Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Also try the 2008 World News Quiz of the year. What would you tell your grandchildren about 2008 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 years’ time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2008, what would the question be? The year that markets collapsed, or perhaps…
Pollution Legal Liability Insurance
Read An Opinion On: It Procurement Consultants California It Procurement Consultants Ca pollution legal liability insurance by Stephanie Martin 1. Pays on your behalf all sums you are legally obligated to pay as a result of emission, discharge, release, or escape of any contaminants, irritants, or pollutants into or on land, the atmosphere, or any…
Six die in Alaskan plane crash
Sunday, January 6, 2008 A Piper PA-31 Navajo Chieftain owned and operated by Servant Air has crashed shortly after takeoff from Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States. Six people were killed and four others were rescued. The flight was a 100 mile scheduled domestic charter flight from Kodiak to Homer. Servant Air are a small local…
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Report says disappearing life threatens biodiversity
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 A global review of threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) indicates drastic decline of animal and plant life. This includes a quarter of all mammals, one out of eight birds, one out of three amphibians and 70 percent of plants. The report, Red List of Threatened…
Digital Agency Should You Work For One
Read An Opinion On: Website Development Professional Designer Port Moresby Digital Agency – Should You Work For One by Carly Chaffer Digital agency jobs promise varied and exciting careers in the modern world whilst traditional industry suffers continuing declines in work and employee numbers. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZlAMW1cMDA[/youtube] A career with a digital agency however is not just…
Californian computer company lodges antitrust suit against Microsoft
Tuesday, February 21, 2006Tangent Computer, a computer services and hardware company based in Burlingame, California has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft. The lawsuit filed on February 14, 2006 claims that Microsoft continues to breach federal antitrust laws. Tangent alleges that Microsoft fosters tactics “to prevent and destroy competition” while raising prices of its software to…
Riots in Greece enter fourth night
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 The riots in Greece that started on December 6 have entered their fourth night. These are the worst riots the Hellenic Republic has witnessed in decades. The riots were triggered when Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old student, was shot and killed by police. The police claim that Grigoropoulos was throwing a bomb…
CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate Paul Arbour in Carleton—Mississippi Mills
Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with Paul Arbour. Arbour is a candidate in Ontario’s Carleton—Mississippi Mills riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding is currently represented by Gordon O’Connor, a…
Bucharest to be ‘rebranded’ for 800 million euro
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Bucharest, Romania — The city centre of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is set to get a major facelift due to a real estate project called Esplanada (The Esplanade), which will be constructed by TriGranit Development Corporation. The total investment in the project will be greater than 800 million euro and…