Monday, December 26, 2005 In Russia’s second largest city, St. Petersburg, four gas attacks left more than 70 people ill. Devices with wires, timers, and glass vials of a gas determined on scene to be methyl mercaptan were found in outlets of Makisdom, a home improvement chain store. The chemical is both naturally occurring and…
Honolulu man dies after fall into sewage-contaminated harbor
Saturday, April 8, 2006 A Honolulu man who fell into the sewage-contaminated Ala Wai Yacht Harbor died Thursday night of a massive bacterial infection that caused the loss of one of his legs, septic shock, and ultimately organ failure. Oliver Johnson, 34, a Honolulu mortgage broker, died between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. HST Thursday (0715-0730…
Chinese short movie mocks Kim Jong il and his secret agent
Saturday, January 20, 2007 North Korea’s 007, a currently very popular short movie by some Chinese netizens, mocks Kim Jong Il and his secret agent buying Hennessy XO wine from Chinese black market. As of 3:27 AM, January 20, 2007, China Standard Time, the movie has been watched 1,993,567 times on a single site (6rooms.com)…
Beat A Speeding Ticket The Cold Hard Facts To Getting Rid Of That Next Speeding Ticket!
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Gold Coast Workers Compensation Claims By John Oleander It happens to the best of us. You may be rushing to get to that important job interview, or you were trying to beat the buzzer in submitting a project to this horridly strict professor. It may be that you’re…
CanadaVOTES: Liberal Andrew Lang running in Toronto—Danforth
Saturday, September 27, 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. Liberal candidate Andrew Lang is standing for election in the riding of Toronto—Danforth. Raised with Liberal values, Andrew attended his first Liberal rally at age 6. He has worked 18 elections since that introduction to the…
Earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant triggers evacuation
Friday, March 11, 2011 Japan’s government has declared its first ever “nuclear emergency” after pressure rises in the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, combined with a minor radiation leak, caused a 10 km radius around the plant to be evacuated. An attempt to relieve the pressure inside the containment vessels of…
Agriculture Livestock Farming In South Africa
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Cattle Yard Designs Australia Dairy farming: Dairy is generated throughout South Africa, with a lot of ranches in the eastern as well as north Free State, North West, the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, the Eastern as well as Western Cape, Gauteng as well as the southern parts of Mpumalanga. The…
Wikinews Shorts: April 9, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, April 9, 2007. Contents 1 Three-year-old New Zealander chokes to death on candy 2 Golf: Zach Johnson wins 71st Masters 3 New York couple taking taxi to Arizona 4 Vocational nurse charged with fatal Houston fire 5 Iran starts industrial-scale production of nuclear fuel The New Zealand Police…
Gallery seeks Control themed mail art for exhibit
Saturday, November 26, 2005 Canadian community art group Visual Arts Brampton is looking for entries for its international entry mail art exhibit “Control”. The exhibit’s entry information discusses the theme of the show: “Are you a control-freak, or more happy-go-lucky? What do you think of corporations’ control on the media and governments? Is your life…
Angela Merkel elected new German chancellor
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 This article is part of the seriesGerman federal elections 2005 Complete Coverage Prelude Schröder loses motion of confidence German president dissolves parliament; elections in September German Constitutional Court green-lights early elections call TV debate between German chancellor Schröder and opposition leader Merkel held Death of candidate will delay final results for…