Sunday, December 9, 2007 Early afternoon saw a shooting in the church parking lot of New Life Church, an Evangelical Megachurch, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. According to a report quoting the church’s pastor four people were shot by a gunman in the car park. At this time it is unknown if there is…
Up to 31 women sue UK police force over rapist officer
Friday, November 26, 2010 Up to 31 women are suing Northumbria Police—which covers northeast England—over abuse they claim to have received from Police Constable Stephen Mitchell. Mitchell was this week convicted of two rapes, three indecent assaults, and six counts of misconduct in a public office against seven separate victims. They were among sixteen, all…
Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
Friday, May 16, 2008 Controversy has arisen over the reported presence of blue asbestos on the MV Freewinds, a cruise ship owned by the Church of Scientology. According to the Saint Martin newspaper The Daily Herald and the shipping news journal Lloyd’s List, the Freewinds was sealed in April and local public health officials on…
How You Can Profit From A Failing Economy}
Read More About: Financial Planner Services Cost Best Financial Advice Submitted by: Simon P Smith Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few months you will no doubt have noticed the economy and financial markets are failing. A Forcast Event Many financial strategist have been discussing this for quite some time….
Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in…
WTO calls meeting on trade finance and economic crisis
Friday, October 10, 2008 The head of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, has called for a meeting to assess the trade finance situation, including the impact on developing countries. The meeting, which is schedule for November 12, will allow credit institutes and government officials to review the current trade credit situation. “A number of…
Wikinews’ overview of the year 2007
Monday, December 31, 2007 What would you tell your grandchildren about 2007 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 year’s time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2007, what would the question be? The year that you first signed on to Facebook? The year Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse fell…
NZ law exempts working farm dogs from embedded ID tag rule
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 New Zealand farmers have won a key victory in Parliament, with MPs voting to exempt Working farm dogs from microchipping legislation, passing 61:60. The Federated Farmers debated the law for a long time, saying that the cost of microchipping all their dogs will be a huge cost and an inconvenience. Under…
Award winning singer George Michael cautioned after caught with drugs in London public toilet
Sunday, September 21, 2008 British Grammy Award winning singer George Michael has been cautioned over drug use. The 45 year old singer was caught with class A and C drugs in the Hampstead Heath area of London. He was arrested on 19 September after being caught in the public toilet. British Home Office Minister Tony…
54 dead after bus crash in southern Brazil
Monday, March 16, 2015 Correction — August 24, 2015 This article accurately reflects what was at the time believed to be the correct death toll. That has since been revised downwards to 51. A bus carrying 60 passengers to a religious event in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil plunged over a cliff on Saturday evening….