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unusual facts about Rua'au by-election 2003


Rua'au by-election 2003

Three candidates contested the by-election: the Democratic Party's Geoffrey Heather, husband of the former MP; the Cook Islands Party's Vaine Wichman, and Cook Islands National Party leader Teariki Heather.


Abuse by members of Roman Catholic orders

In February 2010 the Salesians were accused of sexual abuse in their juvenate Don Rua in 's-Heerenberg.

Alberto Sileoni

The election of Mayor de la Rúa as President in late 1999 resulted in the project's raplacement and Sileoni's appointment as Director of Secondary Education and Undersecretary for Buenos Aires Province Governor Carlos Ruckauf.

Bristol VR

Three 1980 VRs were used in the making of a 2009 episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who entitled "Planet of the Dead" - one new to West Riding Automobile Company (registered RUA 461W), and the other two new to Alder Valley (registered GGM 84W and HJB 455W).

Chiado

On the early hours of August 25, 1988, a fire started at the Grandella store in Rua do Carmo (Carmo Street) and quickly spread to Rua Garrett (Garrett Street) and others, affecting a total of 18 buildings (corresponding to a 8000 m² land footprint) in the area Chiado, of which 11 were full losses with structure collapse, including the Armazéns do Chiado and Grandella department stores, that never reopened, along with several other historical shops also destroyed.

Elpidio Valdés

Other voices or actors brought the actors bring Tony Gonzalez, Manuel Marin, Eddy Vidal, Maria Eugenia Garcia, Irela Bravo, Juan Julio Alfonso, Teresita Rúa and Erdwin Fernández.

Estádio Alfredo Marques Augusto

Moscavide station of the Lisbon Metro is located in Rua João Pinto Ribeiro at the north end of the stadium.

Hedingham Omnibuses

Two former Hedingham Omnibuses (Bristol VRTs RUA 461W, HJB 455W) masqueraded as London Buses in the 2009 Doctor Who Easter special, Planet of the Dead.

Kazuo Dan

He lived in Santa Cruz on the seacoast west of Torres Vedras, Portugal, from 1971-1972 in a house on a street that now bears his name, Rua Professor Kazuo Dan, Nº 6.

Lina Bo Bardi

MASP (The Museum of Art of São Paulo) was established on 2nd October, with temporary offices on the second floor of the headquarters of the Diários Associados on Rua Sete de Abril.

Nathaniel Lees

Lees was the director of the award winning play Think of a Garden written by John Kneubuhl, produced by Cath Cardiff and performed at Taki Rua Theatre in Wellington 1995.

Piho Rua

In 2006, Rua aligned himself with the opposition Cook Islands Party in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the governing coalition in a confidence vote.

René Favaloro

Following his suicide, it was revealed that he had written a letter to Argentine President Fernando de la Rúa, that had never been read, in which he expressed being tired of "being a beggar in his own country," and asked for De la Rúa's help to raise money to help the Foundation.

Rónán Mac Con Iomaire

Mac Con Iomaire was raised in the Connemara Gaeltacht village of An Cheathrú Rua, the eldest of three children of Tomás Mac Con Iomaire and Mairéad.

Rua Kenana Hepetipa

Rua thought it was modelled on the Jerusalem Temple (even though his chamber was not to be a place of worship), but the actual model was the present day Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, a Muslim holy site and one of the most sacred of Islamic shrines.

Ruakaka

Ruakaka is a combination of the two words rua and kaka, rua being a Maori word for "two" and kaka a native parrot (Nestor meridionalis).

Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill

Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill was from the townland of Derrylasky in the parish of Donaghmore, County Tyrone, and lived in the first half of the 18th century.

Tô Huy Rứa

Tô Huy Rứa (born 4 June 1947 in Thanh Hóa Province) serves as the current Chairman of the CPV Commission for Organisation.

Trams in Porto

Line 18: Massarelos-Carmo: connects Massarelos (site of the Tram Museum) via Rua da Restauração with Carmo (Praça Parada Leitão) next to the Rectory of the University of Porto.

Universidade Sénior Contemporânea

Located in Rua Nova do Tronco 504 Porto, Portugal, this institute develops theorical and practical classes as History of Oporto, Psychology, Informatics and Internet, Theater and Poetry, Gymnastics and many others.


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