Sunday, June 1, 2008 A couple from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada has been arrested on charges of public mischief after listing their seven day old baby girl on the popular Internet classified ads website Craigslist. The listing claimed that the baby was unexpected, “healthy and very cute”. It asked CAN 10 000 for the baby. […]
Fire breaks out in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Sunday, January 21, 2007 Fire broke out in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, at approximately 5pm on Sunday 21st January 2007. The site of the fire is inaccessible terrain in the Bobbin Head/Apple Tree Bay area. For a time properties were threatened in Mount Ku-ring-gai, but this danger has […]
Chopper knocks Austrian gondola off cables, killing nine
Wednesday, September 7, 2005 On Monday, a helicopter accidentally dropped a concrete block weighing nearly 1,500 pounds when it was flying it up to an Austrian mountain for a “ski resort construction project”. The concrete block struck a cable holding a gondola, the one that suffered all of the casualties, although other gondolas reported people […]
Get Help With Wedding Planning In Tucson
More On This Topic: Organisers For Sale Organiser For Sale byAlma Abell Whether the idea is to have a small intimate ceremony or opt for something that is lavish and includes everyone the couple has ever met, someone will have to engage in some amount of wedding planning in Tucson. Rather than trying to manage […]
Apple to hold media event on September 1, may update iPods and Apple TV
Friday, August 27, 2010 Apple Inc. will hold a music-centered event in San Francisco, California on September 1. It has been widely speculated that the company will introduce an updated line of iPod portable music players and a new Apple TV. The company e-mailed invitations for the event to various media organizations on Wednesday. The […]
CanadaVOTES: Liberal Dr. Eric Hoskins running in Haldimand—Norfolk
On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. Liberal candidate Dr. Eric Hoskins is standing for election in the riding of Haldimand—Norfolk. Wikinews contacted Dr. Eric Hoskins, to talk about the issues facing Canadians, and what they and their party would do to address them. Wikinews is in […]
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 […]
20 dead in Hyderabad, India flyover collapse
Sunday, September 9, 2007 At least 20 people have died and 20 more are injured after a partially constructed flyover (overpass) in Hyderabad, India collapsed onto traffic. The disaster occurred at the Panjagutta junction, near Nagarjuna Circle. Two large concrete sections dropped onto oncoming cars and motorised rickshaws, damaging several severely. A large emergency effort […]
Oscar Diös tells Wikinews about his hostel within a Boeing 747
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Oscar Diös is a Swedish businessman looking to invest in a new project within the aviation community. He’s already bought the venture’s first airliner, a Boeing 747-200. However, his intention is not to start an airline, and the jet is not intended for flight. Instead, he plans to convert the airliner […]
Online Homeowner Loans
More On This Topic: Australian Premier Finance Site Aistralian Premier Finance Website Online Homeowner Loans by Micheal ReeseHelping You Save Money Twice!If you’re a home owner and you’re willing to apply for a loan online then you could very well find yourself making massive cost savings go down this online homeowner loans route and you […]