Chrysler files for bankruptcy, Fiat Group SpA to run company

Friday, May 1, 2009 The American auto company Chrysler filed for bankruptcy Thursday, however a deal with European auto maker Fiat went through. The emerging Chrysler will be owned 55 percent by the United Auto Workers, eight percent by the United States Government, two percent by the Canadian Government and Fiat would begin with a 20 percent share. Chrysler Chief Executive Robert Nardelli will step down when the bankruptcy proceedings are finalized. Initially, the ItalianContinue reading

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Wikinews Shorts: June 4, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, June 4, 2007. MediaCorp Radio in Singapore has been fined 15,000 Singaporean dollars (US$9,800) over an on-air stunt in March in which female guests on a radio show were asked to remove their brassieres, and pose for video that was to be posted on the station’s website and on YouTube. The Media Development Authority said the radio show’s hosts made improper and sexually suggestive remarks about “how fastContinue reading

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Canadian charter airline Skyservice suspends operations

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Skyservice, a Canadian charter airline, has cancelled several flights from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, with reports that the airline has ceased operations. The company cites debt levels and changes in the vacation travel market with its decision to shut down operations and file for receivership. At the time of the filing in Ontario Superior Court, Skyservice is said to owe almost $9 million CAD to long-term partner and Thomas Cook subsidiaryContinue reading

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US free speech lawyer defends satire of Glenn Beck

Sunday, October 4, 2009 Massachusetts-based First Amendment rights lawyer Marc Randazza is defending a controversial parody website which satirizes American political commentator Glenn Beck. The website was created in September by a man from Florida named Isaac Eiland-Hall, and it asserts Beck uses questionable tactics “to spread lies and misinformation”. The website created by Eiland-Hall is located at the domain name “www.GlennBeckRapedAndMurderedAYoungGirlIn1990.com”. Its premise is derived from a joke statement made by Gilbert Gottfried aboutContinue reading

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Thinking Of Trying Out Vaping? Where Do You Buy An Electronic Cigarette?

byAlma Abell If ever there was a product crying out to be developed, it was the electronic cigarette. For years, there has been debate over the health hazards associated with any sort of tobacco consumption. But, a large number of people still either choose to smoke, or refuse to give up smoking. The electronic cigarette (e-cig) is a battery powered device that can be used to vaporize a liquid into an aerosol that can beContinue reading

Vitamin C can help prevent cancer say the National Institutes of Health

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Vitamin C can help cut the spread of cancer and tumours by half, according to United States researchers who tested on mice. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health injected doses of vitamin C into four grams per kilo of body weight into mice with pancreatic, brain and ovarian cancers, which started a destructive chain reaction with the cancer cells. The vitamin, also known as ascorbate, caused high amounts of hydrogenContinue reading

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Wikinews interviews Frank Moore, independent candidate for US President

Saturday, March 1, 2008 While nearly all coverage of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major party platforms. Wikinews has impartially reached out to these candidates, throughout the campaign. We now interview independent Presidential candidate Frank Moore, a performance artist.

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31 killed in Afghanistan bus bombing

Saturday, September 29, 2007 A suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus carrying more than 50 people in Kabul, Afghanistan killing at least 31 and critically injuring 17 of the people on board. 28 were Afghan soldiers, and so far at least two civilians have been killed. “At this time I can tell you that 31, almost all of them military personnel, have been martyred,” said Afghanistan’s Public Health Minister, Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatemi.Continue reading

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Riots in Île-de-France : 70 arrested after 200 cars burned

Friday, July 15, 2005 About 200 cars were burned by young people on the night of July 13 in Île-de-France, the metropolitan area of Paris. As the police cars arrived, youths began to pelt the vehicles with rocks, firecrackers and bottles. Rioters broke store windows at Argenteuil. Police used flash-balls and smoke grenades. The riots ended with 70 men being arrested. A police officer was wounded by a rocket and was taken to hospital. ShopContinue reading

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