November 26, 2022 Admin no comments Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home Sunday, May 28, 2006 Stardust is a NASA space capsule that collected samples from comet 81P/Wild (also known as “Wild 2) in deep space and landed back on Earth on January 15, 2006. It was decided that a collaborative online review process would be used to “discover” the microscopically small samples the capsule collected. The Read More
November 26, 2022 Admin no comments UK mounts rescue operation for Spanish trawler in distress in North Atlantic storm Wednesday, January 12, 2005 This afternoon the RAF launched an operation to rescue nineteen sailors from a Spanish trawler in difficulties in a North Atlantic storm. Radio contact with the FV Cibeles was lost yesterday evening at 2030 UTC when the crew reported to the ship’s owners that they were in trouble. Last night, UK Read More
November 25, 2022 Admin no comments France still a hot topic on college campuses Thursday, April 21, 2005 On Monday residents of an apartment building just outside of Paris discovered a World War II bomb lodged in their chimney. Officials were able to defuse the device, reports All Headline News. However, there are other remnants of the World Wars that have been much more difficult for the French to Read More
November 24, 2022 Admin no comments Pennsylvania state trooper found guilty of first-degree murder Friday, March 20, 2009 In the United States, a suspended Pennsylvania state trooper has been convicted of first-degree murder for killing his girlfriend’s estranged husband. Kevin Foley, 43, faces a mandatory life sentence without parole for slashing to death John Yelenic, a Blairsville dentist who was in the final stages of divorcing his wife, Michele. Read More
November 24, 2022 Admin no comments CEO of GM outlines plan for “New GM” after auto company declared bankruptcy Thursday, June 4, 2009 In a New York press conference at 16:15 UTC, June 1st, Fritz Henderson, the Chief Executive Officer of General Motors, which filed for bankruptcy and Chapter 11 protection from its creditors earlier today, outlined a plan for what he called a “New GM”. Speaking to the press under safe harbor provisions Read More
November 23, 2022 Admin no comments Technological University Dublin senior lecturer Dr Lorcan Sirr speaks to Wikinews on housing market in Ireland Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Wikinews correspondent J.J. Liu spoke with Technological University Dublin (TUD) senior lecturer at the School of Surveying & Construction Management, Dr Lorcan Sirr on Friday regarding the supply of housing in the Republic of Ireland and relevant parallels across the rest of Europe, as well as recent developments by the government Read More
November 22, 2022 Admin no comments Category:May 26, 2006 ? May 25, 2006 May 27, 2006 ? May 26 Pages in category “May 26, 2006” Media in category “May 26, 2006” Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Category:May_26,_2006&oldid=968499”
November 21, 2022 Admin no comments Brazilian Vote Buying parliamentary commission present first joint preliminary report Wikipedia has more about this subject: Brazilian vote-for-cash scandal Monday, September 5, 2005 Brazil —The Post Office and Vote Buying parliamentary commissions of investigation unanimously approved on Thursday (1) their first joint preliminary report of activities. The text was prepared by their redactors, Osmar Serraglio (PMDB) and Ibrahim Abi-Ackel (PP), from Post Office and Vote Read More
November 18, 2022 Admin no comments Adam Aircraft receive $105 million in funding for A500 and A700 Thursday, June 21, 2007 US aircraft manufacturer Adam Aircraft have received US$105 million in funding for two aircraft that they currently produce, namely the Adam A500 and the Adam A700 AdamJet. Both are carbon-bodied six-seat civil utility aircraft. The A500 is piston-engined and has a Push-pull configuration and the A700 is of a new variety Read More
November 17, 2022 Admin no comments US Senate unanimously passes genetic nondiscrimination bill Thursday, April 24, 2008 In a unanimous 95-0 vote Thursday, the United States Senate passed a bill that would forbid employers and health insurance companies from discriminating against someone based on information learned through genetic testing. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, described by Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy as “the first major new civil rights bill Read More
