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Israel Journal: Is Yossi Vardi a good father to his entrepreneurial children?

January 5, 2023 By Admin

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 […]

Law banning same sex marriages in Iowa ‘unconstitutional’ says judge

January 5, 2023 By Admin

Friday, August 31, 2007File:800px-US SSM Laws.png An Iowa district court judge has ruled that a 1998 decision banning same-sex marriages in that state is “unconstitutional” and that the ban “violated the rights of due process and equal protection” of people in same-sex relationships said Judge Robert Hanson. The ruling came when six homosexual couples filed […]

School bus crash kills one student in Georgia, US

January 2, 2023 By Admin

Monday, October 4, 2010 A school bus, with fourteen students from the Temple High School aboard, crashed in Georgia, United States, earlier today on Georgia State Route 113 going southbound, killing one student and leaving a dozen more injured. It is reported that at the time of the crash there was a trainee driving the […]

Fidel Castro temporarily hands power to his brother Raul

January 1, 2023 By Admin

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 President Fidel Castro of Cuba has temporarily handed duties, including command of the military forces, to his brother, Raúl Castro. Fidel Castro is undergoing intestinal surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding, and is temporarily unable to govern. 75-year-old Raúl Castro has been the Vice-President of Cuba and number two in the Communist Party […]

Korean leaders Moon and Kim meet days after NK-US summit cancellation

January 1, 2023 By Admin

Monday, May 28, 2018 On Saturday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un held an unannounced meeting in the Joint Security Area straddling the Korean Demilitarized Zone, two days after United States President Donald Trump withdrew from the scheduled June 12 high-level meeting in Singapore. Moon initiated the meeting after […]

Interview with BBC Creative Archive project leader

December 31, 2022 By Admin

Thursday, June 22, 2006 The Creative Archive project is a BBC led initiative which aims to make archive audio and video footage available to be freely downloaded, distributed, and ‘remixed’. The project is still in a pilot stage, and is only available to UK residents, but the long-term future of the project could have a […]

News International offers £3 million phone-hacking settlement to family of murder victim

December 29, 2022 By Admin

Thursday, September 22, 2011 The family of murdered UK thirteen-year-old Milly Dowler, whose phone was hacked by journalists of the News of the World, have been offered £3 million compensation by Rupert Murdoch’s News International, in settlement negotiations currently under way. UK newspaper The Guardian revealed the phone hacking earlier this year. After Dowler was […]

The Raveonettes on love, death, desire and war

December 29, 2022 By Admin

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 “We’re only two days in and we’re already fucking tired,” says Sune Rose Wagner to David Shankbone as he walks into the dressing room at the Bowery Ballroom. Wagner and Sharin Foo comprise the Raveonettes, a group made for “nostalgists who long for Everly Brothers 45’s and diner jukeboxes, the Raveonettes […]

Canadian PM cabinet shuffle results

December 27, 2022 By Admin

Thursday, January 4, 2007 Canadian PM Stephen Harper has shuffled his cabinet today. The major change with this shuffle is Rona Ambrose, Minister of Environment, being replaced by Treasury Board President John Baird. When a reporter asked her earlier if she would be replaced she replied, “Yes — very excited.” Ambrose is the new intergovernmental […]

Toyota accused of misleading public over recalls

December 25, 2022 By Admin

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Toyota has been accused by a U.S. House of Representatives committee with misleading the public and investigators over its recent recalls. The accusations, in a statement from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, claim that Toyota both relied on a flawed study in its assessment of the issue of sticking accelerator […]