The time is 18:00 (UTC) on August 5th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Flooding kills dozens in North Korea, leaves thousands more homeless 1.2 Swedish nuclear reactors shut down over safety concerns 1.3 Ugandan rebels agree to a ceasefire 1.4 Mideast stance hurts Harper 1.5 Apollo Moon landings…
Saturday, May 19, 2012 Lai Changxing, dubbed the Bandit King, has been given a life sentence for years of smuggling and corruption that added up to billions of US dollars or Pounds sterling. The Chinese court described the values as “massive”. Lai smuggled goods worth more than £2 billion into Xiamen, bypassing more than £1…
By Lawrence J. Reaves The global economy is still recovering from the worst recession since the Great Depression of 1929, however there are distinct signs of recovery which can be gauged from activity in key sectors of the global industrial markets. This said, it is crucial that data is interpreted with the long-term nature of…
Thursday, September 6, 2012 London, England— Tuesday, following her team’s 62–37 win over Mexico in the quarter-finals at the North Greewich Arena, Wikinews interviewed Amber Merrit of the Australian women’s national wheelchair basketball team. In their next match, the Gliders will face the victors from the United States versus Canada, having suffered their first loss…
Thursday, September 2, 2010 In a music-themed media event yesterday, Apple Inc. unveiled three new iPod portable music players, as well as an upgraded Apple TV system. Apple also announced updates for its iTunes software and iOS mobile operating system. The annual event started at 10 a.m. PDT (1700 UTC) in the Yerba Buena Center…
Friday, March 3, 2006 The possibility of large-scale protests in the face of the 3,000 journalists covering the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, has event organisers and the Government worried. The group “Black GST” – which represents Indigenous Genocide, Sovereignty and Treaty – are planning demonstrations at prominent Games events unless the Government agrees to a…
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Thursday, September 26, 2013 Tuesday, World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. In discussing Iceland, it suggests mandatory paid parental leave for mother and father have played an important role in changing norms in the country. Parents have a government mandated nine months leave, three for the mother, three…
Sunday, September 4, 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…
Thursday, June 30, 2005 Contents 1 Bodies found at crash site of US helicopter in Afghanistan 2 Flash floods hit Australia’s eastern coast 3 Undercover investigation into protests planned for July’s G8 summit 4 Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes 5 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announces cooperation between KDE Group and Wikimedia 6 OhmyNews forum…