Monday, December 2, 2013 Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described as “one of the largest [seizures] […]
20 injured in Montreal college shooting spree
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 At 12:41 p.m. local time (UTC-5), a man opened fire at Dawson College, in Westmount, Quebec, Canada; the college is located near the heart of downtown Montreal. Police report at least 20 people being injured. The gunman was reportedly killed at the scene by police. Students told reporters that they heard […]
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Australia’s Old Parliament House becomes heritage listed
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced on Tuesday that Old Parliament House in Canberra has been heritage listed. It is the 31st entry on the National Heritage List. The listing acknowledges the role the building has in shaping Australia’s culture and protects it from being modified in any way which could […]
Prince Laurent of Belgium testifies in marine fraud case
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 This article features in a News Brief from Audio Wikinews: Prince Laurent of Belgium, the youngest son of King Albert II of Belgium, has been questioned last night by the federal police and is attending today’s court session in Hasselt in a marine fraud case that has gripped Belgian media since […]
Excessive surgeries swell Medicare costs in United States
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 At least 10% of the increase in Medicare expenditures since the mid-1990s is due to increased rates of one type of elective surgery, according to a recent study, and many of the patients may not need it. University of California, San Francisco found that only 44% of patients who undergo an […]
U.S. Senate passes landmark health care reform bill
Thursday, December 24, 2009 The United States Senate has approved a hard-fought measure to overhaul the health care system. The vote will be followed by the difficult process of reconciling the Senate-passed bill with one approved by the House of Representatives, in order to get a final measure to President Barack Obama. HAVE YOUR SAY […]
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Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief February 04, 2008 1.1 Introduction 2 Events of worldwide notability, military action, disasters etc. 2.1 Tribunal considers role of Canadian minor in alleged war crimes 2.2 Tadi? re-elected President of Serbia 2.3 Egypt seals border with Gaza after 11 days 2.4 Sentences handed down over Paraguay’s worst fire 2.5 At […]
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Law center helps defend open source
Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Eben Moglen, Columbia University Law Professor, will head the newSoftware Freedom Law Center (SFLC). An initial 4 million dollars has been provided by Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to fund the project. The law center will provide free legal service for open source projects and developers. In 2004 OSDL established a […]