Sunday, December 7, 2008 Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia — The Sunshine Coast Regional Council has formally ratified the rejection of the 24 hour McDonald’s in Minyama. The decision comes after council rejected the proposal earlier this week at a general committee meeting. McDonald’s forwarded an 11th hour compromise to deputy mayor Tim Dwyer in order […]
Local government elections held in Balochistan, Pakistan
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Saturday, local bodies elections were held in Balochistan, Pakistan. Pakistan has not held local bodies elections since 2002. Polling was active from 8:00AM to 5:00PM local time (0300 to 1200 UTC). High security arrangements were made; law enforcement officials were deployed at the polling stations. According to media reports, in some […]
European Union Council to accept software patent directive
December 22, 2004 The controversial European Union Directive on the Patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions, also called the “software patent directive” has been put to rest for 2004. The directive was expected to easily pass through the European Council’s Fisheries Council on Tuesday, December 21, but was removed from the agenda at the request of […]
Local elections held in Croatia
Sunday, May 15, 2005 Elections for local governments were held in Croatia Sunday. The polls were closed at 19:00 local time (UTC+2). The results are not in yet, but exit polls and preliminary results were published by GONG and State Election Committee. According to GONG, an NGO observing the elections, Milan Bandi? can form a […]
Multiple deaths as Congolese government cracks down on pro-democracy protests
Friday, July 1, 2005 Thousands of protesters are marching through the streets of Kinshasa demanding that the government resign over delayed elections. Kinshasa – a city with nine million residents – is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were met by security forces who shot in the air and threw tear-gas […]
Local government elections held in Balochistan, Pakistan
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Saturday, local bodies elections were held in Balochistan, Pakistan. Pakistan has not held local bodies elections since 2002. Polling was active from 8:00AM to 5:00PM local time (0300 to 1200 UTC). High security arrangements were made; law enforcement officials were deployed at the polling stations. According to media reports, in some […]
Canada’s Davenport (Ward 18) city council candidates speak
Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontoians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Davenport (Ward 18). Two candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include Lloyd Ferguson, Adam Giambrone (incumbent), Nha Le, James McMillan, and Simon Wookey. […]
2010 UK general election results
Thursday, May 6, 2010 This table shows the results for 649 of 650 constituencies in the 2010 general election in the United Kingdom (not including the delayed constituency of Thirsk and Malton, which will hold its election on 27 May). The “Constituency” column shows the name of each constituency, linked to the relevant Wikipedia article. […]
Baghdad TV station shut down for showing Saddam mourners
Thursday, January 4, 2007 The Iraqi government has shut down the Baghdad studios of a privately-owned satellite TV station for “inciting sectarian violence” because it broadcast images of people mourning the execution of Saddam Hussein. The press-freedom organization Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday condemned the interior ministry’s decision to shut down the Al-Charkiya station, which […]
Telstra becomes the first in the world to switch to HSPA+ wireless Internet technology
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 On Monday, Australian telecommunications company Telstra has introduced dual carrier HSPA+ standard for broadband Internet business customers in the Next G network. This is the first time this technology is being introduced on national scale. The bandwidths the users can deploy increased into two to three times, with Telstra becoming the […]