Month: August 2022

UK house prices have fallen 10.5% this year, says Nationwide Building Society

Thursday, August 28, 2008 After dropping 1.9% in July, house prices in the United Kingdom are now falling at the fastest rate since 1990, according to Nationwide Building Society. The average price of a home has dropped by £20,000 down to £164,654, losing 10.5% of its value in 2008. Property values fell by 1.9% in […]

Train collision kills at least eighteen near Brussels, Belgium

Monday, February 15, 2010 Belgian authorities have confirmed that at least eighteen people died in a head-on collision between two passenger trains in the suburbs of Brussels. Other reports suggest that the death toll could be as high as 25. More than 125 passengers are reported injured, 11 of them “very seriously”. Rescuers were still […]

Dan Rather resigns as anchor, to stay on as correspondent

Monday, November 22, 2004 Dan Rather has announced that he will retire on March 9th, 2005 as anchor of CBS Evening News. He will continue to be a correspondent for both of the 60 Minutes shows. It is reported that Rather’s leaving has nothing to do with a report in 2004 regarding US President Bush’s […]

Face Lift Plastic Surgery Costs Of Face Lift Plastic Surgery

See More About: Deep Plane Facelift Surgery Washington Submitted by: Carl Lewis Have you been thinking about some kind of facial cosmetic surgery? Are you worried about the cost and risks that could be associated with a face lift plastic surgery? We will provide you with some relevant information about the various aspects of a […]

Major new bird flu outbreaks reported in Asia

Friday, November 4, 2005 New outbreaks of the lethal H5N1 strain of the avian influenza have been documented in Vietnam and China. According to a Vietnamese animal health officer, 4,000 poultry and water fowl have died of the virus after October 25 in provinces 70 kilometres north of Hanoi. In China, 9,000 chickens and twenty […]

US Court of Appeals reduces sentence for former Philippines officer in spy case

Monday, February 9, 2009 Michael Ray Aquino, a former Philippines National Police officer serving six years imprisonment in McRae, Georgia for espionage could now be eligible for immediate release after a United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit judge panel Friday modified a United States District Court for the District of New Jersey‘s […]

CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate Vicki Gunn in York—Simcoe

Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Vicki Gunn. Gunn is a candidate in Ontario’s York—Simcoe riding, running under the Christian Heritage Party of Canada (CHP) banner. The CHP is a minor, registered political party […]

Automated Forex System Trading Feeling Comfortable

See More About: Blueberry Markets You are probably thinking now, which approach is best?Also, you may be thinking, how could I feel comfortable using either method and especially one that I seem to have no control over?The first approach, that requires your monitoring and action, is currently the major one in the market.This automated approach […]

Wikinews interviews evicted London Metropolitan University occupier

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 A group of students at London Metropolitan University (LMU) who had been occupying the graduate centre at their university since the afternoon of Wednesday May 4 were evicted just before midnight on Monday by police, university security and private bailiffs. Wikinews, in contact with the occupiers, obtained a first-hand interview with […]

Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/AL-KY

See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It […]