Accidental email brings product placement agency under fire

2 January, 2021

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Sunday, September 21, 2008 An email accidentally sent to Jeff Crouse of the Anti-Advertising Agency recently brought the controversial techniques of the advertising firm Kluger Agency under fire. “I’m writing because we feel you may be a good company to participate in a brand integration campaign within the actual lyrics of one of the worlds […]

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Wikinews interviews a Restore the Fourth organizer

2 January, 2021

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 A grassroots movement known as Restore the Fourth, dedicated to the protection of the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution, are to hold protests countrywide on July 4. The planned protests come in the wake of information about NSA surveillance leaked last month, notably the PRISM surveillance program and the collection […]

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French workers use threats in compensation demand

2 January, 2021

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Friday, July 17, 2009Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform cranes. The JLG factory announced in April 2009 that it will fire 53 of its 163 workers by the end of 2009, while the remaining 110 jobs will not be […]

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Two pilots dead in Richmond plane crash

2 January, 2021

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Saturday, July 11, 2009 A plane, carrying blood donations, crashed in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada on Thursday night. The plane, a twin engine PA-31 Piper Navajo departed from Victoria, when it nosedived into a parking lot during its final approach to Vancouver International Airport shortly after 10:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7). Witnesses report the plane flying […]

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US, UK investigators seek 777 engine redesign to stop repeat of London jet crash

2 January, 2021

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Saturday, March 14, 2009 Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board in the United States have issued an ‘urgent safety recommendation’ in connection to their role alongside the United Kingdom’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch in investigating loss of power in Rolls-Royce engines on Boeing 777s, with the AAIB following suit. One of them resulted in […]

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green candidate Russ Aegard, Thunder Bay-Atikokan

2 January, 2021

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Monday, September 24, 2007 Russ Aegard is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Thunder Bay-Atikokan riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews […]

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Apple introduces iPhone and Apple TV

2 January, 2021

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 Apple Inc. today has introduced the much-anticipated iPhone at the Macworld Conference in San Francisco. The iPhone is claimed to be “a revolutionary mobile phone” as stated on the Apple website. The device appears to be running a mobile version of the Apple operating system Mac OSX. It is approximately the […]

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Scottish lawyer denies death of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

2 January, 2021

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 A Scottish lawyer today denied reports that Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi had died, after it was reported on Sky News earlier today that “unidentified sources” had said that he was dead. The reports came onto Sky News at around 16.00 BST today. The information could not be confirmed, […]

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Category:Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

2 January, 2021

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This is the category for Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a Libyan convicted for the Lockerbie bombing. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 23 May 2012: Lockerbie convict Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi buried after dying at Libyan home 21 October 2009: Scottish lawyer denies death of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi 2 September 2009: UK denies pressuring […]

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