Monday, July 17, 2006 The leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) nations met over the weekend in St. Petersburg in Russia for the 32nd G8 Summit, held under Russia’s presidency, to discuss the ongoing Israel-Lebanon crisis, the stalled world trade talks and other issues. They also met with other world leaders, the UN Secretary […]
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CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Jo-Anne Boulding in Parry Sound—Muskoka
Friday, October 10, 2008 In Wikinews’ attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Jo-Anne Boulding. Jo-Anne is a candidate in Ontario’s Parry Sound—Muskoka riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding’s Conservative incumbent is Tony Clement, Minister of […]
Web Agents In The Seo Canberra And Seo Hobart Regions
Read More About: Asheville Web Design Web-Agents in the SEO Canberra and SEO Hobart Regions by Andrew Ruthmond Search Engine Optimization plays a key role in a company’s growth, and the highly qualified web-marketing specialists belonging to the regions of SEO Canberra and SEO Hobart are very much aware of this. Helping your company achieve […]
Telstra sale legislation debated in Australian House of Representatives, considered “urgent”
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 The legislation and amendments ensuring the sale of Australia’s half-privatized telecommunications provider, Telstra, was moved and debated on September 12. The Liberal/National coalition government has come under criticism for the allotting of time for debate as being insufficient. In Federal Parliament Leader of the House Tony Abbott moved to adjourn debate […]
Volkswagen emissions scandal may affect thousands more cars
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 The Volkswagen emissions scandal continued yesterday with the company announcing 800,000 mainly diesel vehicles may also be affected by carbon dioxide emissions problems. The company stated “the safety of the vehicles is in no way compromised”. They estimated potentially this could cost them €2bn on top of the €6.7bn set aside […]
National Park Service covers donation box at United Airlines Flight 93 memorial
Friday, June 8, 2007 On June 7, Mike Svonavec, the owner of the land in Somerset County, Pennsylvania where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on September 11, 2001 has a US$10 million price tag for his property which is sought by the group, Families of Flight 93 and the United States National Park Service, (NPS) […]
To Regulate Or To Ban Online Gambling Games
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Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life
Saturday, October 27, 2007 Gay Talese wants to go to Iraq. “It so happens there is someone that’s working on such a thing right now for me,” the 75-year-old legendary journalist and author told David Shankbone. “Even if I was on Al-Jazeera with a gun to my head, I wouldn’t be pleading with those bastards! […]
Oil spill hits Australia’s Sunshine coastline
Sunday, March 15, 2009 200,000 litres of oil leaked into waters off the coast of Brisbane from the Pacific Adventurer when their fuel tanks were damaged in rough seas on Wednesday. The figure is about ten times higher than the original estimate of twenty thousand litres of oil. The devastating diesel oil spill has spread […]
Riyo Mori is crowned Miss Universe as Japanese after 48 years’ absence
Thursday, May 31, 2007 According to The Japan Times, the 20-year-old Japanese delegate Riyo Mori was crowned as the 56th Miss Universe, in a ceremony held at Mexico City on May 28 . Riyo, the new Miss Universe titleholder, is from Shizuoka, Japan. She had stayed in Canada to study ballet while in high-school.After Riyo […]