Saturday, January 19, 2008 George W. Bush, the president of the United States has suggested an economic growth package that could be worth almost 1% of the United States’ GDP (the US GDP is appoximately US$15 trillion). The package is expected to come in the form of tax cuts. In a speech which took place […]
UK general election, 2005
Thursday, May 5, 2005 The United Kingdom General Election Results: Labour Conservative Lib Dems 355 197 62 DUP SNP Sinn Féin 7 6 5 Plaid Cymru SDLP UUP 3 3 1 RESPECT IKHH Ind. 1 1 1 Wikinews will have coverage of the election results at: Results of 2005 United Kingdom General Election […]
South Africa defeats Australia in second cricket test
Sunday, January 4, 2009 South Africa convincingly beat Australia by 9 wickets in the second cricket test being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was the first time Australia has been beaten on home soil since 1992 when the West Indies beat Australia by 2-1 in the five match series. It was a see-sawing […]
Biomass Boiler Construction A Novel Step Towards Clean Energy}
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Komatsu Submitted by: Eliza Dushku Brite constructions is energetically linked with Kimberley Clark that is investing $ 12.5 million in the construction of a biomass boiler and a $ 22.2 million investment in cogeneration power plant, both located in the companys production plant in San Juan Opico. The […]
Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/AL-KY
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It […]
New planet found in ‘Habitable Zone’
Friday, October 1, 2010 Astronomers at the University of California at Santa Cruz have discovered a new planet which is considered to be in the middle of the Habitable Zone of its parent star, a discovery which has raised the possibility of finding life on another planet. Researchers found the planet while conducting the Lick-Carnegie […]
WTO calls meeting on trade finance and economic crisis
Friday, October 10, 2008 The head of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, has called for a meeting to assess the trade finance situation, including the impact on developing countries. The meeting, which is schedule for November 12, will allow credit institutes and government officials to review the current trade credit situation. “A number of […]
Canadian media company Bell Globemedia to acquire rival CHUM
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 Canadian media company CHUM Limited has announced that it has agreed to be acquired by larger rival Bell Globemedia Inc. for $1.7 billion CAD cash, bringing the CTV and Citytv broadcast-television networks and such specialty channels as MuchMusic, TSN and Bravo! under the same corporate umbrella. Shareholders will receive $52.50 per […]
Police shut down Edmonton pizza restaurant for illegally delivering alcohol
Saturday, October 17, 2015 Edmonton police have closed down an Edmonton, Alberta, Canada pizza restaurant for a single day for delivering alcoholic beverages despite not being licensed to do so. It is unclear when this incident occurred, but the CBC reported that it occurred “recently”, after police searched the shop in September. The alcohol was […]
Photo source for Barack Obama presidential campaign “HOPE” poster discovered
Thursday, January 22, 2009 Netizens have discovered the photograph that was used to create the iconic Barack Obama “HOPE” poster, which became a national symbol during his 2008 presidential campaign in the United States. Los Angeles, California street artist Shepard Fairey’s poster design is an almost exact match to an Associated Press photo from October […]