This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Don Valley West (Ward 26). Four candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests […]
Cars big winner as 34th Annual Annie Awards handed out
Monday, February 12, 2007 Cars drove home the big prize last night, from the 34th Annual Annie Awards. The animation industry’s highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annies recognise contributions to animation, writing, directing, storyboarding, voice acting, composing, and much more. As mentioned, Pixar took home the big prize last night, after facing stiff competition from four other […]
Category:Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair
Wikipedia has more about this subject: Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse Welcome to the Wikinews Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair section. For more information about writing and editing see the Newsroom. Refresh for latest articles. Pages in category “Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse affair” […]
How Natural Landscaping Increases Real Estate Value
Here’s An Opinion On: Purchase Aboriginal Art Sydney Australian Aboriginal Art For Sale How Natural Landscaping Increases Real Estate Value by Boris C. If you haven’t heard about natural landscaping, then it is a relatively new term that is also called native gardening. Natural landscaping implies in itself the use of plants, including groundcover, grass, […]
Pfizer and Microsoft team up against Viagra spam
Sunday, February 13, 2005 New York –”Buy cheap Viagra through us – no prescription required!” Anyone with an active email account will recognize lines like this one. According to some reports, unsolicited advertisements (spam) for Viagra and similar drugs account for one in four spam messages. BACKGROUND Spamming remains one of the biggest problems facing […]
Kennedy Center names 2007 honors recipients
Friday, September 14, 2007 The Kennedy Center announced that its 30th presentation of the Kennedy Center Honors would go to pianist Leon Fleisher, comedian Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross, director Martin Scorsese and musician Brian Wilson. The Center was opened to the public in 1971 and was envisioned as part of the National Cultural Center […]
News briefs:May 9, 2006
The time is 13:30 (UTC) on May 9th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Bush announces food aid to Darfur, AU faces fund crisis 1.2 Beckett: no plans for Iran 1.3 Australian Budget for 2006-2007 released 1.4 Tasmanian miners rescued 1.5 Third Australian miner laid to rest 1.6 Varanasi […]
When Are Retainer Fees For Commercial Loans Necessary?
Here’s An Opinion On: Financial Advisor Fee Best Financial Advice Submitted by: Stephen Bush Retainer fees are “standard business practice” for some (but not all) commercial loan situations. It is understandable that a commercial borrower would rather not pay such a fee, so it is important for a commercial borrower to understand when it is […]
New environmental housing regulations for Western Australia
Friday, May 25, 2007 The Western Australian Government has announced that after September 1, 2007 all construction approvals for new homes must comply with new Environmental regulations. The new regulations known as Five Star Plus will be implemented in two stages. Michelle Roberts, minister for Housing and Works, announced that the first stage would increase […]
Category:Science and technology
This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 10 June 2018: New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities 6 June 2018: Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion 7 May 2018: NASA’s InSight lander and MarCO craft launch in new mission […]