Tuesday, August 23, 2005 The French cycling newspaper L’Équipe is reporting that a drugs testing laboratory has discovered that Lance Armstrong, seven times winner of the Tour de France, used the banned substance EPO in the 1999 tour – his first victory after defeating testicular cancer. L’Equipe also points out…
Home-invaders pose as NYC police
Monday, July 16, 2007 In two separate incidents, men posing as members of the New York Police Department (NYPD), have invaded homes in the New York City area. In both cases, they robbed the residents, but in the most recent, they sexually assaulted a woman. On Saturday, July 14, at…
Romanian tourism to be rebranded
Friday, May 6, 2005 Romania’s National Authority for Tourism (ANT) announced that they would promote tourism in Romania through a new branding strategy, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development. The director of ANT, Marius Critonescu, said that the branding exercise will be “a significant component of…
Creative Ideas For Canvas Art}
Creative Ideas for Canvas Art by James Horton Unlike standard artwork, canvas prints are not printed onto paper and as the name obviously implies, they are printed onto canvas. The canvas is then stretched around a hard wooden frame to provide a stunning effect with no visible frame. Just why…
The Easy Way To Build A Good Credit Score
By Stu Pearson If you want to have a good credit score, you need to be very decisive and flexible at all times. Although there are some people who have large credit lines, this does not mean that they can always handle their debts properly, resulting in bad credit. If…
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Immigration Detainees on Hunger Strike in Oxford UK
Thursday, June 15, 2006 One hundred and twenty detainees at an immigration removal centre in Oxford, UK, are on hunger strike. The protest started when some detainees refused breakfast on Wednesday 14th June 2006. A letter from the hunger strikers explaining why they are seeking to draw attention to their…
Eight Medical Inventions Set To Change The Future Of Healthcare}
Submitted by: Sameer Ahmed The more tech-savvy among us often like to keep abreast of those new technological advances which will improve our leisure time, and change the way we entertain ourselves. But exciting innovations are being made in the world of healthcare too. Inventors are constantly looking for new…
Gunman killed outside Colorado governor’s office
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 A man identified as Aaron Richard Snyder showed up on Monday around 2:25 p.m. outside the Colorado Capitol offices of Governor Bill Ritter. He was carrying a 357-caliber 7 shot Smith and Wesson revolver with 20 extra rounds of ammunition and started screaming “I am the…
Wikipedia, Reddit in ‘blackout’ against SOPA, PROTECT IP laws
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia will go offline for 24 hours in protest against American anti-piracy laws, the Stop Online…