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…
Frank Messina: An interview with the ‘Mets Poet’
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 In the early Olympic games, athletes used to run a mile and then recite a poem. The first poet-in-residence of an English football team, Ian McMillan, remarked that football chants are like huge tribal poems. Generally, though, sport and poetry have never seemed natural companions in…
Guantanamo inmate Murat Kurnaz transferred to Germany and released
Sunday, August 27, 2006 After being held for more than four years at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, German born Turkish citizen Murat Kurnaz was transferred to German custody by U.S. authorities on Thursday. An hour later, he was released. Kurnaz was picked up in Pakistan in 2001 when riding…
The Cool Ways To Boost Your Profits!
Submitted by: Aakash Dutt Building a large and growing customer base is simple but not easy. It requires finding, enrolling and training at least ten serious business builders. The better you get at using viral and attraction marketing and applying excellent service, the faster and more effectively you will build…
Wikinews interviews Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Recently, Wikinews spent time with with Chilean Paralympic skier Jorge Migueles who was in Copper Mountain, Colorado for the IPC Nor-Am Cup. ((Wikinews)) I’m interviewing Jorge Migueles, he is here from Chile. And you’re from Santiago. Jorge Migueles: Yes, from Santiago. ((WN)) What you’re what classification?…
Gunman massacres at least 12 at New York immigration center
Friday, April 3, 2009 A gunman attacked a downtown Binghamton, New York-based immigration services center today, killing up to 13 people before killing himself. New York Governor David Paterson at a news conference indicated that 12 or 13 people were killed at the American Civic Association. It is unclear whether…
Spaniard Jon Santacana wins downhill at 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 This morning Spanish para-alpine skier Jon Santacana won the gold in the men’s visually impaired downhill at the IPC Alpine World Championships, which are taking place from February 20 to 27, 2013 at La Molina, Spain, and became the first winner of the Championships. Santacana and…
Interview with Derek Begley, Regional Council candidate for Wards 9 & 10 in Brampton, Canada
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. Wikinews contributor Nick Moreau contacted many of the candidates, including Derek Begley, asking them to…