Almost 750,000 Children Benefit with a Record £1billion in Child Maintenance Collected Or Arranged
April 30, 2008
National Statistics figures released today show almost 750,000 children across the UK are benefiting from child maintenance payments, as the Child Support Agency collected or arranged a record £1billion nationally in a 12 month period. This compares to £6.5 billion of maintenance collected or arranged in the previous 14 years of the Agency’s operation. Read more
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Most Americans Say U.S. is Entering Recession, According to AICPA Survey
April 30, 2008
Sixty-eight percent of America’s adults believe the United States is heading toward a recession, and slightly more than half (53 percent) are cutting their spending and paying down debt as a result, according to a survey by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Read more
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Guinean Capital Brightens Up with Traffic Lights
April 30, 2008
The Guinean capital, Conakry, has set up of traffic lights at certain road junctions to ensure better traffic control but motorists are having trouble abiding by the new rules, APA has learned. Read more
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Heic0811: Compact Galaxies in Early Universe Pack a Big Punch
April 30, 2008
Using the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer onboard of the Hubble NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made observations of young, surprisingly compact galaxies, each only 5,000 light-years across, but weighing 200 billion times the mass of the Sun. Read more
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Security Scares Away Foreign Artists From Zimbabwe Arts Festival
April 30, 2008
More than 20 countries are taking part at a low-key Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) hit by last-minute withdrawals by artists fearing for their safety in Zimbabwe, APA learned on Wednesday. Read more
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Bison Can Thrive Again, Study Says
April 30, 2008
Bison can repopulate large areas from Alaska to Mexico over the next 100 years provided a series of conservation and restoration measures are taken, according to continental assessment of this iconic species by the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups. The assessment was authored by a diverse group of conservationists, scientists, ranchers, and Native Americans/First Nations peoples, and appears in the April issue of the journal Conservation Biology. Read more
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