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Illegal foreign fishing vessels apprehended off the far North Queensland coast (Department of Immigration and Border Protection - Australian Government)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Two foreign fishing vessels, believed to be Vietnamese, were apprehended on Tuesday evening near Dianne Bank in waters off far North Queensland for suspected illegal fishing in Australian waters ... Twenty six crew members believed to be Vietnamese nationals have been detained and are being escorted to Cairns, where further investigations will be undertaken by AFMA....

Highlands church gets architecture prize (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
(Source ... The church, which took four years to build, was completed last July ... Vietnamese architects Huong and Dung received support from architect Finn Geipel, professor Klaus Zillich, professor Rainer Mertes and professor Eddy Widjaja ... The first prize in the sixth competition went to the church of San Sebastian in Spain, while the new Saint Trinitatis Church in Germany came in third place, after the Vietnamese entry ... Source. VNA ... (noodl....

George Will: Republicans should save their party, not give to Trump

Edit The Oklahoman 23 Jun 2016
McCain was captured (with a broken leg and two broken arms) when North Vietnamese shot down his plane ... Sort of like the Vietnam era ... Kesler recalls that James Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention contain this from the July 17, 1787, debate on the proposal to have presidents chosen by Congress. Rather than making the president a "creature of the legislature," Gouverneur Morris favored election by the people....

‘Asia’s sexiest DJ’ awaits judge’s decision in abduction case

Edit New York Post 23 Jun 2016
A Brooklyn federal judge is expected to decide the fate of “Asia’s Sexiest DJ”-turned-embattled mom in the next few days, he said Wednesday at a hearing over her extradition ... “Her intent was to proceed in court to exercise her parental right,” said Mia Eisner-Grynberg ... “He took my daughter to France for seven months ... The Vietnamese-born Vu could face about three years in French prison, the lawyers speculated ... ....

Congressman Garamendi Says “Give Us a Vote” on House Floor During Sit-In for Gun Safety Legislation (John Garamendi)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
(Source. John Garamendi) ... The Congressman identified two specific reforms that are overwhelmingly supported by the American public ... Full video of his remarks is above. A transcript is below. Congressman Garamendi said.. 'Mr ... Speaker ... Mr ... An AK-47 in the hands of a crazy, not a crazy, just somebody that had the machine to kill Vietnamese refugees, children that had escaped the violence of Vietnam - on a school ground, and they were shot ... Mr ... Mr....

Secondary education to be free in 2019, President Kenyatta says (Office of the President of the Government of Kenya)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Office of the President of the Government of Kenya). The Government will make secondary education free three years from now, President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged today ... 'We are doing all this toimprove the quality of education and ease the burden on parents by removing impediments of access to secondary education,' the President said ... 'Education institutions have an important role to play in this regard,' President Kenyatta said....

The progressive president that time forgot

Edit Mashable 23 Jun 2016
Presidents in the year prior to Election Day 2016 ... When an editor asked me how best to describe the next president in the series, Benjamin Harrison, the best I could muster was this ... 44 books on 44 presidents ... That's what I gleamed from Homer Socolofsky and Allan Spetter's incredibly arid book The Presidency of Benjamin Harrison ... He passed legislation that not only had an impact during his term, but set the stage for presidents to come....

Today in History

Edit Seattle Post-Intelligence 23 Jun 2016
In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for a second term of office at the Republican national convention in Chicago. In 1947, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Harry S ... In 1972, President Richard Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R ... President Nixon signed Title IX barring ......

OEM Speakers Announced for CAR MBS (CAR - Center for Automotive Research)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Nicholson - Vice President, Global Propulsion Systems, General Motors. Julia Steyn - Vice President, Urban Mobility Programs, General Motors. Wil James - President, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc ... Matthias Erb - Chief Engineering Officer and Executive Vice President, Engineering and Planning, Volkswagen Group of America Mahesh Kodumudi - Executive Vice President of Corporate Purchasing, Volkswagen Group of America....

President Kenyatta applauds landmark agreement between TSC and teachers’ unions (Office of the President of the Government of Kenya)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Office of the President of the Government of Kenya). President Uhuru Kenyatta has welcomed the signing of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and teachers' unions, terming it a historic move that will improve the country's education sector ... The President was speaking today at State House, Mombasa, after a meeting with the TSC and KNUT top leadership....

Former Ford, Bush National Security Adviser Scowcroft Endorses Clinton

Edit Voa News 23 Jun 2016
presidents, on Wednesday endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president over Donald Trump, in a snub of the Republican Party's likely nominee by a prominent member of its security wing. "The presidency requires the judgment and the knowledge to make tough calls under pressure," the Republican elder statesman said in a statement ... Scowcroft, 91, served as national security adviser under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H....

Westinghouse Announces Executive Leadership Transitions (Toshiba Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
These transitions are effective today, with Danny Roderick as president and CEO of Toshiba Corporation's Energy Systems and Solutions Company (ESS) ... Also effective on June 22, José Emeterio Gutiérrez has been named acting president and CEO, and David Precht, acting senior vice president, Nuclear Fuel and Components Manufacturing....

Westinghouse Announces Executive Leadership Transitions (Toshiba Semiconductor Company)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
These transitions are effective today, with Danny Roderick as president and CEO of Toshiba Corporation's Energy Systems and Solutions Company (ESS) ... Also effective on June 22, José Emeterio Gutiérrez has been named acting president and CEO, and David Precht, acting senior vice president, Nuclear Fuel and Components Manufacturing....
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