G20 protests: Inside a labour march

Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London – “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London.…

Author Amy Scobee recounts abuse as Scientology executive

Monday, October 11, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Amy Scobee about her book Scientology – Abuse at the Top, and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology’s international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. She served as…

Affordable Care Act repeal fails for fourth time in US Senate

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Wikinews Shorts: February 3, 2010

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Contents 1 Christmas day bomber cooperating 2 Fire in Hyderabad hospital; 1 dead 3 China begins urgent sweep for tainted milk 4 Karachi violence escalates, section 144 imposed The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on…

U.S. President Obama’s farewell address focuses on accomplishment

Thursday, January 12, 2017 United States President Barack Obama gave his official farewell address on Tuesday night from McCormick Place in Chicago, reflecting on personal and national accomplishments. This is expected to be his last major speech before officially handing the reins to president-elect Donald Trump on January 20. “Its why GIs gave their lives…

EU, Microsoft agree on browser ballot

Thursday, December 17, 2009 The European Commission and Microsoft have finalised the proposal for a ‘browser ballot’ in Windows, following the Commission’s concern that Microsoft was unfairly using its operating system monopoly to gain control of the browser market. The browser ballot will give Windows users an option of switching to one of twelve competing…

The Outcome Of Yoga Postures}

Find Out More About: Yoga Teacher Training Yoga Synergy Teacher Training The Outcome of Yoga Postures by Michael Gardner When you think about yoga, asanas come to mind. Nevertheless, yoga consists of 8 elements namely Asana, Dharana, Dhyana, Niyan, Pranayam, Pratyahar, Samadhi and Yama. Therefore, asana is among these eight parts. Engaging in asanas helps…

How the Army Corps of Engineers closed one New Orleans breach

Friday, September 9, 2005 New Orleans, Louisiana — After Category 4 storm Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, on the night before August 29, 2005, several flood control constructions failed. Much of the city flooded through the openings. One of these was the flood wall forming one side of the 17th Street Canal, near Lake…

Forty Hells Angels locations in Canada raided by police

Friday, April 6, 2007 On Wednesday, approximately forty Hells Angels locations were raided by police in Ontario, New Brunswick, and British Columbia. Police arrested more than thirty people in the three provinces. The largest Hells Angels location in Canada, located in downtown Toronto on 498 Eastern Ave., was raided early Wednesday morning. Nearly sixteen members…

News briefs:June 23, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on June 23rd, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 KLM flight makes emergency landing on Eindhoven Airport 1.2 Australian Internet filters “belated”: Opposition 1.3 Cadbury’s recall over 1 million chocolate bars over salmonella fears 1.4 Pluto’s moons named 1.5 Film project aims to raise…