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Rating Horseback Riding Vacations At Dude Ranches

January 3, 2022 By Admin

Get More Information Here: Ariat Boots Australia Online Submitted by: Bayard Fox Dude ranches in general have a bad reputation among many of those who are truly interested in riding and horsemanship. This is true of many dude ranches which cater to a clientele knowing little about horses or riding and offer a pseudo western […]

Wikinews Shorts: April 19, 2007

January 3, 2022 By Admin

A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, April 19, 2007. Contents 1 Compensation sought for New Zealand’s Internet outage 2 Peruvian farmers issue warning to government 3 Missile shield to feature in talks 4 Water cuts possible as Australia faces drought 5 Russian plans for Bering Strait tunnel received with skepticism Wikinews reported previously on […]

Grand National winning horse ‘Comply or Die’ dies, aged 17

January 2, 2022 By Admin

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Comply or Die, the racehorse who won the 2008 Grand National has died at the age of 17. His death was announced by his former trainer, David Pipe. He died over at the weekend in Gloucestershire, where he had been staying with jockey Timmy Murphy. He was cremated on Monday and […]

Fire kills eleven at oil worker housing in Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia

January 1, 2022 By Admin

Monday, August 31, 2015 A fire in the eastern Saudi city of Alkhobar tore through a housing complex for oil workers yesterday, killing eleven, according to civil officials. The Radium complex is rented by oil firm Aramco for their employees. According to nearby resident Mohammed Siddique the fire broke out early in the morning. Siddique […]

Canadian nuclear reactor shutdown causes worldwide medical isotope shortage

December 31, 2021 By Admin

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 The nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ontario in Canada was shut down on Thursday, May 14 by the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) due to a leak of heavy water. Government officials say that by Saturday the demand for medical isotopes will no longer be met, due to the shortage […]

Wikinews interviews U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney

December 29, 2021 By Admin

Friday, March 7, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with Cynthia McKinney, one of the candidates for the Green Party nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. McKinney is a former Democratic Congresswoman from Georgia. She was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1992 and held her seat for ten years until being […]

46 illegal Afghan immigrants suffocate in truck in Pakistan

December 28, 2021 By Admin

Tuesday, April 7, 2009  Correction — Nov 1, 2013 The article below claims each passenger paid 4000 to 8000 USD. Each paid 30,000 Rupees, equivilent at the time to about US$375.  The bodies of 46 Afghan illegal immigrants who suffocated to death in a container truck Saturday near Quetta, Pakistan, returned home Tuesday. The Edhi Foundation […]

What Is Golf?

December 28, 2021 By Admin

Get More Information Here: Used Cars Camperdown What is Golf? by Marcus Wilson In the most simple terms, the aim of golfing is to put a ball in a hole on 18 different parts of a course in as few shots as possible, only using a selection of clubs to hit the afore discussed ball. […]

New Zealand prisoners do nothing says National party

December 27, 2021 By Admin

Sunday, November 5, 2006 Figures released by Simon Power, law and order spokesman for the National party, show that the New Zealand Labour led government lets 81% of all prisoners not do any work while in prison. Newspaper, Sunday News says that some Christchurch prisoners have been given a barbecue for good behavior. Simon Power’s […]