Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Dominican baseball player Albert Pujols earned his first home run after joining the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Besides hitting his 446th Major League home run, Pujols ended a personal drought by claiming his first regular-season long ball after 33 games and 139 plate appearances, including his last St. Louis Cardinals at-bats. Pujols snapped back at […]
Six Secrets To Finding A Legit Job Online Making Cash Online So You Can Earn Money From Home
Here’s An Opinion On: Air Conditioner Service Maitland Nsw Submitted by: Wayne Tarken Can you really find a legit job online? Is making cash online possible? Can you earn money from home? Yes, but it does required some effort and research. The Internet is filled with millions of advertisements that offer your free, get rich quick schemes that involve very […]
2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday saw the latest edition of the vetted version of Wikipedia, which is aimed at educational use, go quietly online. The extensively revised version covers over five thousand topics, targeting the eight to […]
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian detained
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has been detained on charges of money laundering, embezzling government funds, taking bribes and forging documents. Television coverage showed him shouting “political persecution” while being led away in handcuffs. “The KMT and the Chinese Communist Party see me as their number one prisoner as I am the biggest stone blocking their […]
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Here’s An Opinion On: Oil And Gas Well Production Testing Natural Cure UTI – How UTI Food can Cure Infections by Joe Barton There are thousands of people who are searching the phrase ‘natural cure UTI’. This is because natural cures and natural health have become more and more legitimate over the past 5 years. Research and many doctors are […]
Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd’s List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on the Caribbean island of Curaçao […]
Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia
Saturday, February 11, 2012 Three nations in three continents have seen attention focused on high suicide rates this week. A study found Scotland’s suicide rate to be increasing away from neighbouring England, Russian press and politicians are examining the world’s third-highest teen suicide rate, and new figures showed increasing Aboriginal children’s suicides in Australia’s Northern Territory. “Until the highest authorities […]
China warns US to avoid trade confrontation
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 Speaking in Washington Tuesday at the conclusion of the China-U.S. trade summit, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi warned the U.S. not to pursue a ‘blame game’ in continued trade negotiations. “We should not easily blame the other side for our own domestic problems,” Wu said, speaking through an interpreter. “Confrontation does no good at all to […]
Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election
Saturday, September 17, 2005 The New Zealand General Election Preliminary Election Results: Labour NZ First National 40.72 5.84 39.63 Greens United Future ACT 5.07 2.72 1.52 Progressive Maori Party Others 1.21 1.98 1.29 100 % Counted:5 hrs in to the Count Polling Places Counted: 6,094 of 6,094 (100.0%) Total Votes Counted: 2,052,813 Special Votes: 193,348 Official Results Other Wikinews election coverage: […]
Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Last night HBO premiered I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA. Since its inception, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has made headlines and raised eyebrows. They are almost single-handedly responsible for the movement against animal testing and their efforts have raised the suffering animals experience in a broad spectrum […]