Pizza should lure people to polls
November 8, 2016 13:48Americans who do not want to stand in line, but who have appetite for pizza. With that idea a group of volunteers think as far as possible to persuade people to cast their vote.
Americans who do not want to stand in line, but who have appetite for pizza. With that idea a group of volunteers think as far as possible to persuade people to cast their vote.
After nearly 2.5 years of wrangling Lebanon finally has a new president. Former army chief Michel Aoun received enough votes from the different blocs in parliament Monday and was immediately sworn in as the new head of state.
A letter in which the former Beatle John Lennon to Queen Elizabeth explains why he refuses a royal honor, has surfaced in an album cover. This is probably a draft of the letter is now in the royal archives. It reports the British newspaper The Guardian Friday.
The enthusiasm is less than yesterday, but the exodus from the jungle in Calais continues. This morning at 11 am 500 migrants had boarded a bus to reception centers throughout France. Yet there remains fear of riots.
The evacuation of the refugee camp in the northern French town of Calais has begun. Hundreds of immigrants formed long lines on Monday morning for a registration center at the camp, which is also called the 'jungle'.
"PHOTO- Forget all cosmetics collections, clothing sets and perfume lines. No, a real star today simply brings his or her own emoji on the market. And that's exactly what Sylvie Meis did today."
Linux operating system is celebrating its 25th anniversary Thursday. But it had hardly reached that milestone. About fifteen years ago, the system was large and unwieldy. A new structure finally solved the problems, but Linus Torvalds, the man behind Linux was about to throw the towel in the ring. He says on the site of the Linux Foundation.
Turkey will start interfering more in the coming months with solutions to the war in Syria to prevent the country is divided along ethnic lines. That said, the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Saturday.
Londoners were last night for the first time take the subway from their work or from the pub. After years of delay because of disagreement over the terms of the Metro staff was on the night of Friday to Saturday so far. Cleaners fear that they will get their hands on the many, often drunk, full of clubbers.
Londoners can after years of delay finally overnight taking the metro. On Fridays and Saturdays driving two lines (Central and Victoria) through the night, to the satisfaction of going public and shift workers. The lines Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly follow in the autumn.
The European Commission represents a tightening of supervision of communication services such as Skype and WhatsApp. According to the British Financial Times are tech companies like Microsoft (Skype) and Facebook (WhatsApp) subject in the upcoming revision of the rules on telecom services to stringent privacy and security rules.
There is an airlift required to provide the plight of Aleppo inhabitants of much-needed relief supplies. Finding that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He points out that the Contact Group for Syria, where the main countries involved in Syria meeting, has agreed agreed that,, an airlift can be considered as humanitarian aid is routinely stopped ''.
The number of fixed telephone lines in the Netherlands for the first time dipped below the million. This is evident from Telecom Monitor for the first quarter of 2016 the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM).
In their efforts to subdue some fierce wildfires in southern France, four French firemen were injured Wednesday. Three of them suffered severe injuries, told the French Ministry of the Interior.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday his new British counterpart Theresa May discussed the Brexit. The two leaders talked among other things about the future relationship between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
The pilot of the hot air balloon which crashed Saturday in Austin in the US state of Texas, has previously been in jail since his car was under the influence of alcohol and drugs. At the crash all sixteen passengers were killed.
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In the hunt for Pokémon figurines are several people on and start walking at the track. In Hattem has achieved police Monday night two people from the rails. Between Delft and Schiedam trains had to slow down.
Generally smartphones go almost a whole day with it, but with intensive use battery saves often just not at home. In such cases it is useful to have a power bank with you. Fresh 'n Rebel them in three sizes and lots of trendy colors.
Democrat Bernie Sanders, who for months fought a bitter battle with his colleague Hillary Clinton to take the nomination of his party for the presidential election, seems finally his loss. He gave Wednesday in an interview with US policy 24 that,, it does not seem that I am the candidate will be. '
Pluto probably has an ocean, hiding hundreds of kilometers deep. This can be deduced from measurements of the US probe New Horizons. The study is in the important scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters.
The Netherlands is making work faster rail connections with Germany and Belgium.
Consuelo Loera, the mother of the notorious Mexican drug lord El Chapo is home raided by heavily armed bandits of her son's principal adversary. In the mountain village of La Tula would at least three, and possibly ten villagers were killed.
The bushfires around the Canadian city of Fort McMurray are probably caused by human activity, Canadian police said Tuesday (local time). Researchers who have studied in detail the area in the province of Alberta, close lightning out.
Uber France must pay a fine of 800,000 euros for offering illegal taxi service UberPOP. A judge also sentenced two directors of the American company to fines. Which are half conditional.
Google has been developing for a long time features to control your computer by voice. Chrome listens search engine for example to voice commands. And recently we can even dictate the contents of a text document in Google Docs without having to buy expensive software.
Sahra Wagenknecht on Sunday in her closing speech at the congress of the Left Party in Magdeburg heavily in independence.,, The lot is used, '' the group president in the Bundestag held her audience of about 580 deputies. A 'red-red-green' coalition is not what her concerns addressed.
Watch out for those who are already on the way to a holiday address in France: hundreds of pumping stations have been (partly) closed because they have no gasoline and / or diesel more. Where was still able to get fuel, were long lines Saturday.
Iraq on Friday declared a state of emergency for Baghdad, after protesters had stormed the government building had invaded the so-called Green Zone in the city. The police used tear gas and firearms against protesters. Dozens of people were injured.
The occupation of a lignite mine and the supply route to the nearby power station in the German Lausitz region, near the border with Poland, is already a big success. That says a spokeswoman Ike Teuling Milieudefensie. The action will no longer lignite supplied the plant Vattenfall, causing energy production already declined sharply. Teuling expects the central this Sunday will stop altogether.