Tuesday, January 18, 2005 AUSTRALIA –Following hospitalisation for pancreatitis and ongoing speculation about his leadership, Mark Latham has resigned from his roles as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and also the Federal Member for Werriwa. He cited as reasons the media harassment, and a desire to put his…
20-year-old captures abusive police officer on tape
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 A 20-year old male turned the tables on an abusive police officer in St. George, Missouri after he was pulled over inside a commuter parking lot by officer Sgt. James Kuehnlein of the St. George police department. The St. Louis, Missouri man, Brett Darrow, 20, had…
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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Fibre Optic Cabling Fibre Optic Cables Satellite Orbits by Frank Johnson A Dish Network satellite TV system is based off signals transmitted and received by multiple satellites. But, the main satellites in space are constantly moving in what is called an orbit. Any…
Strongest earthquake in 40 years hits Southeast Asia
Sunday, December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean – The death toll continues to grow and millions face a homeless life in the new year as coastal communities in south Asia struggle against continued aftershocks and flooding caused by the largest earthquake to strike the planet in more than a generation. The…
Sweeping bank regulatory overhaul passed in US House of Representatives
Thursday, July 1, 2010 Never again, never again should Wall Street greed bring such suffering to our country. The US House of Representatives passed a significant overhaul of financial regulations that strengthens the government’s hold on banks and also creates a new federal agency to oversee consumer lending on Wednesday….
Rescue teams try to save London whale
Saturday, January 21, 2006 Wikipedia has more about this subject: Thames Whale Rescue teams are attempting to save the life of the whale which has been swimming in the London Thames river over the past few days. The northern bottle-nosed whale, which had gotten weaker and weaker, became beached this…
Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
Monday, October 19, 2009 A report accidentally published on the Internet provides insight into a secretive European Union surveillance project designed to monitor its citizens, as reported by Wikileaks earlier this month. Project INDECT aims to mine data from television, internet traffic, cellphone conversations, p2p file sharing and a range…
Wikinews’ overview of the year 2008
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Also try the 2008 World News Quiz of the year. What would you tell your grandchildren about 2008 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 years’ time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2008, what would the question be? The year…
Prohibition Party holds convention; nominates Jack Fellure for U.S. President
Thursday, June 23, 2011 Retired West Virginia engineer Lowell Jackson “Jack” Fellure won the presidential nomination of the Prohibition Party yesterday at the party’s National Convention in Cullman, Alabama. He won on the second ballot, defeating Thompson Township tax accessor James Hedges of Pennsylvania, who initially ran unopposed. Party Chairman…
India doubles Commonwealth Games budget
Thursday, November 5, 2009 The Indian government has raised the budget of the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games from Rs. 767 crore ($163 million) to Rs. 1,620 crore ($344 million). The decision was made at a meeting of the cabinet led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. Ambika…