Category:April 27, 2010

29 December, 2020

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? April 26, 2010 April 28, 2010 ? April 27 Pages in category “April 27, 2010” Media in category “April 27, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:April_27,_2010&oldid=3106854”

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Mary Barra appointed as General Motors chief

29 December, 2020

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013 The United States’s largest car manufacturer General Motors today named Mary Barra as its new chief executive. Barra, 51, will be the first woman to lead a firm in the American auto industry. She has been with General Motors for 33 years, and is currently the global head of product development. […]

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News briefs:January 4, 2007 2

29 December, 2020

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The time is 22:00 (UTC) on January 4, 2007, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Australian Police net $540 million in “liquid ecstacy” 1.2 Record number of bicycles sold in Australia in 2006 1.3 Saddam’s co-defendants to be executed Thursday 1.4 Britain makes final World War II debt payments 2 […]

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Eurozone offers Greece 30 billion euro in loans

29 December, 2020

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Sunday, April 11, 2010 Member states of the eurozone have offered to give Greece thirty billion euro in emergency loans for the debt-stricken country, should the latter want it. The loans’ price will be determined using formulas by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and will be set at around five percent. The Luxembourgish prime minister, […]

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Canadian government tax processing computers back online

29 December, 2020

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Thursday, March 15, 2007 The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced today that computer systems involved with the processing of tax returns for individuals are back online. Tax processing had been halted on March 6, 2007, due to a computer glitch. The source of the problem had been traced back to software maintenance performed on March […]

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Interview with Usenet search sites targeted by the MPAA

29 December, 2020

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 Last week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced it had launched seven lawsuits against operators of websites it claims had been “facilitating the distribution of copyright works”. In its announcement, the MPAA said it had commenced legal action against the following BitTorrent tracking sites: isohunt.com, bthub.com, and torrentbox.com, which […]

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Iconic London mural could be restored

29 December, 2020

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Monday, September 20, 2010 One of London’s most well known murals could be restored after years of neglect if plans by a group of community activists gain public support. The Fitzrovia Mural at Whitfield Gardens on London’s Tottenham Court Road was created by two mural artists and commissioned by Camden Council in 1980, but the […]

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Category:June 10, 2010

29 December, 2020

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? June 9, 2010 June 11, 2010 ? June 10 Pages in category “June 10, 2010” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:June_10,_2010&oldid=1333711”

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Missing dog’s severed head found by 17-year old girl

29 December, 2020

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Thursday, March 15, 2007 A $2,500 reward has been issued by the Humane Society of the United States for information on an “implied terroristic threat”, according to Sergeant Jim Gray of the St. Paul Police Department. According to Crystal Brown, 17 year old owner of the dog, a gift-wrapped box with a note saying “Congratulations […]

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Man banned from keeping animals after forcing cat to inhale cannabis

29 December, 2020

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Friday, September 11, 2009 A 19 year old from South Tyneside, England has been banned from looking after animals after stealing a cat and forcing it to inhale cannabis. Mark Kane, from South Shields, England, was banned from looking after animals for 10 years after causing “unnecessary suffering” to a tabby cat in January 2009. […]

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