Thursday, December 31, 2009 Official portrait of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic Prime Minister. Image: Icelandic Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security. The Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and her coalition government narrowly escaped a commitment to resign as a €3.8…
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Looted, possibly contaminated body parts transplanted into USA, Canadian patients
Monday, March 20, 2006 Fears of contaminated bone and skin grafts are being felt by unsuspecting patients following the revelation that funeral homes may have been looting corpses. Janet Evans of Marion, Ohio was told by her surgeon, “The bone…
Asbestos discovery triggers evacuation and closure of New Jersey middle school
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 The discovery of the presence of airborne asbestos in a middle school in Montclair, New Jersey Friday prompted the evacuation of over 200 students from the school and the school’s closure. Renaissance Middle School, part of…
Fishermen make “very rare” find in Siberia
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 In Siberia, fishermen made what experts are calling a “very rare” discovery. A complete and nearly intact skeleton of a mammoth has been found in Krasnoyarsk, Russia off the shores of a small lake. The skeleton…
Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
Thursday, August 16, 2007 The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World…
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Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
Monday, October 19, 2009 A report accidentally published on the Internet provides insight into a secretive European Union surveillance project designed to monitor its citizens, as reported by Wikileaks earlier this month. Project INDECT aims to mine data from television,…
Sydney Opera House ‘No War’ activists face court for paint cans
Tuesday, January 3, 2006 Two activists convicted for painting the words “NO WAR” in five-metre-high red letters on the highest sail of Sydney Opera House in March 2003, are facing court action again to prevent them from auctioning the equipment…
Australian government pays A$20m for copyright to Aboriginal flag
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 On Tuesday, the day preceding Australia Day, the Australian government announced it had purchased the copyright to the Australian Aboriginal Flag for A$20.05 million. The flag, created by Luritja man Harold Thomas in 1970, represents the…
Cadbury’s recall over 1 million chocolate bars over salmonella fears
Friday, June 23, 2006 The British confectioner Cadbury’s has recalled over one million chocolate bars from retailers in the UK and Ireland over fears that they may be affected by salmonella. The company is stressing that it is only a…