Wikinews Shorts: August 13, 2009
A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, August 13, 2009. Contents 1 Paris suffers second night of violence
2 No concrete progress but NoRead More…
Plastic Bottles
Plastic Bottles by Vic BrainWhat bullshit..! Sorry to use foul language but my figure did not stop typing this as still the people use the plasticRead More…
Wikinews interviews Frank Moore, independent candidate for US President
Saturday, March 1, 2008
While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the raceRead More…
UEFA Euro 2016, quarter-finals: France defeats Iceland 5-2
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
On Sunday, in the quarter-final match of UEFA Euro 2016, hosts France defeated Iceland 5–2. Antoine Griezmann scored his fourRead More…
How the Army Corps of Engineers closed one New Orleans breach
Friday, September 9, 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana — After Category 4 storm Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, on the night before August 29Read More…
Congressman Cunningham admits taking bribes
Monday, November 28, 2005
U.S. Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) pled guilty today to conspiring to take bribes in exchange for using hisRead More…
Australian health workers to close intensive care units in Victoria next week
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Members of Australia’s Health Services Union (HSU) will go on strike in Victoria next week in a dispute over stalled wage anRead More…
Early morning fire kills four New York group home residents
Sunday, March 22, 2009
After an early morning fire began, four out of the nine people living at the Riverview Individual Residential Alternative grouRead More…
USA tracks information on travelers
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Media attention about a little noticed and month-old U.S. Department of Homeland Security report that international airlinRead More…