Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Former Deputy President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, has appeared in a Durban court to face corruption charges. Mr Zuma was dismissed by the President, Thabo Mbeki, earlier in the year, following the conviction on fraud charges of his financial advisor, Schabir Shaik.
Local government elections held in Balochistan, Pakistan
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Saturday, local bodies elections were held in Balochistan, Pakistan. Pakistan has not held local bodies elections since 2002. Polling was active from 8:00AM to 5:00PM local time (0300 to 1200 UTC). High security arrangements were made; law enforcement officials were deployed at the polling stations. According to media reports, in some areas of province women were […]
China and Taiwan react to “326” rally
Monday, March 28, 2005 Chinese media and former ROC President and spiritual leader of the pro-independence TSU Lee Teng-hui (???) responded on Monday to the massive rally held Saturday in Taipei. In mainland China, the China Daily published an editorial under the headline, “March sets stage for secessionist scheming” in which it labeled the rally as “secessionist scheming” and a […]
Fires burn across eastern Australia amid summer heatwave
Sunday, January 13, 2013 1 2 3 4 Despite earlier cooler weather, heatwave conditions are expected to resume in New South Wales, Australia. Local weather service forecasts expect temperatures to rise above 40°C (104°F), as-experienced earlier in the week. The percentage of uncontained fires jumped as high as 20%. On Friday, local fire authorities have declared total fire bans across […]
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Here’s An Opinion On: Bq Design Bq Design Site Choosing Window Treatments from Drapery Wilmette by Vikram Kumar You will get all types of window treatments from Drapery Wilmette. There are several factors that will help you choose the right treatment and includes light as well as privacy. There are treatments that will safeguard the privacy of your house while […]
Wikinews interviews 0 A.D. game development team
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 0 A.D. is a historical, open source, strategy game, published by Wildfire Games. It focuses on the period between 500BC and 500AD. The game will be released in two parts: the first covering the pre-AD period, and the second running to 500AD. With development well underway, Wikinews interviewed the development team. Aviv Sharon, a 24-year-old Israeli […]
Calls for bottled water bans grow in Canada
Saturday, August 23, 2008 London, Ontario is the latest in a string of Canadian cities to have acted on increasing public demand to ban bottled water. On Monday, the decision to eliminate bottled water sales in city-run facilities was passed by London’s city council with a vote of 15-3 in favour. The move was driven by a desire to reduce […]
Wikinews Shorts: March 2, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, March 2, 2007. United States fast-food chain Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits has filed a $20 million dollar lawsuit against competitor Church’s Chicken. Popeyes Chicken says fast-food chain Church’s Chicken was trying to steal customers. AFC owned both companies for 12 years, till it sold Church’s in 2004. AFC claims that Church bought all […]
Life Insurance Policy – The Need Of Today
Here’s An Opinion On: Nrma Green Slips Aami Insurance NSW byAlma Abell “The foundation of life insurance is the recognition of the value of a human life and the possibility of indemnification for the loss of that value.” – F.C. Oviatt A life insurance policy, commonly known as the life assurance policy is a contract between the policy holder and […]
Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. Two weeks ago Dr. Siemionow, […]