Thursday, July 24, 2008 A bus crash in Victoria, Australia has injured at least 20 people, two of whom are listed as critical. One victim is reported to be still trapped in the wreckage. The accident occurred between a bus and a semi-trailer on the Princes Highway in the Traralgon area around 10:50am AEST. The […]
Were New Orleanians caught in political crossfire?
Thursday, September 15, 2005 In the aftermath of the disaster in New Orleans, questions have arisen as to whether the Bush administration withheld the deployment of troops and other assistance pending an agreement by the Louisiana Governor, Kathleen Blanco, to authorize the invocation of the Insurrection Act, which would have legally allowed Bush to declare […]
Israel Journal: Is Yossi Vardi a good father to his entrepreneurial children?
Thursday, December 20, 2007 Wikinews reporter David Shankbone is currently, courtesy of the Israeli government and friends, visiting Israel. This is a first-hand account of his experiences and may — as a result — not fully comply with Wikinews’ neutrality policy. Please note this is a journalism experiment for Wikinews and put constructive criticism on […]
Militants in Pakistan torch NATO, US military vehicles
Sunday, December 7, 2008 Pakistani officials have reported that vehicles supplying NATO forces in Afghanistan have been set on fire by suspected militants. The attack occurred in the northwestern city of Peshawar which lies on Pakistan’s North-Western frontier at 0230 local time. Sources claim that more than 250 gunmen using rockets, grenades and AK-47s overpowered […]
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Ozzy Osbourne’s personal possessions fetch $800,000 for charity
Sunday, December 2, 2007 American heavy metal performer Ozzy Osbourne, who became famous as the lead vocalist for Black Sabbath and later as a solo act, has raised more than US$800,000 for The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program, founded by his spouse Sharon Osbourne at the Cedars Sinai Hospital, by auctioning off personal items. A […]
Ebay Motor Car Auction, The Best Place To Search For Cars
Read More About: Government Relations Nsw Government Public Relations In Australia By Mark Lindsay If you ever wanted to buy or sell a car or any other type of vehicle, you should know that a great place where you can do all these things is the eBay motor car auction. From here, from this place, […]
Militant group ‘protests’ placards used in Armenian-Turkish journalist’s funeral
Thursday, January 25, 2007 Thousands of people marched in Dink‘s Funeral to protest his assassination, holding placards that read “We are all Armenian” and “We are Hrant Dink” in Turkish, Kurdish and Armenian. Later, as reported by Wikinews, these placards were protested by MHP, a fascist Turkish political party, and by CHP, a political party […]
Rare megamouth shark found dead in Pio Duran, Philippines
Saturday, January 31, 2015 A megamouth shark was found dead in the Philippines on Wednesday. There have been only fifteen confirmed sightings in the nation and around 60 worldwide. The fifteen-foot male was found after reportedly becoming entangled with a fishing net near the Barangay Marigondon neighborhood of Pio Duran, Albay province. Its body was […]
‘Davos man’ versus ‘Camp Igloo’; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
Thursday, January 26, 2012 Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel gave yesterday’s opening address to the 42nd meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is facing a distinctly different geo-political landscape from twelve months ago. Outside the WEF security cordon, in the sub-zero temperatures of Davos’ train station car park, the local incarnation of the Occupy […]