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A leak at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility on Cumbrian coast, England
Monday, May 9, 2005 At the Sellafield reprocessing plant, a leak in the process was spotted on April 19. The leak did not cause danger to people or the environment but it disturbed the normal operation of the plant. Workers at the plant noticed a discrepancy in the amount of material being reprocessed that enters […]
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American film director John Hughes dies at age 59
Thursday, August 6, 2009 American film director John Hughes, noted for such movies as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club, died Thursday due to a heart attack. A statement, released by his representative, said that he experienced the heart attack while on a morning stroll in Manhattan, New York. Hughes was born […]
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US Court of Appeals reduces sentence for former Philippines officer in spy case
Monday, February 9, 2009 Michael Ray Aquino, a former Philippines National Police officer serving six years imprisonment in McRae, Georgia for espionage could now be eligible for immediate release after a United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit judge panel Friday modified a United States District Court for the District of New Jersey‘s […]
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Guantanamo captive returned to the United Kingdom
Monday, February 23, 2009 Guantanamo captive Benyam Mohammed was returned to the United Kingdom on February 23, 2009 after years of negotiation. Benyam Mohammed’s case stirred controversy for years. He was a legal resident of the United Kingdom who had come to the UK as a refugee from Ethiopia when he was a child. He […]
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Dove ad viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube
Saturday, November 4, 2006 An advertisement for Dove beauty products has been viewed by well over three million people, without ever being on television. A copywriter from Ogilvy Toronto, the advertising agency that created a spot named “evolution”, uploaded the advertisement to video sharing website YouTube. While the official upload of the ad itself has […]
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Wikinews Shorts: April 17, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Contents 1 Trial of Jose Padilla under way in Florida 2 North Korea may be shutting down nuclear reactor 3 China mine explosion traps 33 underground 4 Excessive bacon bad for lungs, says academic study 5 E-mail circulating UK Holocaust denial in schools is a […]
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Microsoft to track legal marijuana with new partner Kind Financial
Sunday, June 19, 2016 Microsoft announced on Thursday they are partnering with KIND Financial to help governments track the production and distribution of legal marijuana. Kind Financial, a California-based start-up company, began selling its Agrisoft Seed to Sale software three years ago. Microsoft is admitting Kind’s software on the Government portion of its Azure cloud […]
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Dove ad viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube
Saturday, November 4, 2006 An advertisement for Dove beauty products has been viewed by well over three million people, without ever being on television. A copywriter from Ogilvy Toronto, the advertising agency that created a spot named “evolution”, uploaded the advertisement to video sharing website YouTube. While the official upload of the ad itself has […]
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US Senate panel approves healthcare reform bill
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 The United States Senate Committee on Finance approved a proposal to reform health care on Tuesday, clearing it to move forward. The bill passed by a 14-9 vote, gaining support from the committee’s thirteen Democrats, and one Republican. Senator Olympia Snowe was the only senator from the Republican party to back […]
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Calls for corporate tax reform in Australia goes unheeded
Friday, May 12, 2006 Peter Costello’s budget announcement has led to rejoicing for small businesses, but the lack of joy for those pushing for radical corporate taxation reform has led to many businesses asking “what about us?” Personal taxation and small business have been the big winners after this year’s federal budget. Although dampened by […]