Sunday, February 8, 2009 The Japanese car making company Toyota has announced that their predicted profit loss for 2008 has tripled from their previous estimate. The company reports the loss after demand for its vehicles dropped. In December 2008, Toyota estimated its full year operating loss to be 150 billion yen (US$1.65 billion). Now the […]
HIV-positive man receives 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
Sunday, May 18, 2008 An HIV-positive man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, one day after being convicted of harassment of a public servant for spitting into the eye and open mouth of a Dallas, Texas police officer in May 2006. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that no […]
United States Representative Charlie Wilson dies at 76
Friday, February 12, 2010 Charles Nesbitt Wilson, a former United States naval officer and twelve-term Democratic Representative from the 2nd congressional district in Texas, died on Wednesday in Lufkin, Texas. He was 76 with a history of heart ailments, receiving a transplant in 2007. Memorial Medical Center, Lufkin said the preliminary cause of death was […]
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Read An Opinion On: Lifestyle Villages In Tweed Heads South byalex If you are in the process of having a new home built or you are renovating your current home no doubt you have spent countless hours on the effective layout that suits all your needs. Deciding where best to situate the kitchen appliances or […]
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. […]
Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic assistant coach David Gould
Thursday, July 25, 2013 Wikinews caught up with Australian wheelchair basketball coach David Gould in Canberra, where the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team — the Gliders — were having a training camp. Gould told Wikinews he retired from playing after the 2002 World Championships. He said he began coaching able bodied basketball at schools […]
Canadian PM cabinet shuffle results
Thursday, January 4, 2007 Canadian PM Stephen Harper has shuffled his cabinet today. The major change with this shuffle is Rona Ambrose, Minister of Environment, being replaced by Treasury Board President John Baird. When a reporter asked her earlier if she would be replaced she replied, “Yes — very excited.” Ambrose is the new intergovernmental […]
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Read An Opinion On: Rope Galore 10 Handy Steps to Reinstall HP Printer Drivers by sophia ellen Drivers are software those operate and control your printers often go away. If youre using the HP printer and facing difficulties because of the corrupted driver files, you can fix the issues and get your printer back in […]
Doctor robbed, car-jacked and locked in boot while car set alight
Monday, March 19, 2007 A 34 year old obstetrician from Forestville on Sydney’s Northern Beaches has escaped after he was robbed, car-jacked and locked in the boot (trunk) of his BMW, which was set alight. Police say the doctor was locked in the boot while his car was set alight, but was allowed to escape […]
TESEV Report on Eastern Turkey for UNDP released
Friday, November 24, 2006 According to a report released by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) for United Nation’s Development Plan, the per capita GNP in Eastern Turkey, an area predominantly inhabited by Kurdish people, is as low as seven percent of that of the European Union on average. The report analyzed a […]