UK PM’s speechwriter awaits sentence

10 January, 2021

|

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 An English lawyer has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice. He faked a legal judgment and sent it to a father who was pleading in Taunton family court to be able to remain involved in his child’s upbringing. The lawyer, London barrister Bruce Hyman, now awaits his sentence. The […]

Read More

RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art

10 January, 2021

|

Saturday, October 6, 2007 Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking not only because in the midst of the Grunge phenomenon did Charles have a dance hit on MTV, but because he did it as […]

Read More

2007/08 UEFA Cup: Copenhagen vs. Lens

10 January, 2021

|

Thursday, October 4, 2007 20:15(UTC+1) Copenhagen 2 – 1 (AET)3 – 2 agg. Lens Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 23,861 Referee: Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes, Portugal Marcus Allbäck 76′Michael Gravgaard  95′Jesper Grønkjær 112′ (pen.) Report Eric Carrière 14′ Copenhagen Lens Starting lineup Jesper Christiansen (GK) Vedran Runje (GK) 28′ Brede Hangeland 80′ Adama Coulibali Michael Gravgaard  95′ […]

Read More

News briefs:May 24, 2006

10 January, 2021

|

The time is 17:30 (UTC) on May 24th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Major fire breaks out at Istanbul airport 1.2 East Timor descends into further violence: Downer 1.3 Former chaplain at Guantanamo tells about abuse and underage prisoners 1.4 The Australia Institute identifies ideal sites for nuclear […]

Read More

News briefs:May 10, 2010

10 January, 2021

|

Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To This Brief Problems? See our media guide. [edit] [edit] Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=News_briefs:May_10,_2010&oldid=4499142”

Read More

News briefs:April 16, 2010

10 January, 2021

|

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:April_16,_2010&oldid=1037948”

Read More

European airspace closed by volcanic ash

10 January, 2021

|

Thursday, April 15, 2010 Hundreds of thousands of air travelers had their travel plans disrupted in Europe by volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Tens of thousands of air travelers were stranded when all flights into and out of the United Kingdom were grounded, as it became one of the first nations to be affected. […]

Read More

SAHTECH, SEMI, and Semiconductor Industry to promote “SEMI Safety Guideline” in Taiwan

10 January, 2021

|

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 “Localization of ‘SEMI Safety Guideline’”, executed by Safety and Health Technology Center of Taiwan (SAHTECH) and supervised by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), was announced today in Hsinchu, Taiwan. This localization included several fields on health and safety of semiconductor manufacturing, certification testing on electrical devices, evaluations on fire or […]

Read More

Flash floods kill over a hundred in India, 500 missing

10 January, 2021

|

Sunday, August 8, 2010 Five hundred people are missing and as many as 150 are reported to have been killed by flash floods in India, caused by a sudden cloudburst that hit Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday. The downpour struck the town of Leh and several surrounding villages, and reportedly caused a mud slide that hit […]

Read More

Disposal of fracking wastewater poses potential environmental problems

10 January, 2021

|

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 A recent study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows that the oil and gas industry are creating earthquakes. New information from the Midwest region of the United States points out that these man-made earthquakes are happening more frequently than expected. While more frequent earthquakes are less of a problem […]

Read More