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Archive for June 29th, 2009
Liveaboards left homeless after wreck
29, Jun 2009Father and pregnant daughter in dramatic scramble ashore
- In: Boat
- Tags: dramatic-scramble
U.S. Resumes Surveillance Flights Over Pakistan
29, Jun 2009Information is being shared with Pakistani commanders fighting militants near the Afghan border.
- In: Aircraft
- Tags: afghan, Aircraft, being-shared, boeing, commanders-fighting, militants-near, near-the-afghan, pakistani, plane
NASA Holds Test to Verify Endeavour Tank Repairs
29, Jun 2009NASA will conduct a tanking test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 1, to ensure repairs to space shuttle Endeavour’s external fuel tank were successful.
Aston-badged Toyota iQ?
29, Jun 2009Aston has announced that they’re grafting their signature grille onto a Toyota iQ and selling it as the Aston Cygnet. What’s with the April Fool’s joke in June?
Medical motorboat in Sfakia area in Crete
29, Jun 2009In Sfakia a medical motorboat was donated by Sfakiots living in Athens for medical help in emergencies. The medical motorboat is an all-weather vessel that can be used in south-west Crete, from Hora Sfakion to Paleochora or Gavdos.
- In: Boat
- Tags: athens, crete, france, from-the-scene, highlight-the-causes, million-euro, sfakia, sfakion, taken-over, vessel
Brigitta goes over 75,000 Miles
29, Jun 2009From Redleg’s Rides – Brigitta, my 1987 R80 went over a milestone of sorts today, her odometer clicked over past 75,000 miles. I know, there’s plenty of Beemer riders out there with motorcycles which have gone at least once past the 100,000 mile mark. But it’s the first one for me.Maria, my 2004 R1150RT, is close behind Brigitta. Maria is coming up on 69,000 miles.Now, I got Brigitta with 61,135 on the odometer so I’ve only put 13,865 miles on her myself since I got her back in June of 2008.Maria,
- In: Motorcycle
- Tags: alpine-road, brigitta, close-behind, Motorcycle, odometer, past-the-100, popularity, sorts-today
Volkswagen Denies Ultimatum, Suzuki Denies Deal
29, Jun 2009Over the weekend, Porsche complained loudly about a Monday ultimatum to accept Volkswagen’s merger proposal—or else. The answer from Wolfsburg: “Ultimatum? What ultimatum?” “There is no ultimatum,” a VW spokesman told Reuters. He would not comment further. Parallel worlds? Porsche Chairman Wolfgang Porsche and his deputy on the supervisory board, Uwe Hueck, said in a statement on