Friday, February 20, 2009File:Anna Politkovskaya byZelenskaya.jpg On Thursday three individuals accused of involvement in the October 2006 killing of journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya were acquitted by a 12-person Russian jury. Not present for the trial nor among the defendants was Rustam Makhmudov, the accused trigger man, suspected to be hiding out abroad. […]
Herbal Oils For Hair Growth: Read On For Some Interesting RemediesHerbal Oils For Hair Growth: Read On For Some Interesting Remedies
Click Here To Know More About: Benefits Of Argan Oil Submitted by: Sebestain Turkey Among all other treatments, herbal oil therapy is known as one of the finest possible solutions. Described below are some herbal oils that can help in hair growth as well as prevent additional hair loss. Tea Tree Oil: Due to its […]
John Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writingJohn Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing
Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel like Snowball’s Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell‘s Animal Farm which he was inspired […]
US President Bush says 30,000 civilians killed in Iraq warUS President Bush says 30,000 civilians killed in Iraq war
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 United States President George W. Bush put a number on the death toll of Iraqi civilians, saying “30,000 Iraqis, more or less, have died as a result of the initial incursion and the ongoing violence against Iraqis. We’ve lost about 2,140 of our troops in Iraq” since the U.S. invasion of […]
Wikinews Shorts: June 4, 2007Wikinews 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 […]
Quick And Easy: Yagi Wifi AntennaQuick And Easy: Yagi Wifi Antenna
Click Here To Know More About: Richard Light Interactive It By Sean Goudeloc Yagi Antenna, originally known as Yagi-Uda Antenna, is the most well-known directional range antenna on the radio amateur bands. Yagi wifi antenna broadens your wifi range into a stunning amount of distance. Given with proper computations and measurements, making this antenna, will […]
Australian emergency services personnel exposed to asbestosAustralian emergency services personnel exposed to asbestos
Wednesday, March 8, 2006 At least 250 members of Australia’s emergency services personnel in New South Wales have been informed that they could die from exposure to fatal levels of asbestos following emergency response training south of Sydney. Members of the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) unit are thought to be at risk. They were […]
Several episodes of ‘Orange is the New Black’ released prematurely by hackerSeveral episodes of ‘Orange is the New Black’ released prematurely by hacker
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 A hacker, or group of hackers, operating under the alias of The Dark Overlord uploaded ten episodes of Netflix’s web TV series Orange is the New Black on Friday and Saturday on The Pirate Bay after they said the online streaming service failed to meet their demands. Netflix had planned to […]
Microsoft and Yahoo! link their instant messaging servicesMicrosoft and Yahoo! link their instant messaging services
Thursday, July 13, 2006 Nine months after announcing the interoperability between their instant messaging (IM) services, Internet rivals Microsoft and Yahoo! began limited public beta (pre-release) testing of the program. This enables users of the two services to communicate with each other using their existing IM client, Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) and […]
Former Russian spy Litvinenko dies, radioactive poisoning suspectedFormer Russian spy Litvinenko dies, radioactive poisoning suspected
Friday, November 24, 2006 Mr Alexander Litvinenko, reputed to have been an Ex-Russian spy who had defected to Britain, died last night in mysterious circumstances. He had alleged many associations between people in high places and organised international crime, implying that President Putin and Romano Prodi among others had been involved personally. He had sought […]