Australian election debate moved to avoid clash with cookery show

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 A televised debate between Australia’s candidates for Prime Minister in the upcoming election has been rescheduled and shortened — to avoid a clash with popular cookery show MasterChef. The pre-election debate traditionally lasts 90 minutes and occurs at 1930 on the first Sunday of the campaign. …

California’s violent video game ban law ruled unconstitutional by US Court of Appeals

Sunday, February 22, 2009 A U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday has declared unconstitutional California Assembly Bills 1792 & 1793, the California “ultraviolent video games law” that sought to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. Federal judge Consuelo M. Callahan has ruled that the 2005 …

Oil facilities in Saudi Arabia hit by drone attacks

Sunday, September 15, 2019 Yesterday, oil facilities belonging to Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Saudi Aramco were hit by multiple drone strikes in a pre-dawn raid. The attacks triggered major fires at a processing plant and an oil field, which state media said were under control. The Yemen-based Houthi movement claimed responsibility …

2007 Baseball World Cup Quarter Final: A brand new semi-finalists except the host team

Sunday, November 18, 2007 In the quarter-final of 2007 Baseball World Cup, because actual strengths of those finalists were merely close, the pitching became a key role to decide a team who entered or eliminated the semi-final. Contents 1 Japan vs Australia 2 Mexico vs Cuba 3 South Korea vs …