Thursday, September 1, 2005 Israel‘s defence minister has ruled that the man who shot dead four Israeli Arabs is not a terrorist, because he is Jewish. The decision means that the families do not receive the compensation as family members of people classed as victims of terrorism. The laws governing Continue Reading
Reports: Design flaw caused Minneapolis, Minnesota bridge to collapse
Thursday, August 9, 2007 Investigators say that flaws in the design of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota may have caused it to collapse and that the design flaw is not “unique” to the Minneapolis bridge. According to an ongoing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Continue Reading
Importance Of Crafts For Kids
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Victoria House Needle Craft Importance of crafts for kids by Richard Montana Children are naturally attracted to painting, drawing, cutting, pasting and building things. They get a sense of accomplishment once a piece of art or work of handicraft is completed. But this Continue Reading
Australian Senator arrives at Parliament dressed as a beer bottle
Thursday, March 13, 2008 Family First Senator Steve Fielding arrived at Parliament today, dressed as a beer bottle to raise awareness of a bill he intends to move in the Senate today. Senator Fielding will introduce a bill to establish a nationwide refund scheme for bottles and cans. A similar Continue Reading
Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/OH-WY
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for Continue Reading
Sarkozy in UK to mark historic de Gaulle war broadcast
Sunday, June 20, 2010 But has the last word been said? Must hope disappear? Is defeat final? No!—Charles de Gaulle broadcast Nicolas Sarkozy visited the UK today to celebrate the 70th anniversary since Charles de Gaulle made his war broadcast. The French president and the Prince of Wales laid wreaths Continue Reading
Top 5 Things To Ask About A School For Massage Therapy
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Smile Makeover New York By Mike McAuthor In the course of studying all of the different options when it comes to massage therapy schools, I have generated five useful questions to ask yourself when studying the huge amount of therapeutic massage schools you Continue Reading
American animator Jack Zander dies, aged 99
Thursday, December 20, 2007File:Puss Get the Boot.jpg Jack Zander, the animator whose career lasted from the “golden age” of theatrical animation into the 1980s, has died at the age of 99 on Monday, December 17. Born in May of 1908, he helped animate the Tom and Jerry cartoons with William Continue Reading
Four arrested after building spire in Moscow painted in Ukrainian colors
Friday, August 22, 2014 Russian authorities have detained four people on Wednesday on suspicion of vandalism, following an incident where the spire of the iconic Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building in Moscow was painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The suspects, reportedly consisting of two men and two women, allegedly Continue Reading
Wikinews Shorts: November 26, 2008
A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Contents 1 Leader of Lib Dems, British political party, concerned over lack of men in childcare 2 Pakistani hackers attack Indian website 3 Apple told to drop iPhone ad in UK 4 Deadly shootings in Mumbai leave 10 people dead Continue Reading