Sunday, October 7, 2007 Shona Bracken is running for the Communist Party in the Ontario provincial election in Toronto—Danforth. Wikinews interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces bidders for additional Tramlink vehicles
Saturday, March 26, 2011 On Thursday, London’s Mayor Boris Johnson announced the shortlist of bidders to supply up to ten further trams to Transport for London (TfL) for use on the city’s Tramlink network in Croydon. The trams will be used to supply additional capacity on the network between Elmers End, central Croydon and Therapia […]
Suicide bomber assassinates prominent Shia cleric in Karachi, Pakistan
Saturday, July 15, 2006 A suicide attacker detonated a bomb near the home of a prominent Pakistani Shia Muslim cleric in Karachi yesterday, killing the cleric and two other people, police said. The death of Allama Hassan Turabi is likely to raise tensions in Karachi, which is often the scene of violence between Shias and […]
Quiznos restaurant chain airs controversial commercial
Friday, April 3, 2009 Quiznos, a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in selling submarine sandwiches, has aired a controversial television commercial, with an extended version only appearing in the late-night lineups. The commercial is a promotion for the company’s new sandwich, the ‘Toasty Torpedo’. Bob Sassone, a writer for TVSquad.com, argues that it is […]
Peter Maly
More On This Topic: Best Kitchen Design Company Sydney Best Kitchen Companies Sydney By Jessica Whittaker Peter Maly was born in 1936 and has been an active furniture designer for forty years. Peter Maly is an internationally acclaimed German furniture designer and architect. Peter Maly holds fast to his ideals of understatement and restraint. ‘Stripping […]
Greek PM survives confidence vote
Saturday, November 5, 2011 Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived a close confidence vote early Saturday morning. The vote was 153–145 for Papandreou. Upon winning, Papandreou stated he may step aside if necessary. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos stated a new government would be formed to last until the end of February. Venizelos has been proposed […]
Church of Scientology blames Pearl Harbor, 9/11 on psychiatry
Saturday, February 21, 2009 In an interview on a television show called the No Drug Show, hosted by Larry Byrnes, the Church of Scientology blamed both the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and the attack on Pearl Harbor on psychiatrists and the drugs they prescribe their patients. Scientology considers psychiatry to be […]
Bush’s Iraq ‘Strategy’ seen as public relations exercise
Sunday, December 4, 2005 The US commander of the Multinational Security Transition Command in Iraq said that he had no knowledge of the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq document released by the US President. This, along with speculation that the document was chiefly authored by a public opinion analyst recruited by the White House […]
Chicago Transit Authority announces repairs to Blue and Red Line
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) riders on the subway portions of the Red and Blue lines may see relief of the slow zone in the coming months. So-called “slow zones” are locations where trains travel at restricted speeds because of track work or deteriorating conditions. The CTA is putting nearly US$15 millions […]
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More On This Topic: Fasteners Ipswich Qld Air And Power Tools Toowoomba Prioritizing your Home Improvement To-Do List by Maria Polidoro If you are like many homeowners, you have a seemingly endless list of home improvement projects remodel the kitchen, paint the house, replace the roof where to start? For most people, tackling all of […]