Friday, April 18, 2014 Wikinews Audio Briefs Dateline Friday, April 18, 2014 Listen to this brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:_April_18,_2014&oldid=2587645”
Friday, March 9, 2007 IBM and Cisco have announced the development of a new platform, based on Eclipse and OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative), which should unite all communication and collaboration software developers under a single platform. Before the UC2 (Unified Communication and Collaboration) the unified communication has suffered because of a lack of a platform to be used by all software developers, rather than a series of them and, moreover, provided by different vendors.Continue reading
Monday, January 1, 2007 Ban Ki-moon, South Korean foreign minister, officially assumed his post as United Nations Secretary-General today. Ban, the eighth UN Secretary-General, is also the first Asian to serve in this office in 35 years. Ban, 62, grew up on the Korean peninsula in the midst of the Korean War that divided the region. He promises to bring peace to the North Korean nuclear conflict. Along with North Korea, Ban faces a litanyContinue reading
Here’s An Opinion On: Behaviour Change Campaign Sydney Corporate Identity – Importance and benefits by Sanjeev Kumar Singh Corporate Identity is “persona” of an organization that is designed in accordance with your business objectives to facilitate the achievement of your actual goals. In general, it includes a logo and supporting elements commonly assembled within a set of rules. These rules administer how the identity is functional and confirm approved color palettes, typefaces, page layouts andContinue reading
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By Adam Peters When you bring a new puppy or dog home you want them to feel safe and settled as soon as possible. By giving them their own space and a cozy bed, maybe made with a large wicker basket, you will provide all they need to comfortably explore their new surroundings. When you are bringing home a new dog or puppy they need to feel safe in their new environment. Whatever the kindContinue reading
Monday, August 21, 2006 The annual ‘Undie 500‘ road-trip, in which 400 Canterbury and Otago university students took part, turned into a riot when students started throwing bottles around and lighting fires. The riot started in Dunedin on Castle Street North, which is known for its parties. In the Undie 500 road-trip, students go from Christchurch to Dunedin and along the way stopping at five pubs. It is the biggest pub crawl of its kindContinue reading
Monday, January 25, 2010 An elderly woman has died in a house fire in South Yorkshire, England. The woman, who is currently remaining unidentified, was blind and 93-years-old when her bungalow in Sheffield caught fire as a result of an accident in her kitchen yesterday afternoon. An internal investigation into the fire has suggested that while the woman was cooking, she dropped a towel onto one of the stovetops while attempting to move a panContinue reading
Saturday, February 27, 2010 At 06:34 UTC today, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile, triggering a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean. The tsunami has already hit the French Polynesia islands, with waves reaching two metres (six feet) high damaging to the coast. In Fiji Japanese officials expect waves 2.3 metres (7.5 feet high). Australia and New Zealand are expected to receive waves of one metre (three feet) which are expected to hit within 24 hoursContinue reading
Here’s An Opinion On: Buy Recycled Packaging Problems faced by manufacturing firms in rural areas by William King Rural areas are considered to be attractive for manufacturers due to ready supply of reliable and low-cost labour. From 1950 to 1980 manufacturing firms flocked in rural areas and created millions of job opportunities for people living there. But the new manufacturing technologies and globalization of markets changed the competitive edge. The only reason that caused manufacturersContinue reading