Sunday, July 13, 2008
Three American hostages – Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell – that were being held in Colombia by FARC are now free. They are safely in Florida after their rescue by Colombian forces; 12 other hostages were rescued at the same time. They received care from the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio before being sent home to their families. The men were takRead More…
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Wikinews extended invitations by e-mail on March 23 to multiple candidates running in the Texas’ 6th congressional district special election of May 1 to fill a vacancy left upon the death of Republican congressman Ron Wright. Of them, the office of Democrat Daryl Eddings, Sr. agreed to answer some questions by phone March 30 about their campaigns and policies. The follRead More…
Monday, June 25, 2007
Team New Zealand have defeated Swiss syndicate Alinghi in the second race of the 32nd America’s Cup Challenge on Sunday, making the overall score equal with one win for each team.
Team New Zealand, racing with NZL-92, crossed the start line three seconds ahead of Alinghi’s yacht, SUI-100. But Alinghi led the race at the first mark by 13 seconds, though near the ending of thRead More…
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Protestors in Greece, rallying against austerity measures, have clashed with police in the capital of Athens.
Some people participating in the rally — attended by thousands of teachers and students — threw stones at riot police, who responded by employing pepper spray, although the BBC described the protests as being generally peaceful. Demonstrators say that a recentRead More…
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced to a shocked House of Commons today that two password-protected — but not encrypted — computer disks containing the entire Child Benefit database have been lost in transit between the offices of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Washington, Tyne & Wear and the National Audit Office (NAO) iRead More…
Friday, November 27, 2020
Tomorrow, voters in the Australian electoral district of Groom are scheduled to go to the polls in a by-election following the resignation of Liberal National MP John McVeigh for family reasons. Groom is located in the state of Queensland, and is centred around the city of Toowoomba. At the last federal election, the Liberal National Party, Queensland’s dominant conservRead More…
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter.
The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 total Chinese exports reached US$1.2 trillion, abRead More…
Thursday, May 25, 2006
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that Honolulu’s ban on aerial advertising is constitutional and rejected the arguments of a pro-life/anti-abortion group that contended that the ban restricts free speech.
In a unanimous ruling, the court ruled that the city’s ban on aerial advertising is not preempted by federal law and violates neither the free speecRead More…