US military to buy anthrax and bioweapons production systems
Thursday, September 29, 2005 The US Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah is looking for a subcontractor to produce the anthrax bacillus anthracis Sterne strain in 1,500 litre quantities. The Sterne strain is not thought to be harmful to humans, but the intended use of the anthrax remains unclear, worrying anti-biological weapons activists. Other recent […]
Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate
Saturday, April 17, 2010 Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discuss his campaign with Wikinews in an interview. Schriner previously ran for president in 2000, 2004, and 2008, but failed to gain much traction in the races. He announced his candidacy for the 2012 […]
Israel continues settlement expansion
Thursday, December 27, 2007 Israel has announced two new housing projects in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, continuing to expand its settlements. Officials have stated that a bill to be approved by parliament this week, would set aside $25 million for the expansion of development projects in Har Homa and Maale Adumim. The bill […]
ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their […]
GM and Chrysler receive Canadian loans amid US restructuring ultimata
Friday, April 3, 2009 General Motors (GM) and Chrysler will receive bridge loans from the government of Canada and the provincial government of Ontario, however no more will be forthcoming from either Canadian or US governments unless the companies can reinvent themselves. “This is a regrettable but necessary step to protect the Canadian economy. We […]
What Is The Best Course Of Action For Dealing With Heel Spurs?
See More About: Rescue Blue Baby First Aid Training Sydney While heel spurs are a common foot condition that many suffer from, it doesn’t make it any less painful of a problem to deal with. Many people wrongly feel that they are just doomed to dealing with this horrible pain until it gets to the […]
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua reported dead
Thursday, May 6, 2010 Presidential aides and state television announced yesterday that the Nigerian president, Umaru Yar’Adua, died. Yar’Adua ascended to the presidency in 2007, but was later taken ill, and had not been publicly seen for the last few months. He was hospitalised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to get inflammated tissue around his heart […]
John Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing
Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel like Snowball’s Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell‘s Animal Farm which he was inspired […]
Rural And Urban Micro Sourcing Of Renewable Energy
Rural and Urban Micro-Sourcing of Renewable Energy by SelJones With government policy such as the Energy Bill of 2012-2013, which calls for an increase to 30% of energy coming from renewable sources by year 2020, there is a big discussion of the need for renewable energy programs in the UK and around the globe. But […]
Predictable random number generator discovered in the Debian version of OpenSSL
Friday, May 16, 2008 A major security hole was discovered in the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) of the Debian version of OpenSSL. OpenSSL is one of the most used cryptographic software, that allows the creation of secure network connections with the protocols called SSL and TLS. It is included in many popular computer programs, like […]