Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, […]
Russian court rejects move to ban Hindu scripture
Thursday, December 29, 2011 A judge in Tomsk, Russia drew a round of applause from the court room as she dismissed charges of extremism against the Bhagavad Gita As It Is, a Russian commented translation of the Bhagavad Gita published by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. This decision put an end to the six-month-long […]
Finding The Right Ip Solicitors For You
Here’s An Opinion On: Hatch And Hatch Licensed Land Surveyors Adverse Possession Victoria Finding The Right IP Solicitors For You by Tim Bishop Dealing with intellectual property can be fairly complex, therefore people usually seek advice from a lawyer with specialist IP training. An experienced lawyer will help you achieve watertight protection over your IP. […]
Tarja Turunen to perform at Doro Pesch’s 25th anniversary concert and record duets with her
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Tarja Turunen, a Finnish symphonic rock artist best known for being the former frontwoman of symphonic power metal band Nightwish, has been scheduled to appear at the 25th anniversary concert of heavy metal vocalist Doro Pesch. Pesh, like Turunen, first gained fame fronting a band, in her case Warlock. Doro and […]
Palestinians arrested in West Bank raids
Saturday, August 13, 2005 During overnight raids, Israeli soldiers arrested 10 people, allegedly members of Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group. The raids were conducted during two operations near the towns of Jenin and Nablus. An M-16 rifle was also discovered during the raid near Jenin. Meanwhile, Hamas, a group friendly to Islamic Jihad, made […]
NRA official suggests arming teachers to prevent school shootings
Friday, March 25, 2005A lawyer who is expected to become the president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) said in a comment to Associated Press (AP) that arming teachers with firearms is a solution to be considered in preventing school shootings by students. Sarah S. Froman, an alumni of Harvard Law School and a practicing […]
Tour de France: Daniele Bennati wins stage 17
Thursday, July 26, 2007 Daniele Bennati of Italy has won stage 17 of the 2007 Tour de France in a time of 4h 14′ 04″. Alberto Contador of Spain, who finished with the peleton gets the yellow jersey since Rabobank pulled the previous leader, Michael Rasmussen from the Tour. The 188.5 km road stage, from […]
European Parliament rejects computer-implemented inventions directive
Correction — August 23, 2010 The vote counts in this article are incorrect. 648 members rejected the proposal, 14 voted for and 18 abstained. Wikinews apologises for the error. Wednesday, July 6, 2005 File:European-parliament-strasbourg.jpg The European Parliament has rejected the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (software patent directive) sustained by lobbies of large software […]
Understanding How Jail Bonds In Cleburne, Tx Work
Here’s An Opinion On: Buy Notebooks Online Business Books Australia byAlma Abell When a person commits a crime and is caught, they are arrested and taken to jail. They are processed, which includes fingerprinting and mug shots, and are asked to provide their statement. Once the processing is completed, they are remanded to jail until […]
Darling announces UK budget for 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009 The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, yesterday announced the 2009 budget. The budget is an annual audit of the nation’s finances, and decides what should be done with taxpayers’ money. The chancellor fell under scorn for his GDP growth forecasts, which are considered to be too optimistic in […]