NASA mission to map the boundary of solar system

Sunday, October 19, 2008 NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) to map the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space will be launched on a Pegasus XL rocket today. The two year mission, costing US$165 million, will study the region in space where the solar wind from the sun suddenly slows down as it reaches the thin, cold gas of interstellar space. This region, called the heliospheric boundary of the solar system, helps to deflectContinue reading

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News briefs: May 19, 2012

Saturday, May 19, 2012 Wikinews Audio Briefs Dateline Saturday, May 19, 2012 Listen to this brief Problems? See our media guide. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:_May_19,_2012&oldid=1510512”

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Don’t Gamble On Franchise Funding Success . Finance Your Franchising Opportunity Properly!}

Here’s An Opinion On: Vehicle Leasing Bowen Don’t Gamble On Franchise Funding Success . Finance Your Franchising Opportunity Properly! by stanprokop Franchise funding in Canada. At times does it seem like you have to take a real gamble on the franchising opportunity just to complete a transaction properly? And then finance it? Is there a better way? We think there is, and here’s why, and how! We’re the first to admit making that franchise purchaseContinue reading

Two ill after eating burgers laced with multi-purpose cleaner in Bathurst, Australia

Thursday, March 25, 2010 A prank by three young kitchen staff at Hungry Jack’s fast food restaurant in the Central-Western New South Wales city of Bathurst went wrong when two customers required medical treatment after eating burgers they had laced with multi-purpose cleaner. According to staff at the Emergency Department of Bathurst Hospital, two Hungry Jack’s customers became ill Sunday night after eating burgers contaminated with a chemical believed to be multi-purpose cleaner. One ofContinue reading

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Zarqawi shows face in new video

Saturday, April 29, 2006 The first “visual issue” of the Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was issued April 25, 2006, by the Mujahideen Shura Council. A thirty-four minute video containing an approximately twenty minute oration by Zarqawi, footage of him leading mujahideen in training on the battlefield and in a war room, and seated amongst local leaders of al-Anbar province. His speech touches upon a variety of topics, including the purportedly victoriousContinue reading

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Romanian tourism to be rebranded

Friday, May 6, 2005 Romania’s National Authority for Tourism (ANT) announced that they would promote tourism in Romania through a new branding strategy, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development. The director of ANT, Marius Critonescu, said that the branding exercise will be “a significant component of the Romania’s development as a new tourist destination of international level.” He also added that the development of an integrated brand for Romanian tourism willContinue reading

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The Worldwide Lack Of Otr Tyres For Industrial Vehicles

Here’s An Opinion On: Excavator Parts Nz The Worldwide Lack Of OTR Tyres For Industrial Vehicles by Mervin Kinney OTR Tyres – Coping with The Global Shortage If you work in neuro-scientific mining or construction, you may have already encountered a problem with replacing worn OTR tyres. New OTR tyres may very well be cost prohibitive for many firms and you stand little chance of obtaining them unless you have been on a waiting listContinue reading

US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%

Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This is the 21st consecutive month of job losses in the country. The United States has now lost 7.2 million jobsContinue reading

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Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 This year Israel turns sixty and it has embarked upon a campaign to celebrate its birthday. Along with technology writers for Slate, PC Magazine, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Aviation Weekly, Wikinews was invited by the America-Israel Friendship League and the Israeli Foreign Ministry to review Israel’s technology sector. It’s part of an effort to ‘re-brand the country’ to show America that there is more to Israel than the Palestinian conflict. On thisContinue reading

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This is the category for Health. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 26 December 2020: Chilean authorities report first COVID-19 outbreak in Antarctica 21 December 2020: Prime Minister of Slovakia Igor Matovi? tests positive for COVID-19 27 November 2020: Wikinews interviews Craig Farquharson, Liberal Democrat candidate for 2020 Groom by-election 12 October 2020: Second US Biden-Trump debate cancelled amid safety controversy 3 October 2020: US President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19 22Continue reading

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