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Countries around the world send aid, help to Haiti

February 3, 2023 By Admin

Thursday, January 14, 2010 Countries and organizations from around the world are sending aid and help to victims of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, damaging many buildings. The death toll is currently unknown, but estimated to run into the tens of thousands of people. Remarks by President Barack Obama on […]

Australian PM doesn’t support Queensland party amalgamation

February 1, 2023 By Admin

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 The highest ranking member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Prime Minister John Howard has said he would not support a joining together of the Queensland Liberal and National parties. The Prime Minister said, pointedly: “There is one thing that I will fight for to my last political breath, is to […]

Dairy cattle with names produce more milk, according to new study

February 1, 2023 By Admin

Thursday, January 29, 2009 Giving a cow a name and treating her as an individual with “more personal touch” can increase milk production, so says a scientific research published in the online “Anthrozoos,” which is described as a “multidisciplinary journal of the interactions of people and animals”. The Newcastle University‘s School of Agriculture, Food and […]

Democratic holdout agrees to support health care reform in US

January 28, 2023 By Admin

Sunday, December 20, 2009 A conservative Democratic United States senator has agreed to supply the key 60th vote needed for passage of a sweeping health care reform package. Senate Democrats have reached a breakthrough in their struggle to pass sweeping heath care reform legislation, lining up the 60 votes needed to overcome fierce Republican opposition. […]

Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal

January 27, 2023 By Admin

Monday, January 26, 2009 On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others. In the local court’s decision, 17 accused were indicted for the crimes of “producing, adding melamine-laced […]

“A commonsense proposal”: Wikinews interviews Michelle Tilley, Campaign Director for Yes on 820

January 26, 2023 By Admin

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US toy retail giant Toys R Us files for bankruptcy in US, Canada

January 25, 2023 By Admin

Thursday, September 21, 2017 On Monday night, New Jersey, US-based toy retail giant Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy in the US as well as in Canada. The retailer filed it from Richmond, Virginia for Chapter 11 bankruptcy code in the US, and a judge allowed a loan of over US$2 billion. According to the […]

Category:July 14, 2010

January 25, 2023 By Admin

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Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean

January 23, 2023 By Admin

Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal […]