Sunday, April 1, 2007 A magnitude 8.1 undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami that has killed at least fifteen people, including six children, in the Solomon Islands. Tsunami warnings have been issued for parts of Australia as well. According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude 8.0 quake struck Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 20:39:56 (UTC)…
Caterpillar Misses Forecast
More On This Topic: Brisbane Earthmoving Australia Mining Truck Submitted by: Trader J Howell Caterpillar Misses Forecast: On Monday, world s largest maker of mining & construction equipment, Caterpillar Inc. reported its earnings. The company said that if the world economy does not gets changed from its existing backlashes & do not improve during the…
Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Sunday, April 13, 2008 This week saw the English-language version of Wikipedia, the collaboratively written online encyclopedia, reach 2,000 featured articles with the inclusion of the article El Señor Presidente. Featured articles…
North south divide in Taiwan
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BDSM as business: An interview with the owners of a dungeon
Sunday, October 21, 2007 Torture proliferates American headlines today: whether its use is defensible in certain contexts and the morality of the practice. Wikinews reporter David Shankbone was curious about torture in American popular culture. This is the first of a two part series examining the BDSM business. This interview focuses on the owners of…