Wednesday, February 6, 2008 The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed that his agency used the extreme interrogation technique known as waterboarding on […]
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Read MoreElizabeth II annuls Fred Goodwin knighthood
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II, the British monarch, has today withdrawn and annulled a knighthood given to Fred Goodwin in 2004, heeding the […]
Read MoreChina loans Ethiopia US$349 million for construction of expressway
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 China has loaned Ethiopia US$349 million worth of funds for the construction of the the country’s first modern expressway, making Ethiopia […]
Read MoreOil spewing from crack in seafloor of Gulf of Mexico was fifty feet from Deepwater Horizon well
Monday, July 19, 2010 After an investigation, Wikinews has learned that oil spewing from a rupture in the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico on […]
Read MoreOn the campaign trail in the USA, July 2016
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 The following is the third edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled […]
Read MoreGas explosion in Russian shopping center kills 24
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Read MoreU.S. TV networks look to past for future programming
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 Los Angeles, California — Four of six national television broadcast networks recently wooed potential advertisers for the 2005-2006 season with programming […]
Read MoreFrench fishermen blockade Channel ports
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 French fishing vessels have blockaded the English Channel ports of Calais, Bolougne, and Dunkirk. Not a boat will go in nor […]
Read More“Massive” oil spill in Alaska
Monday, March 13, 2006 BBC News is reporting “up to 267,000 gallons (one million litres)” of crude oil has leaked from a pipeline in the […]
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