NASA celebrates 30th anniversary of first shuttle launch; announces new homes for retired shuttles
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 NASA celebrated the launch of the first space shuttle Tuesday at an event at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida. On April 12, 1981, Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-1, the first space shuttle mission. NASA held a ceremony commemorating the date […]
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 […]
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News briefs: March 17, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012 We briefly recap some of the stories appearing on Wikinews this week from around the world. Wikinews Audio Briefs Dateline Saturday, March 17, 2012 Listen to this brief Problems? See our media guide.
US Defense Secretary evaluates Iraq and the political climate
Friday, April 6, 2007 U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned that limiting funding for the United States efforts in Iraq could lead to more bloodshed in the Middle Eastern country. In an interview with radio talk show host Laura Ingraham, he said it might even lead to ethnic cleansing in Bahgdad and elsewhere in Iraq. […]
UEFA Champions League 2007–08: Werder Bremen vs. Lazio
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 October 24, 200720:45 (UTC+1) Werder Bremen 2–1 Lazio Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 36,587 Referee: Olegário Benquerença Sonogo 28′ (2)Pasanen 30’Pasanen 46’Toši? 46’Almeida 54′ (2)Sanogo 64’Rosenberg 64’Borowski 73’Andreasen 73′ Match Report 21′ Pandev 51′ Meghni 51′ Del Nero 51′ Mutarelli 55′ Zauri 69′ Pandev 69′ Makinwa 82′ Rocchi 82′ Tare 82′ (1) Manfredini 90’+1′ Mudingayi Werder […]
Case Study Of Building A Skateboard Park Located In A 120 Mhp Typhoon Wind Zone
See More About: Shirts For Sale Online Buy Shirts Online Australia By Kimberly Quang A skate park in Guam needed a new light system. They initially contacted RLLD through our international phone number. To help save them money on international calls, we were able to immediately begin protecting their budget by working out most of […]
Time Warner/Comcast bid to snap up Adelphia cable service
April 9, 2005 A bid topping $17.7 billion was jointly proffered by Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corporation on Thursday to buy beleaguered Adelphia Communications Corporation in an industry consolidation move. Adelphia is the fifth largest cable service provider in the United States with nearly 5 million subscribers. The market-share grabbing bid trumps the previous […]
China-EU financial relations are growing
Friday, December 4, 2009 Chinese President Hu Jintao met with the European Union’s leaders Jose Manuel Barroso and Fredrik Reinfeldt in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The EU leaders were in China to attend Monday’s twelfth China-European Union (EU) summit. Barroso said China-EU relations are “more mature, deeper” then before. China-EU trading relations have grown over […]
New Zealander on oxygen machine dies after power disconnection
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 New Zealander Folole Muliaga died Tuesday morning after Mercury Energy cut off the power in her household due to $168.40 of unpaid bills. Mrs Folole Muliaga was seriously ill and dependent on an oxygen life support machine that required electricity to run. The 44-year-old died two and a half hours after […]