This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation or one of its projects. Please note that Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Semapedia is not associated with the Wikimedia Foundation. Friday, April 7, 2006 Accra — The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT introduced the Semacode technology and the Semapedia application to a […]
Archaeologist finds earliest tools used by non-human apes
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Archaeologist Julio Mercader at the University of Calgary has discovered hammer-like tools dating back 4300 years. The tools are thought to have been used by non-human primates to crack nuts. The large size of the stones are of too great a weight to have been favoured as tools by humans. Further, […]
Moscow Metro attack suspects killed by police
Friday, May 14, 2010 Three people suspected of involvement in a bomb attack on the Moscow Metro system have been killed after a confrontation with police in the city. The attacks, carried out on March 29, killed at least 40 people and wounded over 100. According to a statement released by Alexander Bortnikov of the […]
‘Davos man’ versus ‘Camp Igloo’; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
Thursday, January 26, 2012 Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel gave yesterday’s opening address to the 42nd meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is facing a distinctly different geo-political landscape from twelve months ago. Outside the WEF security cordon, in the sub-zero temperatures of Davos’ train station car park, the local incarnation of the Occupy […]
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 […]
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Submitted by: Nick Dowlatshahi You have just bought your gorgeous old farmhouse in the south of France and all it needs is some renovation and ‘TLC’ to become the home of your dreams! A word of caution! It is often all too easy to become wrapped up in your optimistic hopes and dreams and not […]
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More Detail Here: Premier Box Shipping Containers Website Premier Shipping Containers Finding an Engine for Your Boat by Harry Ayala Ever heard the line, “good things come in small packages?” It takes time to create the right scent so this can be placed in a bottle and sold to the public. This is the answer […]
Somali pirates release Greek-owned ship
Friday, December 11, 2009 Somali pirates released a Greek-owned cargo ship and its 24 Ukrainian crew members earlier today, after seven months in captivity. The director of Greek shipping firm Alloceans Shipping, Spyros Minas, announced that pirates freed the Ariana, after the company paid a ransom. The released sailors were in good health, Minas noted. […]
Cocaine found in frozen mango puree shipped to Montréal, Canada
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced Tuesday that they had seized approximately 160 kilograms of cocaine discovered in buckets of frozen mango puree imported from Mexico. Investigations led the police to a shipping container destined for the Port of Montréal, in the Canadian […]
Oil spill hits Australia’s Sunshine coastline
Sunday, March 15, 2009 200,000 litres of oil leaked into waters off the coast of Brisbane from the Pacific Adventurer when their fuel tanks were damaged in rough seas on Wednesday. The figure is about ten times higher than the original estimate of twenty thousand litres of oil. The devastating diesel oil spill has spread […]