Tuesday, September 28, 2010 The polygamist family at the center of the new TLC reality television series Sister Wives are now the subject of a criminal investigation. Yesterday, following Sunday’s debut of Sister Wives, police in Lehi, Utah, where the show is set, announced they are investigating Kody Brown and his four wives for possible […]
Taliban resurgent in Pakistan on enforcement of Sharia law/Interview archive
What is the current situation in the NWFP? The Pashtun people are or were renowned for their hospitality. Many westerners commented on it. Some with suspicion NOT willing to believe some people so poor could be so generous. It was almost a character flaw. One could travel with out fear of personal danger as long […]
Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]
Business And The Forex
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Dianne Phuong Nguyen Submitted by: Michael Sanford The business world is a complex web of supply and demand. Money and goods, physical or otherwise, pass through the global market every single day. To meet this exchange between one country and another, foreign exchange, or forex, was born. The […]
Wikinews Shorts: May 8, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Contents 1 Israeli archaeologists find tomb of Herod the Great 2 Woman stable after La Trobe University stabbing 3 Sarkozy criticized over vacation cruise 4 Nigerian rebels force further oil shutdowns 5 NATO forces attacked, civilians caught in the cross fire 6 DOE awards management […]
Wikinews at Toronto film fest party, with Diddy
Monday, September 8, 2008 Toronto residents are abuzz as the stars walk among them, during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. The capital of and largest city in Ontario, Canada has been playing host to the premieres of major motion pictures, up-and-coming indy films, and international films alike. Over the last few years, the festival […]
Sports Betting In A Nutshell
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Heisman Odds Sports bettinghave been a part of human culture on every continent on Earth. Placing a wager on the outcome of a game has been a part of sports life. There is not a single sport you can name that doesn’t have some kind of betting audience.For […]
Australia: Victorian lockdown lifted
Sunday, August 1, 2021 At 11:59 pm on Tuesday, the Australian state of Victoria ended its stay at home restrictions, which included a five-kilometre (3.1-mile) travel restriction, ending the lockdown that had been in place for two weeks. Masks are to remain required outside of the home, and gatherings at residences are to remain restricted. […]
KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party
Thursday, May 13, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also […]
Construction accident in New York City, one reported dead
Monday, January 14, 2008 A construction worker died after falling thirty feet from a New York hotel yesterday, police say. The accident occurred at the Trump SoHo construction site in SoHo, New York. Witnesses at the scene reported that a load being lifted by a crane collided with the building, possibly causing scaffolding to collapse. […]