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

November 20, 2018 0 Comments

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 from Liberals, Progressive...

NYSE to merge with Archipelago; NASDAQ to buy Instinet

November 20, 2018 0 Comments

Sunday, April 24, 2005 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced last Wednesday that it has agreed definitively to merge with Chicago-based Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx) and form a new publicly traded, for-profit company known as NYSE Group. This announcement was followed two days later by NASDAQ®, which independently announced a definitive agreement to purchase Instinet Group. Archipelago and...

Final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery delayed until at least Thursday

November 20, 2018 0 Comments

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Space Shuttle Discovery's final launch on the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station has been delayed at least an additional day. Launch is now targeted for 3:29 PM EDT on Thursday. The launch was originally scheduled for this past Monday, but was delayed two days because of helium and nitrogen leaks on board the shuttle. Technicians are now working to...

What Does An Attorney Do?

November 19, 2018 0 Comments

See More About: Soccer Net For Sale Soccer Nets For Sale byAlma Abell An attorney is a skilled professional who is licensed to practice law in a specific geographical area. There are many areas in law and in most cases a lawyer will tend to service clients with a specific need rather than attempt to offer legal assistance to everyone for everything. There are considerable differences within the...

UK house prices have fallen 10.5% this year, says Nationwide Building Society

November 19, 2018 0 Comments

Thursday, August 28, 2008 After dropping 1.9% in July, house prices in the United Kingdom are now falling at the fastest rate since 1990, according to Nationwide Building Society. The average price of a home has dropped by £20,000 down to £164,654, losing 10.5% of its value in 2008. Property values fell by 1.9% in the past month, and 1.5% in July. In another study, it was revealed that house...

Akayev willing to resign as president of Kyrgyzstan

November 19, 2018 0 Comments

Thursday, March 31, 2005 In an interview broadcast on Russian state-run Channel One television, deposed Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev, when asked whether he was prepared to resign as president, replied, "Of course, of course - if I am given the relevant guarantees and if it is in full accordance with the current legislation." He added that he had "the desire to help so that the newly elected...

Welsh air route in difficulties, call for funding cut

November 18, 2018 0 Comments

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Highland Airways, which runs flights between Anglesey in north Wales and Cardiff in south Wales, has said today that it is business as usual, despite suspending online booking yesterday. Meanwhile, Liberal Democrats have called on the Welsh Assembly Government to withdraw the £800,000 annual public subsidy for the route (about US$1.3 million) and use the money on...

Full-length open source movie ‘Boy Who Never Slept’ is released online

November 17, 2018 0 Comments

Monday, July 3, 2006 Amateur filmmaker Solomon Rothman has released a full-length open source movie called 'Boy Who Never Slept.' The movie is offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license; this allows people to use, edit, or share the movie in any way (except commercially) as long as they credit the creators. All of the raw unedited footage, including audio...

South Korea: Fire in hospital housing elderly people kills at least 37

November 16, 2018 0 Comments

Friday, January 26, 2018 Fire broke out on Friday morning and destroyed the bottom two floors of a six-story hospital in Miryang, South Korea, killing at least 37 people, most of them elderly. More than a hundred injuries were reported, with eighteen people in critical condition. This is the highest death toll from fire in South Korea in almost a decade. The fire is believed to have started at...

Australian PM faces inquiry into Iraqi kickbacks

November 16, 2018 0 Comments

Friday, April 14, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Cole Inquiry Australian Prime Minister, John Howard appeared before the Cole inquiry on Thursday, the first time an Australian Prime Minister has appeared before an inquiry with royal commission powers since 1983. Unlike his foreign minister Alexander Downer who gave evidence before the inquiry on Tuesday, Mr Howard...