US clinic plans first face transplant

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 US doctors are to interview 12 patients with a view to performing the first ever transplant of a human face. The Cleveland Clinic will choose between seven women and five men to find the person most suited for the experimental procedure, which is a radical and controversial solution to extreme facial […]

Canada’s supercomputer goes online

Friday, June 19, 2009 The University of Toronto SciNet Consortium went online yesterday with the IBM System x iDataPlex Supercomputer. U of T’s IBM System x is now the fastest computer outside of the United States, the largest Intel processor based IBM installation internationally and the twelfth most powerful globally. It will be used for […]

Iran to conduct missile defense exercise

Saturday, September 26, 2009 The Iranian government has announced that the nation will be participating in a missile defense test which could take place as early as tomorrow. According to the IRNA, Iran’s official news agency, the test is an annual exercise aimed to “maintain and develop” defense capabilities of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The […]

Study: Fish reduces Alzheimer’s disease risk

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Consumption of grilled or baked fish at least once a week can preserve the brain structure of seniors and reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by three to five times, according to the results of a recent US study. The study, conducted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine […]

DaimlerChrysler plans to cut 13,000 jobs

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 International car company DaimlerChrysler announced today it would cut 13,000 jobs in North America. It could part ways with the loss-making business. It also plans to cut two Chrysler plants in an attempt to make Chrysler business profitable by 2008. About 9,000 production jobs will be cut in the U.S., 2,000 […]

Mats Hummels completes Bayern signing

Thursday, May 26, 2016 On Monday, German football club FC Bayern Munich completed the signing of Mats Hummels, who captained Bayern’s rivals Borussia Dortmund this past season. 27-year-old defender Hummels, who was an academy player at Bayern before moving to play for Borussia Dortmund, agreed to a five-year deal. I’m looking forward to everything that […]

Iraqi army regains control over Peshmerga fighters’ occupied Kirkuk

Thursday, October 19, 2017 Yesterday, the Iraqi army said they had regained control over the city of Kirkuk, which was occupied by Peshmerga fighters of Kurdistan’s autonomous regions. After a 48-hour long operation to regain control, Iraqi joint operation command said, “Security has been restored in sectors of Kirkuk, including Dibis, Al-Multaqa, and the Khabbaz […]

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