Wikinews Shorts: April 27, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, April 27, 2007. Contents 1 Stephen Hawking goes weightless 2 Saudi Arabia arrests 172 militants 3 Abdullah Gül does not get presidency in first round 4 Chinese cat reportedly gives birth to ‘poodle’ 5 Top al-Qaeda operative reported in US custody 65-year-old scientist Stephen Hawking took a ride on the “Vomit Comet“, an […]

New Zealand airlines relax knife regulations

Saturday, October 1, 2005 New Zealand has relaxed the safety rules imposed on internal airlines in 2002, once more allowing passengers to carry pocket knives with blades less than 60mm long and knitting needles. Other larger items remain banned, including ice-skates, pool cues, hockey sticks, skateboards, cricket bats and harpoons. Other countries more at risk from terrorism such as the […]

What Conditions Can Rhinoplasty Treat?

Read More About: Breast Augmentation Philadelphia Breast Augmentation Surgery Philadelphia Submitted by: Tony Verdi Rhinoplasty, the surgical improvement of the nose’s appearance, is one of the most common forms of cosmetic surgery performed by cosmetic surgeries in the UK. The nose is in fact the central feature of the human face. It is one of the first things we notice […]

Wikinews Shorts: May 7, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, May 7, 2007. A 30 meter section of a gas pipeline in Luka (near Kiev) in Ukraine has been destroyed by an explosion. Although supplies to Europe via this pipeline have stopped, Ukrainian Energy Minister Georgi E. Boyko said that supplies to Europe would not be affected. “There are no changes in volumes […]

Day 1 report of Wikimania 2006

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Sunday, August 6, 2006 Wikimania 2006 is the second annual Wikimedia conference. Hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it began August 4 and will run […]

Free Restaurant Schedule Template: Its Many Uses In Restaurant Operations

Read More About: Energy Saving Company Melbourne By Jerome Chiaro If you feel constrained by the limits of your budget, then alternative options, such as a free restaurant schedule template for employee shifts, daily cleaning, and reservations, can lessen the burden of spending on additional office supplies and hiring new people just to create the schedules for you. A free […]

Candidates make campaign stop at trade fairs ahead of 2008 Taiwan Presidential Election

Friday, November 9, 2007 Thursday, November 8, two trade shows, named MEDIPHAR Taipei at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) and Taipei Audio Video Fair at the TWTC and The Grand Hotel, opened in Taipei, Taiwan. Some politicians and government officials chose these events as an opportunity to promote their parties and campaign-coalitions ahead of the 2008 Taiwan Presidential Elections. […]

Hurricane Katrina: Resources regarding missing/located people

Thursday, September 1, 2005 With victims of Hurricane Katrina moved to shelters and remote locations, their relatives and friends in other parts of the world have turned to the web to try and establish contact and confirm their health. Many families living in the path of Katrina have even been split up as they are rescued and now desperately need […]

NZ Sky TV customers to get refund for satellite failure

Saturday, April 1, 2006 On Thursday night, a failure of the Optus B1 satellite affected the Sky Pay TV network and also caused a blackout of other satellite-based systems. Sky TV subscribers will get a refund for the inconvenience. The satellite was down from Thursday evening to Friday morning. It also covers international emergency service and air traffic coordination. However, […]

Swac Men’s Basketball Wrap Up

Read More About: Develop Business Presentation Skills By Uba Okereke SWAC Men’s Basketball Wrap-Up, Tuesday, Jan. 3 Texas Southern 87, Alcorn State 52 Texas Southern beat Alcorn State 87-52 last Tuesday night in the Southwestern Athletic Conference opener for both teams. Three-point shooting was the calling card for TSU as they shot 10 of 19 (52.6 percent) from downtown, led […]