Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell […]
Collyer brothers to bid for Everton F.C.?
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 Rumours in London and Merseyside have linked Paul and Oliver Collyer, creators of the football management series Championship Manager, with a possible bid for Premiership football team Everton. The Goodison Park club, under the chairmanship of former Coronation Street actor Bill Kenwright, were subjects of a failed takeover bid in August […]
Missing girl from British Columbia found safe
Sunday, May 21, 2006 A missing 11-year-old girl was found safe on Thursday around 5 a.m. PDT after disappearing May 16 while riding her scooter to a local video store near the north Okanagan town of Armstrong, British Columbia. Carmen Kados left home on her regular two kilometer trip to the local store around 6:45 […]
As increase in digital music sales slows, record labels look to new ways to make money
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Every September, the Apple iPod is redesigned. Last year saw the release of the iPod Nano 5th generation, bringing a video camera and a large range of colours to the Nano for the first time. But as Apple again prepares to unveil a redesigned product, the company has released their quarterly […]
MOEA Taiwan signs MOUs with 5 global WiMAX companies to connect with networking industry world-wide
Monday, October 22, 2007 At the 1st day of WiMAX Forum Taipei Showcase & Conference, Ministry of Economic Affairs of R.O.C. Taiwan (MOEA Taiwan) not only set M-Taiwan Pavilion supervised by Industrial Development Bureau of MOEA Taiwan, but also signed MOUs with five world-class WiMAX companies to enhance the advance of networking industry in Taiwan […]
Phone threat closes tunnels, snarls traffic in Baltimore, Maryland
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 A phone threat by a person who claimed to have information from overseas led state highway officials to disrupt traffic for 2 hours on Tuesday through both harbor tunnels in Baltimore, Maryland. All north and southbound traffic of the Harbor Tunnel, and all but two lanes of the Fort McHenry Tunnel […]
Steelmaker Corus to cut 2000 jobs in the UK and Netherlands
Thursday, June 25, 2009 Corus, the fifth largest steelmaker in the world, is set to cut 2000 jobs in both the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. 123 jobs are reported to be going in the Netherlands with the remainder from the United Kingdom. Corus have blamed the move on the “further deterioration” of the demand […]
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Space Shuttle Discovery arrives at International Space Station
Saturday, February 26, 2011 The Space Shuttle Discovery, flying the STS-133 mission, has successfully rendezvoused and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) today at 18:14 UTC for what is scheduled to be the final time in its career. Discovery is delivering six astronauts to the orbiting outpost, as well as station parts and supplies […]
Why Teeth Whitening In Totowa Is A Good Idea
See More About: Invisalign Newtown Crowns For Teeth Sydney byAlma Abell Are you one of the millions of people who are ashamed of their teeth due to them not being white enough? Are you worried or embarrassed that your teeth are not a brilliant white, but rather a dingy white? You’re lucky you can do […]