Environment This article is more than 11 months oldLegal victory in UK Japanese knotweed case could lead to more claimsThis article is more than 11 months oldCourt of appeal ruled homeowner could recover loss of value even if knotweed has been treated A significant legal victory in a case brought by a householder affected by Japanese knotweed has raised the prospect of an increase in claims from people stricken by the hazardous plant. Read More...
A Montreal-area gym was the scene of deadlifting drama last week that led to one staff member getting suspended after a random member attacked another member he thought was being too loud.
Video recorded by a personal trainer shows one Canadian Buzzfit gym member striking another member, 19-year-old Charles Lalonde, Thursday evening, the Montreal-Gazette reported. The argument first posted to YouTube Thursday by Pete Rubish shows the teen performing a deadlift of 350 pounds when all of a sudden a man approaches his mat and puts his foot down over the bar. Read More...
The current Nigerian president is due to step down in May.
Obasanjo was elected president in 1999 and again four years later [AP] Olusegun Obasanjo, a retired general elected president of Nigeria in 1999, is due to step down in May and hand power to the winner of this year’s elections.
He steps down ater two four-year terms in office as president of Africa’s largest oil producer. Nigeria has seen a great deal of growth under his presidency, but most of the country’s 140 million inhabitants still live on less than one dollar a day. Read More...