Monday, January 16, 2006 Israeli media is reporting that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon opened his eyes for the first time since he suffered a major stroke on January 4, 2006. However, hospital officials said the reports were generated by the Sharon family’s “impression of eyelid movement, whose medical significance is unclear.” “He was listening to […]
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Iran demands that IAEA end surveillance of its nuclear program
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Symbol of the IAEA Flag of Iran Shortly after ending its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the government of Iran has now ordered the IAEA to discontinue some of its surveillance of Iran’s nuclear facilities. Tehran has also asked the agency to remove any and all signage from […]
Controversial Queensland Premier of 19 years dies at 94
Saturday, April 23, 2005Queensland Australia’s Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen, a controversial figure who served as the State’s Premier for 19 years and reigned over the government that later became the subject of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, has died in hospital at Kingaroy, aged 94. “By any measurement, Sir Joh was an exceptional state builder who will […]
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U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breached […]
Mother seals fight gallantly for their pups
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Pictou Island had 2,000 to 3,000 seals on it when struck by a “severe” storm that buried the tiny Canadian island in snow and created rough ocean effects Wednesday and Thursday. Jane MacDonald, an island resident, said that she woke up Thursday morning to see “wall to wall seals” and their […]
Nearly 25% of Iceland’s voters petition for veto of Icesave bill
Sunday, January 3, 2010 Nearly a quarter of Iceland’s voters have signed a petition calling for President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto the bill passed last week to pay €3.8 billion to the United Kingdom and The Netherlands to compensate depositors impacted when the Icesave online bank collapsed in 2008. President Ólafur Ragnar GrímssonImage: Ragimiri. […]
Save Money On Tax Preparation By Avoiding These Accountant Pet Peeves
Click Here To Know More About: Small Business Accountants Maitland Its tax time again across America and for most people that means taking time to round up the receipts, W2 forms, and mortgage documents necessary to file with the IRS. It’s estimated that more than half of the filers use an accountant or CPA to […]
Sprint Nextel customer service rep. harasses client; Sprint cancels his account
Sunday, July 22, 2007 Virginia – Joshua Brady, a former Sprint Nextel customer, has had his cellular phone account shut off, but not because he wasn’t paying the phone bill, or even because he was late on payments, but because a customer service representative who assisted him, began to call him outside of her job, […]
Technological University Dublin senior lecturer Dr Lorcan Sirr speaks to Wikinews on housing market in Ireland
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Dr Lorcan Sirr. Image: J.J. Liu. Wikinews correspondent J.J. Liu spoke with Technological University Dublin (TUD) senior lecturer at the School of Surveying & Construction Management, Dr Lorcan Sirr on Friday regarding the supply of housing in the Republic of Ireland and relevant parallels across the rest of Europe, as well […]