Category:June 8, 2010
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Thursday, April 28, 2005 The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says it finished interrogating the nearly 105 Iraqi scientists it held in its search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD). In many cases their information was helpful, but in other cases the wrong people were detained, and were subjected to questioning by “inexperienced and uninformed” interrogators. From an update to the Comprehensive Report of the Special Adviser to the DCI on Iraq’s WMD, “AsContinue reading
Monday, August 30, 2010 Six United States soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in eastern and southern Afghanistan. Their deaths were announced by NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. They said the troops died on Saturday and Sunday. Three of the soldiers died while fighting insurgents in the eastern part of the country on Saturday. On the same day two more troops were killed by an improvised bomb. Another troop was also killed while fightingContinue reading
Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006 “Court date “as needed” for lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, August 14, 2006 “PreliminaryContinue reading
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Victoria Stafford, eight years old, was sighted leaving her Woodstock, Ontario school on Wednesday afternoon with an unknown woman caught on video camera. She has not been seen since. Victoria (Tori) attended grade 3 at Oliver Stephens Public School, and the video is from the College Avenue secondary school as Victoria and the unidentified woman walked along Fyfe Avenue. “I’ve had a lot of problems come up in my life andContinue reading
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 International car company DaimlerChrysler announced today it would cut 13,000 jobs in North America. It could part ways with the loss-making business. It also plans to cut two Chrysler plants in an attempt to make Chrysler business profitable by 2008. About 9,000 production jobs will be cut in the U.S., 2,000 production jobs in Canada, and 2,000 salaried jobs. “It’s hard to say if it’s enough … but the stock isContinue reading
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 A failed test of security at Slovakia’s Poprad airport resulted in a 49 year-old man unknowingly carrying plastic explosives from Slovakia to Dublin, Ireland. The explosives were concealed so well that the man did not find them when he unpacked his bag at his apartment. On Saturday, Slovak authorities planted contraband in passengers’ luggage at Poprad’s Poprad-Tatry Airport without the knowledge of passengers. Seven of the eight items were recovered, whileContinue reading
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 Buffalo, New York —Judge Justice Christopher Burns of the New York State Supreme Court has ordered a halt to an emergency demolition on a 19th century stable and livery on 428-430 Jersey Street in Buffalo, New York that partially collapsed on Wednesday June 11, initially causing at least 15 homes to be evacuated. At least two homes remain evacuated. Burns orders that both the city and the group Save The LiveryContinue reading
Regardless of who wins the prize, people all around the world will be able to experience the mission through high-def video-streams. Saturday, August 28, 2010 Andreas Hornig, Wikinews contributor and team member of Synergy Moon, competitor in the Google Lunar X Prize, managed to interview Senior Director of Space Prizes William Pomerantz of the X PRIZE Foundation about the competitions, goals, and impacts via e-mail for HDTVTotal.com and Wikinews. By Wikinews, the free news sourceContinue reading