Category:July 14, 2010
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Canada’s St. Paul’s West (Ward 21) 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 St. Paul’s West (Ward 21). One candidate responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include John Adams, Tony Corpuz, Joe Mihevc (incumbent), and John Sewell. […]
Bronis?aw Geremek, former Polish Foreign Affairs Minister, dies at age 76
Sunday, July 13, 2008File:Bronislaw Geremek.jpg Professor Bronis?aw Geremek, a former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, a member of European Parliament and chairman of the Freedom Union, has died today at the age of 76 in a car crash near Nowy Tomy?l, Poland. The accident occurred about 13:15 Polish time (12:15 UTC) along the way 92 […]
OECD releases report on New Zealand’s environmental performance
Thursday, April 5, 2007 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report on the environmental performance of the New Zealand Government. Although the Government applauds the findings as vindicating its path to sustainability the report makes a wide range of recommendations in order to improve environmental performance. It calls for better […]
Errant monkeys draw the ire of Delhi court
Thursday, January 19, 2006 The Delhi High Court expressed its displeasure to the civic authorities on their continued failure to resolve the problem of marauding monkeys in the court premises. The court was in session when the public interest litigation filed by a Supreme Court lawyer was brought to its attention. The petitioner Mr.Nirmal Chopra […]
Court rules teen must take chemotherapy
Monday, May 18, 2009 A judge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States ruled that a boy, Daniel Hauser, has been medically neglected by his parents and must take chemotherapy and radiation therapy for his cancer against his will. Medical professionals testifying at the proceedings said that Daniel’s cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, has a 90% survival rate with […]
Algiers protest takes place despite ban
Sunday, February 13, 2011 A planned pro-democracy protest took place Saturday in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, despite a standing government ban on protests in the capital. Massive police presence reduced the event from its planned scope, and dispersed it after a few hours, but did not prevent it. The demonstration, planned for some time, […]
Bus crash in Victoria, Australia injures twenty, some critical
Thursday, July 24, 2008 A bus crash in Victoria, Australia has injured at least 20 people, two of whom are listed as critical. One victim is reported to be still trapped in the wreckage. The accident occurred between a bus and a semi-trailer on the Princes Highway in the Traralgon area around 10:50am AEST. The […]
Investing In Property In Estonia
Submitted by: Tem Pearson As Estonia hits the headlines for topping the Knight Frank s Global House Price Index charts for yet another year with an annualised growth last year of 50 percent, the scope for property investment in Estonia looks promising. Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is growing at a particularly rapid rate and […]
Olympics organisers insist London win in 2012 ballot was fair
Monday, December 26, 2005According to the Scotsman newspaper, the directors of the 2012 London Olympics have insisted that the city won the right to host the games “fairly and squarely” after claims were touted by an Israeli official that a “potentially decisive vote was cast in error by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) official” The […]