This is the category for music. See also the Music Portal. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 9 September 2018: US rapper Mac Miller dies at home in Los Angeles 18 August 2018: Singer Aretha Franklin, ‘queen of soul’, dies aged 76 15 May 2018: Netta wins Eurovision Song Contest for Israel 28 […]
G20 protests: Inside a labour march
Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London – “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London. […]
Jersey child abuse case ‘was not covered up’
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Frank Walker, the chief minister of Jersey, a United Kingdom Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, denies that there was a cover up after a child’s remains were found. The allegations of a cover-up stem from statements by Stuart Syvret. Syvret, the former Minister for Health and Social Services […]
Finding Hope After 7 Years}
Here’s An Opinion On: Dentist Double Bay Laura Dentist Double Bay Submitted by: Mia Cabacungan Henry (a pilot) and Ingrid (a flight attendant) exchanged I dos last Dec. 6, 1997. This couples stable careers make them ideal parents-to-be, with adequate resources to raise kids. But after seven years of trying to conceive naturally, Henry and […]
Australian teacher drops ‘gay’ from kookaburra folk song
Friday, September 3, 2010 A school in Melbourne, Australia has experienced a backlash from the public for changing the last line of Marion Sinclair’s iconic Australian folk song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree from “Laugh, kookaburra, laugh, kookaburra, gay your life must be” to “fun your life must be”. Gary Martin, principal of […]
Swiss court rules in favor of American account holder
Saturday, January 23, 2010 An American client of Switzerland-based bank, UBS, has won an appeal in Swiss court on Friday against providing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States with relevant information about his offshore accounts. The Swiss court ruled that the man’s failure to complete an IRS tax form, no matter how […]
US Senate blocks Alaska refuge drilling
Thursday, December 22, 2005 By a narrow vote late in the evening on December 21st, 2005 the US Senate blocked opening the nation’s oil reserve in National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska . This vote delivers a victory to environmentalists and denies the Bush administration their top energy priority. Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) attached the drilling […]
Lance Armstrong disputes French doping results
Saturday, August 27, 2005 Accused of EPO doping by the French cycling daily L’Équipe in a four page story on Aug. 23, cyclist Lance Armstrong appeared on CNN’s Larry King Live TV show Aug. 25, saying he did not trust the French testers or the French testing system, and that his urine was manipulated to […]
Philippines ferry disaster: ship owner sues over toxic cargo; recovery deadline set & more
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Several new developments have occurred surrounding the loss of Philippine ferry MV Princess of the Stars, which capsized and sank on June 21 during a severe storm. The loss near Sibuyan island during Typhoon Fengshen, known locally as Frank, killed more than 800 of those on board. Ship owner Sulpicio Lines […]
Enjoy Short Term Loan Options With Bad Credit
Here’s An Opinion On: Bad Credit Loans Australia Aistralian Premier Finance Website byalex Do you have bad credit and need money to cover bills or an emergency? Whether you have good credit or not will determine whether a bank will lend you money for a loan. Of course those funds tend to be a significant […]