Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Alaskan U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, who turned 85 yesterday, narrowly lost his re-election bid to Mark Begich, the Democratic Mayor of […]
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Friday, June 30, 2006 STRASBOURG, France — T-Mobile suspended the Tour de France contestants Jan Ullrich and Oscar Sevilla, and they will not participate in […]
Read MoreStarOffice 8 launched
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Sun Microsystems has released StarOffice 8 today. StarOffice 8 is a commercial office suite that includes word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and […]
Read MoreGaza Strip aid ship departs Greece, diverts to Egypt
Sunday, July 11, 2010 The Amalthea, renamed the Hope for its mission as an aid ship carrying goods bound for the Gaza Strip, departed the […]
Read MoreSmart-1 probe ends mission with planned crash into the Moon
Tuesday, September 5, 2006 Observatories around the world watched the skies early on Sunday morning as a European space probe, the SMART-1 crash landed on […]
Read MoreCar bomb in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico kills several, many injured
Saturday, July 17, 2010 A car bomb that exploded at about 20:00 MDT Thursday (01:00 Friday UTC) in a violent area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico […]
Read MoreSaudi Arabia plans to open embassy in Finland
Saturday, October 20, 2007 It has been announced that Saudi Arabia is planning to open an official embassy in Finland, to signify continuing improvement in […]
Read MoreMore worries of further contamination of food from China
Friday, September 26, 2008 The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that more food imported from China may be contaminated with melamine, a chemical used […]
Read MoreBilly West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wednesday, February […]
Read MoreNYC Transit asks members to ratify new contracts
Wednesday, December 28, 2005 A tentative contract agreement has been struck, five days after New York City was ground to a halt in a transit […]
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