Sunday, January 8, 2006 — Original Reporting A woman in Australia has been killed in a shark attack. The attack occurred at 5pm (Local Time) just off Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island, south-east of Brisbane. The woman, described as 21, had lost both arms up to the elbow and sustained severe wounds to her torso […]
Read MoreJohn Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing
Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel like Snowball’s Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell‘s Animal Farm which he was inspired […]
Read MoreCanada’s Etobicoke Centre (Ward 3) city council candidates speak
This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Monday, October 30, 2006 On November 13, Torontoians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Etobicoke Centre (Ward 3). One candidate responded to Wikinews’ requests for […]
Read MoreACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their […]
Read MoreChoosing Vg Based Nicotine
Read An Opinion On: Council Project Murals Architect Project Murals Sydney byadmin VG based nicotine is one of the most commonly sought-after types of products on the market today. If you are a product manufacturer and you need a high-quality source of nicotine, you may want to consider this specific type. You will find that […]
Read MoreCleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]
Read MorePolice officer killed as car bomb explodes in Omagh, Northern Ireland
Saturday, April 2, 2011 A bomb positioned below the car of a police officer in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom has exploded, killing him. The unidentified 25-year-old officer, recently employed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland after graduating from a college of police training three weeks prior, was directly involved in the incident as he […]
Read MoreNigerian “free puppy” scam revealed on the internet
Thursday, September 20, 2007 A Nigerian “free puppy” scam has been circling the internet for months without any reports on television or on the radio. Just yesterday the Toronto Star reported about a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada woman, on September 10, who was scammed by a Nigerian man (Paul) claiming to be a Christian missionary who […]
Read More38 killed after US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
Sunday, August 7, 2011 38 people were killed on Saturday when a US Chinook helicopter crashed west of Kabul, Afghanistan, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the crash. Thirty Americans were killed in the crash, including at least seventeen members of SEAL Team 6, Air Force members, the helicopter’s crew, a dog handler and a […]
Read MoreTobacco manufacturers and retailers fined over UK price fixing
Saturday, April 17, 2010 Several tobacco manufacturers and retailers in the United Kingdom have been fined a total of £225 million for price fixing. The fines were imposed by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) following an investigation lasting seven years. It is the largest penalty ever issued by the OFT for breaches of the […]
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