Saturday, September 3, 2005 To help launch Cape Verde‘s first public university, the Brazilian government has made the promise to provide organizational advice and to train professors. According to Fernando Haddad, Brazilian Minister of Education, Brazil will send its professors to the small nation off the African coast to train them in lecturing, marking, and […]
UK Wikinews Shorts: March 1, 2010
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, March 1, 2010. Contents 1 One killed, three injured after car crash in Lincolnshire, England 2 Man found dead in toilet area of bus station in Galashiels, Scotland 3 Woman dies after being rescued from house fire in west London, England Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs […]
Congressional computers continue to be used to vandalize Wikipedia
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikinews contributors have discovered that members of the United States Congress or members of their staff have recently been making questionable edits to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia […]
Camp Pendleton, California: helicopter crash kills two US marines
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Two U.S. Marines were killed at Camp Pendleton, California when their AH-1W Cobra Helicopter, belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, crashed on Monday at about 1 p.m. local time. The crash occurred in the southeast corner of the base, near the community of Fallbrook. The Marines were pronounced dead at […]
Harlan Ellison sues CBS-Paramount, WGA over Star Trek royalties
Correction — May 9, 2018 Contrary to this article, Ellison was credited for The City on the Edge of Forever under his own name rather than a pseudonym. (See collaboration discussion.) Thursday, March 19, 2009 Science fiction author Harlan Ellison announced, in a press release dated March 13, 2009, that he is suing television company CBS […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter to retire
Friday, May 1, 2009 United States President Barack Obama will get the chance to make his first United States Supreme Court appointment as a number of unnamed sources close to Associate Justice David Souter announced the Justice’s retirement from the body, to take place in June. NPR suggests that Souter was waiting to confirm that […]
Looted, possibly contaminated body parts transplanted into USA, Canadian patients
Monday, March 20, 2006 Fears of contaminated bone and skin grafts are being felt by unsuspecting patients following the revelation that funeral homes may have been looting corpses. Janet Evans of Marion Ohio was told by her surgeon, “The bone grafts you got might have been contaminated”. She reacted with shock, “I was flabbergasted because […]
Alleged tax-haven scheme linked to Canada’s largest brokerage firm
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 In a continuing crackdown on tax evasion, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has alleged that brokers with a branch of RBC Dominion Securities, Canada’s largest brokerage company, helped clients set up accounts in the small European principality of Liechtenstein in order to avoid taxation on their wealth. In affadavits submitted by […]
Navy helping New Orleans pets
Saturday, September 17, 2005 The Spanish word “tortuga” means “turtle.” But in the wake of the New Orleans disaster, the USS Tortuga is helping other animals. For nearly two weeks now, sailors from Tortuga’s repair division have devoted much of their time during this disaster relief operation to ensure the health and comfort of displaced […]
French fishermen blockade Channel ports
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 French fishing vessels have blockaded the English Channel ports of Calais, Bolougne, and Dunkirk. Not a boat will go in nor out The protest is an industrial action over tighter fishing quotas imposed by the European Union, with French fishing unions asking for their government to provide financial assistance or take […]