Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Thailand’s fugitive ex-premier, Thaksin Shinawatra is in the news again today, phoning supporters in the country and appealing for no celebration of his sixtieth birthday at Sanam Luang outside the royal palace in Bangkok. This follows…
Listeners call for tattooing of Muslims in America, supporting comedy skit
Saturday, December 9, 2006 When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo,”the switchboard went from empty to totally jammed within minutes.” Some callers agreed with Klein, one saying…
Canada’s Don Valley West (Ward 25) city council candidates speak
Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Don Valley West (Ward 25). Three candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for an…
Imperial College London geology students fined in China for “illegal map-making”
Monday, January 5, 2009 Royal School of Mines (entrance and the Goldsmiths’ wing, Prince Consort Road, London) comprises Imperial College London‘s Earth Science, Engineering, and Materials departments. Three British geology students of Imperial College London have been fined in China…
First winter snowfall in New Zealand
Saturday, June 4, 2005 Snowfall on a lake Overnight Friday a Southerly storm brought snow to both the Southern Alps and the central North Island mountains of New Zealand for the first time this year, closing major roads and stranding…
Officials: Eight insurgents killed in Orakzai, Pakistan
Sunday, April 25, 2010 In a gun battle that took place between Pakistani soldiers and insurgents on Sunday, eight insurgents were killed and ten others were injured. The incident occurred when about 40 rebels attacked a checkpoint near the Goain…
Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth…
Police report drug haul seizure worth up to £30 million in Brownhills, England
Monday, December 2, 2013 Location of West Midlands within England Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has…
Nine thousand Romanian miners to be laid off in 2006
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Romania’s mining industry is gradually being restructured and downsized to comply with European Union competition laws Approximately 9,000 Romanian miners will be made redundant in 2006, slightly more than the 7,000 which are expected to be…
Conficker computer worm infections soar
Monday, January 19, 2009 New reports indicate that the proliferation of the Conficker computer worm (also known as Kido or Downadup) has nearly quadrupled in the last four days. The worm has gone from just over 2 million Microsoft Windows…