Saturday, December 8, 2007 CIA Director Michael Hayden U.S. Congressional Democrats are asking the Justice Department to investigate whether the CIA’s destruction of videotapes documenting the interrogation of terrorism suspects amounts to obstruction of justice.
Continue ReadingLobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 People from all over Europe came to the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s party, which coincided with FOSDEM 2008. The European Commission currently has proposals on the table to extend performers’ copyright terms.
Continue Reading2008 COMPUTEX Taipei: Three awards, One target
Monday, June 23, 2008 Taiwan Design Gallery, designed to promote excellent “Made In Taiwan” products.Image: Rico Shen. 2008 COMPUTEX Taipei, the largest trade fair since its inception in 1982, featured several seminars and forums, expansions
Continue ReadingElizabeth II begins state visit to Ireland amid protests, security fears
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 File photograph of Elizabeth II. Image: NASA. It is 100 years since a British monarch has been in Ireland. Many thought a king or queen would never be welcomed back. The
Continue ReadingWikinews interviews Oceania Paralympic Committee President Paul Bird
Thursday, August 30, 2012 Map of Oceania Image: CIA World Factbook. London, England — When Wikinews interviewed Oceania Paralympic Committee (OPC) President Paul Bird, the day before the start of this year’s Summer Paralympics, he
Continue ReadingUS Senate passes housing aid bill
Saturday, July 26, 2008 A Saturday, July 26th, meeting of the United States Senate resulted in the passing of a $300 billion housing aid bill designed to help homeowners facing foreclosure by providing financial aid.
Continue ReadingGaza looters destroy Palestine Authority property
Saturday, September 17, 2005 Frenzied destruction of empty Jewish settlements in Gaza by Palestinian looters have marred plans for exploiting those facilities to create much needed jobs for the area. Greenhouses in Gaza have been
Continue ReadingZarqawi shows face in new video
Saturday, April 29, 2006 The first “visual issue” of the Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was issued April 25, 2006, by the Mujahideen Shura Council. A thirty-four minute video containing an approximately
Continue ReadingUK Wikinews Shorts: July 8, 2013
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, July 8, 2013. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=UK_Wikinews_Shorts:_July_8,_2013&oldid=1981592”
Continue ReadingChef who appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ commits suicide
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Gordon Ramsay Joseph Cerniglia, a chef who had appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s television show Kitchen Nightmares, has commited suicide. Cerniglia was the owner of Italian restaurant Campania. He jumped off a
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