Marathon, based in Findlay, Ohio, has 7 refineries.
“Police have blocked Fort Street off by I-75 south … oh my goodness … there’s an ambulance out here, a fireman standing outside, you know, it doesn’t look like they are trying to get close. They are not trying to go in there,” one listener told the local radio station
Speaking to the Canadian Senate Committee on National Security and Defense last May, Oliver testified that Canucks are being led with “baby steps” to accept the growing presence of American authorities, adding, „We recognized early that this approach would raise concerns about sovereignty, of privacy, and civil liberties of Canadians.”
“Money is definitely a factor,” 20-year-old Leah Ott, a physiology major from Houston, told NBC News. She and her two sisters all attend universities in Canada.
ALS UNS die große Einwanderungswelle um 1990 aus der Sowjetunion erreichte, waren wir froh.
The principal food supplier to US troops in Afghanistan is embroiled in a costly dispute with the Pentagon that has attracted congressional interest.
Bill Maher on Friday decried the massive show of force seen on Boston-area streets during last week’s manhunt for the remaining marathon bombing suspect, declaring that the U.S. is turning into a “police state.”
Anti-war groups are protesting at the UK airbase from which the country has begun controlling its fleet of assassination drones in Afghanistan. Previously, the remote pilots were deployed only in the US.
The official number of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay reached 100 on Saturday – three more than the day before. Twenty of the detainees are receiving enteral feeds, five of whom are being observed in a detainee hospital.
As the Greek Parliament readied for a debate on April 28 whether to pass another list of reforms demanded by international lenders in return for rescue aid, Eurozone officials were to meet the next day and expected to release a pending installment of 2.8 billion euros, some $3.65 billion – if the Greek lawmakers keep up their end of the bargain.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday called on the country‘s political parties to unite behind the unprecedented left-right coalition that Enrico Letta is set to lead.
MARY KOUYOUMDJIAN is dedicated to composing music that pushes the boundaries of expectation and musical tradition. As a first generation Armenian-American and having come from a family directly affected by the Lebanese Civil War and Armenian Genocide, she uses a sonic pallet that draws on her heritage, interest in folk music, and background in experimental composition to progressively blend the old with the new.
Raymond Ladouceur remembers when he could dip a cup into the Athabasca River for a drink. He remembers when the trout and muskrats were plentiful — and when his community was healthy.
The Kronos Quartet / Kronos Performing Arts Association is pleased to announce the recipient of the fifth Kronos: Under 30 Project commission: Mary Kouyoumdjian. A New York City resident, Kouyoumdjian was chosen from a call for composers that yielded nearly 400 applicants in 43 countries on five continents, the largest response in the program’s history. Launched in 2003, the Under 30 Project is designed to help nurture the careers of young artists, while enabling Kronos to forge stronger connections with the next creative generation.
recorded by the Horszowski Trio
The music of Felipe Perez Santiago has been commisioned and played in more than 30 countries including concert halls such as the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, the Theatre de la Ville in Paris, the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, the Sydney Opera House, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Staatstheater of Munich and the Carnegie Hall in New York.
Während die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika die Kriegstrommeln schlagen wegen der atomar bestückten Langstreckenraketen Nordkoreas und des Iran – die diese gar nicht besitzen – bleibt Washington erstaunlich ruhig angesichts des Einstiegs des jüngsten Mitglieds in den Atomklub der Großen – Indien.
Italian leftist Enrico Letta was expected to reveal Saturday whether he has succeeded in uniting the country‘s feuding parties and persuading the old guard to step aside for a government of fresh talent.
Expected to say whether he can form a coalition government
„We have positive sensations too,“ said Civic Choice‘s Andrea Olivero when asked if he shared ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi‘s optimism about the new administration being sworn in on Saturday.
Völlig unerwartet kippte heute das Landessozialgericht die Berliner Heizkostenzuschüsse (WAV) für Bezieher von Hartz IV-Leistungen. Unerwartet deshalb, weil diese nicht etwa als zu niedrig sondern zu hoch seitens des Gerichts eingestuft wurden.
Syrien will künftig der Shanghaier Kooperationsorganisation (SOZ) und der Gruppe BRICS (Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China, Südafrika) beitreten.
Italy‘s center-left prime minister-designate Enrico Letta met Silvio Berlusconi and other center-right officials on Saturday to try to resolve the remaining differences holding up the formation of a coalition government between the rival parties.
He must have a weird sense of humour.
let’s stick to the strawberries as the shooting at migrant pickers last week brought up this particular issue.
Rom: Nachdem der neue alte Präsident Giorgio Napolitano (P.D.) nach Mario Monti den Bilderberger Enrico Letta (P.D.) zum nächsten Präsidenten des Ministerrates (Ministerpräsidenten) von Italien ernannt hat, steht Napolitano nun vor der Ernennung und Vereidigung der von Parteifreund Letta vorgeschlagenen Ministe
Ein Jahr nach Beginn seiner Amtszeit ist François Hollande so unbeliebt, wie kein französischer Präsident zuvor. Jetzt wächst auch der Druck aus der eigenen Partei. Die Linken fordern einen offenen Konfrontationskurs gegen den Sparkurs von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel.
Hollande‘s party accuse Merkel of acting in German interests and demand showdown with ‚chancellor of austerity‘
The folks at the human rights organization Article 19, who are focused on protecting free speech around the globe (as per Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), are using today — which is technically „World Intellectual Property Day“ — to set forth their Principles on Freedom of Expression and Copyright, also known as The Right To Share.
The government‘s neverending quest to make America „safer“ has turned on itself, making Americans less safe.