Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Logo of the Marussia F1 team. The Marussia F1 team’s test driver, Spaniard María de Villota, was taken to hospital by air ambulance today after a collision in testing at Duxford
Continue ReadingRescuers search for survivors of Japan rail disaster
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 Rescuers working with cranes and heavy equipment at the scene of Japan’s worst rail accident in forty years pulled 3 survivors and more bodies out of the wreckage of a packed
Continue ReadingTobacco attracts predators with chemicals in response to caterpillars, a study finds
Monday, August 30, 2010 Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) on a bell pepper plant. Ian Baldwin, of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and colleagues have discovered a multi-step protective mechanism of
Continue ReadingUS lawmakers and rights advocates question CIA tape destruction
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
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