Saturday, November 19, 2011 The European Union budget for 2012 has been increased by two per cent, despite European authorities targeting a budget increase of approximately five per cent for next year. The budget will now stand at €129,000,000,000 (US$174,000,000,000 or £110,000,000,000). Negotiators at the EU reached this decision after fifteen hours of discussions on […]
Read MoreMonday, April 30, 2012 Australian billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer has announced plans to build a fleet of luxury cruise ships, including a replica of the famous RMS Titanic. Palmer has announced his new company Blue Star Line Pty Ltd has commissioned a close replica of the Titanic from CSC Jinling Shipyard in China. Construction […]
Read MoreMonday, February 12, 2007 Cars drove home the big prize last night, from the 34th Annual Annie Awards. The animation industry’s highest honor, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Annies recognise contributions to animation, writing, directing, storyboarding, voice acting, composing, and much more. As mentioned, Pixar took home the big prize last night, after facing stiff competition from four other […]
Read MoreWednesday, November 9, 2005 The Dover, Pennsylvania school board became the first to mandate inclusion of Intelligent Design in a public school biology curriculum. For this year’s November 8 election, Republicans fielded a pro-Intelligent Design slate of candidates including some returning candidates who had previously voted to include a statement about Intelligent Design in the […]
Read MoreA compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Contents 1 US hands over security for Anbar province to Iraq 2 Stanford builds helicopters that teach themselves acrobatics 3 Malaysian man uses nut to extend penis, gets stuck Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new one. The United States military […]
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Read MoreSaturday, September 29, 2018 Yesterday morning near the international airport located on Weno island of Chuuk state of the Federated States of Micronesia, Oceania a passenger airplane of model Boeing 737-800 flown by the Air Niugini carrier crashed into sea as its pilot missed the runway. All 47 people on board — by differing reports, […]
Read MoreMonday, April 25, 2005 With two space walks, 78 million miles and six months on board the International Space Station under their belts, Commander-Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, the station’s 10th crew, landed in Kazakhstan in a Soyuz spacecraft at 6:08 p.m. EDT Sunday. Also returning was European Space Agency Astronaut […]
Read MoreThursday, December 11, 2008 A suicide bombing in Iraq has killed at least 55 people and injured at least 120 more, according to local police.The suicide bomber struck at a restaurant located about 2 miles north of the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk on Thursday morning. The Abdullah restaurant, where the explosion took place, is […]
Read MoreThursday, September 28, 2006 The Health Board of New York City on Tuesday presented a plan to ban trans fatty acids (or trans fat) from the eateries in the city. The ban would not involve grocery stores, or natural trans fat that is present in dairy products or meat from ruminants. The proposal follows a […]
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