Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Over 2,000 cattle died throughout eight counties in Nebraska last week as a result of an unexpected heat wave. Officials estimate that number could grow as other counties report in. According to Tim Reimer of the United States Farm Service Agency, cattle nearing slaughter are difficult to keep cool due to […]
Iraqi deputy health minister kidnapped
Sunday, November 19, 2006 Deputy to the Iraq Health Minister, Ammar al-Saffar, who lives with his sister in Baghdad’s Sunni neighbourhood of Adhamiya, was kidnapped today. It is reported that six uniformed men and others wearing suits, arrived at Mr Saffer’s home in police cars and pickup trucks and took him off. As one of […]
Standard Operating Procedure changes at Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 In an investigation reported on first by Wikinews, Wikileaks today revealed another chapter in the story of the Standard Operations Procedure (SOP) manual for the Camp Delta facility at Guantanamo Bay. The latest documents they have received are the details of the 2004 copy of the manual signed off by Major […]
Aircraft wreckage in Atlantic confirmed to be that of missing Air France flight
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Wreckage from an airplane in the Atlantic Ocean 650 kilometres from the coast of Brazil has been confirmed by the Brazilian government to be from Air France Flight 447. Nelson Jobim, the Brazilian Defence Minister, said that there were no survivors. An airplane seat and life vest were found floating in […]
Scottish Midlothian car crash kills three
Monday, December 24, 2012 Two cars have been involved in a road traffic accident in the Scottish Lothian and Borders region, causing three fatalities and sending three to hospital. The incident occurred on the A68 road approximately 1.5 miles south of the Midlothian village of Pathhead when a Škoda Octavia and a Nissan Note travelling […]
Scottish archaeology student discovers 5,000 year old chewing gum in Finland
Thursday, August 23, 2007 An archaeology student from Scotland has discovered a 5,000 year old piece of chewing gum on a dig in Finland. Sarah Pickin, a 23-year-old part-time barmaid studying archaeology with Derby University, discovered the gum during a dig in the north-west of the country. The gum is a lump of birch bark […]
British Chancellor George Osborne downgrades growth forecast in annual budget
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 The British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered the budget today, an annually-held audit of the country’s finances deciding how taxpayers’ money should be spent. He set out plans to boost the housing market in his fourth budget, as well as stating the economy will grow by 0.6% — half […]
Failed UK suicide bomber Mohamed Saeed-Alim aka Nicky Reilly dies
Saturday, October 22, 2016 Mohammed Rashid Saeed-Alim, a failed English suicide bomber better known by his birth name Nicky Reilly, has died while serving a life sentence. He was 30. Originally from Plymouth, Alim attempted to bomb the Giraffe restaurant in Exeter in 2008 when he was 22. He used glass bottles filled with nails, […]
U.S. classifies record number of documents in 2004
Monday, September 5, 2005 OpenTheGovernment.Org, a coalition of conservative and liberal nonprofit groups, released a 2005 report (PDF, 12 pages) saying that all branches of the U.S. Federal Government are being significantly more secretive, and spending significantly more money on document secrecy. In 2004, federal officials classified 15.6 million new documents, which is 81 percent […]
CPSC, ATF warn of dangers of fireworks over US Independence Day celebrations
Sunday, July 4, 2010 Last week, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) held a press conference on the National Mall in Washington, DC, warning consumers of the dangers of fireworks, and advising them of safe handling. They were joined by representatives from the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF); Federal Emergency Management Agency […]