A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, May 15, 2009. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed budget cuts and layoffs for California yesterday. Californian education budgets would be cut by $3 billion USD for the next five years if California voters gave a yes votes to the budget-related measures for May 19’s special election. Schwarzenegger is […]
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with NDP candidate Sheila White, Scarborough-Rouge River
Thursday, September 13, 2007 Having worked as an aide, advisor, and Executive Assistant to municipal and provincial politicians, Sheila White is running for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Scarborough-Rouge River riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed her regarding her values, her experience, and her campaign. Stay tuned for further […]
Dentist Virginia Beach Your Dental Health And Preventive Care
Read An Opinion On: Chatswood Dentists Submitted by: Nicholasxd Norton Our society and the lifestyle of our current times is highly sophisticated. When we refer to sophistication, we are referring to all aspects of our lives including our day to day living, lifestyle as well as our standard of living.Everybody is very style conscious and […]
Pakistan lifts house arrest of former PM Benazir Bhutto
Friday, November 9, 2007 The government of Pakistan late on Friday has withdrawn the earlier detention notice and house arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Police had served her with a temporary detention notice and ordered her to serve 30 days of house arrest. Bhutto was not detained by the police. The move […]
Sports footwear companies progress towards eliminating sweatshops
Sunday, February 6, 2005A United Nations report has shown that sports footwear companies are making progress towards ending the use of sweatshops and are implementing more worker-friendly codes of practice than clothing companies and retailers. The study, published by the International Labour Organisation, suggests that consumer pressure is behind the changes. As a result of […]
Steve Kubby, co-author of California Proposition 215, grows dangerously ill in US custody
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Steve Kubby who was facing extradition from Canada, returned to California, was arrested, and is now in custody in Placer County, California Jail, pending a hearing today. He is a medical cannabis patient who relies on the drug to regulate the symptoms of malignant phenochromocytoma, a cancer of the adrenal gland […]
How Can Choose The Ideal Letting Agency Software?
Read An Opinion On: Property Management Systems How Can Choose The Ideal Letting Agency Software? by landburg Every property agent and letting expert prefers to use only letting agency software for accomplishing routine operations. First & foremost, one needs to choose the ideal property software in order to take care of regular clients updates and […]
Car bombing kills Yemen government official; ISIS claims responsibility
Monday, December 7, 2015 Yesterday, at least seven people including Aden, Yemen governor Jaafar Mohammed Saad died in a car bomb attack on their convoy in the city of Aden, according to local officials. An online claim of responsibility on behalf of militant group ISIS called Saad a “tyrant”. An online post purportedly from the […]
Las Vegas ‘chili finger’ woman has history of lawsuits
Story sources Barbara Grady, Reuters. “Wendy’s Offer Reward Over Chilli Finger” — xtra msn, April 11, 2005 Dave Murphy and Ryan Kim. “Loyalists still visit the Wendy’s, Some even get the chili, although business is down” — San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 2005 Dan Reed, Crystal Carreon. “Scrutiny intensifies for woman who found finger in chili” — AJC, […]
McCain and Obama face off in U.S. presidential candidate debate
Sunday, September 28, 2008 The two major party presidential candidates in the US, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, faced each other yesterday in the first TV debate. Despite that McCain had asked to postpone the debate, both were present at the University of Mississippi. The debate, which was moderated by PBS‘ Jim Lehrer, […]