Ford offers US$78 million for Romanian auto plant

14 September, 2020

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Saturday, September 8, 2007 Ford Motor Company, the U.S. car maker, will reportedly pay €57 million (US$78 million) for a 72.4 percent stake in the Romanian assembly plant Automobile Craiova, a Romanian official said Friday. “The offer of Ford Motor Company for a 72.4 percent stake is €4.1556 per share or €57 million overall,” said […]

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California senator opposed to cell-phones involved in cell-phone related crash

14 September, 2020

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007 California state senator Carole Migden crashed her state provided SUV into a Honda sedan while reaching for her phone. Migden has favored a new law penalizing drivers who talk on their cellular phones (aka mobile phones). The crash occurred on Highway 12 in Solano County, California Friday morning. The driver of […]

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News briefs:July 21, 2010

14 September, 2020

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:July_21,_2010&oldid=1065188”

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Highly preserved mammoth presents scientists with blood sample

14 September, 2020

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Friday, May 31, 2013 An extremely well preserved woolly mammoth has been found by Russian scientists in Siberia, announced Wednesday. The adult female was found with blood preserved still intact in ice cavities. When palaeontologists excavated the animal, blood flowed from the space below the animal’s abdomen. The discovery was made on the Lyakhovsky Islands […]

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Wikinews interviews Jeff Jacobsen, creator of LisaMcPherson.org

14 September, 2020

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 On Sunday, Wikinews interviewed creator of memorial site LisaMcPherson.org, former Lisa McPherson Trust employee and long time Scientology critic Jeff Jacobsen. LisaMcPherson.org is a memorial site created in 1997 containing information on her death and the resulting legal case against the Church of Scientology. Lisa McPherson died in 1995 while in […]

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Bush addresses nation on economic crisis; Congress debates bailout

14 September, 2020

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Thursday, September 25, 2008 United States President George W. Bush addressed the nation on the economic financial crisis from inside the White House saying the economic situation is “serious” and is “in danger” of becoming “a long and painful recession.” “We are in the midst of a serious financial crisis and the federal government is […]

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Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

14 September, 2020

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Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal […]

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News briefs:July 26, 2010

14 September, 2020

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Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:July_26,_2010&oldid=1071165”

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Category:July 26, 2010

14 September, 2020

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? July 25, 2010 July 27, 2010 ? July 26 Pages in category “July 26, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:July_26,_2010&oldid=1849130”

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Cricket: Australia vs India 3rd test – Day 1

14 September, 2020

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Thursday, January 17, 2008 The third Test between Australia and India commenced on Wednesday at the WACA in Perth. India won the toss, and Indian captain Anil Kumble elected to bat. India quickly made a half century in nine overs. Shortly after, the first wicket fell with Virender Sehwag caught behind by Adam Gilchrist for […]

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