Saturday, February 4, 2006 On Friday the 3rd, the Portuguese Air Force started to operate eight EH101 Merlin helicopters, replacing the old French made Puma helicopters; which have had more than 30 years of service, first used during the Portuguese Colonial War. After the war, the Puma were used in missions of search and rescue,transport…
Web Based Freight Broker Software And Your Options}
Web Based Freight Broker Software and Your Options by Ray Donovan Web based freight broker software gives you more options, since you can handle business online without installing programs on your computer. With Internet access, you have tools and features that allow you to produce your quotes with ease. The web based freight broker software…
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Family Coalition Party candidate Bob Innes, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Monday, October 1, 2007 Robert (Bob) Innes is running for the Family Coalition Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Hamilton East—Stoney Creek riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect…
5 charged, 12 taken to hospital after Sydney rave
Sunday, July 2, 2006 Police have charged five people with drug-related offences while 12 were taken to hospital during a rave in Homebush Bay, a suburb in Sydney’s inner-west overnight. Over 4,500 people attended the party. The party was held overnight at Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay – the home of the…
NTSB says pilot error caused crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407
Friday, February 5, 2010 The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the captain of Colgan Air Flight 3407, which crashed nearly a year ago outside Buffalo, New York during its approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, “inappropriately responded to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from…
Whole House Well Water Filter System Healthy Living At It’s Best
Whole House Well Water Filter System – Healthy Living At It’s best by Susan Dean Think of the benefits of installing a whole house well water filter system to your home or holiday house. Having fresh clean water to drink is one thing but it is also very important to have clean fresh water to…
Twitter announces advertising platform
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Social networking website Twitter announced an advertising platform to enable paid tweets to be displayed at the top of search results. This new feature is called Promoted Tweets; Best Buy Co., Sony Pictures, Starbucks Corp. and Virgin America are some of the participants in this. Twitter has not allowed advertising in…
2008 Taste of Taiwan Cuisine features three shows for food and packaging industries
Friday, June 20, 2008 The third annual Taste of Taiwan Cuisine opened on Wednesday of June 18, 2008 and runs until June 21. Organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council to promote the culinary culture of Taiwan, the tradeshow featured three main shows for food and food packaging industries: “Food Taipei”, “Foodtech Taipei”, and “Taipei…
News briefs:January 04, 2008
Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell…
Predictable random number generator discovered in the Debian version of OpenSSL
Friday, May 16, 2008 A major security hole was discovered in the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) of the Debian version of OpenSSL. OpenSSL is one of the most used cryptographic software, that allows the creation of secure network connections with the protocols called SSL and TLS. It is included in many popular computer programs, like…