggest gain in eight months and driving the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 370 points ... 25. The gains came as investors mostly focused on the latest developments in the U.S ... The Nasdaqcomposite index added 119.80 points, or 2.4 percent, to 5,166.17 ... presidential race ... Goldman Sachs and UnitedHealth Group had some of the biggest gains in the Dow ... ....
Getting a feel of corporate life at age 16 might seem a little precipitous, but a few companies are offering internships for students to give them a glimpse into their future careers ... The 80-member team at Gensler is ready to welcome four students in December."A staff member is assigned each day to take them through basic concepts of design like colour, composition and shapes ... Stay updated on the go with Times of IndiaNews App....
Adopting the corporate practice of outsourcing housekeeping work to a third-party vendor, the government has directed all deputy commissioners in districts to switch to the "outsource-mode" for filling up 2,459 Group D posts in government hospitals. Group D employees, in government parlance, comprise the lowest rung of the administrative machinery who deal with routine duties....
Two brothers sustained injuries when the two groups, one headed by ruling Shiromani Akali Dal activist and the other by Aam AadmiParty (AAP) volunteer clashed at Maur Mandi town of Bathinda on Monday morning over the control of the local truck union. The group owing allegiance to SAD and headed by union president Gurjit Pal Singh allegedly fired some gunshots....
Arun Jaitley, minister of finance and corporate affairs, has summoned independent directors of TataGroup companies for a meeting next week to take stock of the Tata-Mistry dispute ... They revealed that the ministries have been in touch "with some senior officials of the group informally" ... and assets and many banks have invested in the group....
Erdogan called the SyrianKurdishgroups “a side branch” of Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish rebel group which has waged a three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state. The Kurdish-led Syrian fighters clashed on Monday with Daesh militants north of Raqqa as they pushed ahead in their offensive aiming to retake the city that has been the de facto capital of the extremist group since 2014....
Domestic equity markets are likely to open higher on Tuesday tracking Nifty futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX Nifty) and firm global cues. SGX Nifty was trading 21 points higher at 8,530 in early trade, indicating a gap-up start for equity markets ... The NasdaqComposite added 2.37 percent to 5,166.17. Here is a list of 19 stocks that are likely to remain in focus on Tuesday in response to various news triggers..ICICI Bank ... ....
The Kishore Biyani-led FutureGroup and HeritageGroup have entered into an agreement under which the former gets management control over the latter’s retail business while Heritage will get a 3.65 per cent stake in Future Retail, worth about Rs.295 crore ... The “deal is done,” the Future Group head said, ......
Associate ProfessorNigel Dickson, one of the most significant figures in the University's AIDS Epidemiology Group, received the award at a ceremony at Auckland's St ColumbaCentre on Saturday evening. He says he is humbled to receive this accolade - which he says shows the work of the AIDS Epidemiology Group has been of value to the community most affected by the epidemic of HIV....
The MRA Marg police on Monday made three more arrests in connection with the assault on photojournalists at the headquarters of TataGroup last week ... three photojournalists were assaulted by six-seven security guards deployed by TopsGroup....