Thursday, October 9, 2008 At least twelve bodies have been recovered from the rubble of an apartment building in Alexandria, Egypt. Ten people were hospitalized after the four-storey structure, which was illegal, collapsed in at around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday. No survivors have been pulled out since an eleven year old girl was rescued this morning. Search and rescue operations hare […]
Militants bomb Gaziantep, Turkey police headquarters
Monday, May 2, 2016 A car bomb detonated at police headquarters in Gaziantep, Turkey yesterday morning killed two police officers and injured more than twenty other people. The governor’s office said nineteen of the injured were police officers. Police said they suspect an alleged Daesh (ISIL) militant of responsibility for the attack. Turkish media reported two police officers, Yusuf Evrin […]
IMF head remains in New York prison; charged over alleged hotel sex attack
Sunday, May 15, 2011 This sordid episode—no matter how it ultimately plays out—will spell the end of Strauss-Kahn as an effective leader of the IMF even if he retains his position, which is highly unlikely. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, remained in jail last night after being charged with sexually attacking a chambermaid at a New […]
David S. Touretzky discusses Scientology, Anonymous and Tom Cruise
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 David S. Touretzky, prominent free speech activist and critic of Scientology, discussed his opinions on the recent Internet backlash against the Church of Scientology in an interview with former Scientologist and Wikinews reporter Nicholas Turnbull. The recent conflict on the Internet between critics of Scientology and the Church has been spurred on in declarations by a […]
5-year old American girl dies after visiting the dentist
Friday, September 29, 2006 Diamond Brownridge, a 5-year old girl from Chicago, Illinois, has died after a visit to the dentist. Children’s Memorial Hospital officials say that the girl was rushed to the hospital when she never woke up after being sedated for a dental procedure. She had been in a coma, on life support, since being admitted to the […]
“Genius” award recipient and other luminaries campaigning for worldwide renunciation of war
Friday, January 13, 2006 In a recent ZNet Commentary, Howard Zinn wrote that a group of people, including Gino Strada, Paul Farmer, Kurt Vonnegut, Nadine Gordimer, and Eduardo Galeano, are promoting the creation of worldwide gatherings to renounce war. Their intention, according to Zinn, is to make worldwide renunciation of war so popular that halting existing wars and preventing the […]
2007 Alcon Taiwan Hiking focuses on reducing computing hours
Sunday, October 21, 2007 After “Taiwan Orbis & Standard Chartered Bank Charity Walking” last week at Guandu Nature Park, the main organizer Alcon Taiwan held a hiking activity with “Love Your Eyes Without Computing” topic at Taipei Municipal Fude Elementary School and Tiger Mountain Trail in Taipei City, Taiwan. This is the third year Alcon Taiwan held a similar activity […]
2008 SecuTech Expo starts in Taipei, Taiwan for grasping global security industry
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 The 11th-annual SecuTech Expo & Asian Security Week, organized by New Era International Inc., starts with topics from security devices, information security, and fire & safety on April 16 to 18. 750 companies form 20 nations participated in this fair and more then hundred security experts grasped for the safety & security industry in Global Digital […]
Computer Maintenance Is Necessary
See More About: Asset Finance byadmin Having your own business may have been your dream for a long time. Whether you’re just now making that dream a reality or have had your own business for a while now, there are undoubtedly times that you feel like you are in over your head. Some days you probably even feel like you […]
Sixteen killed in Pakistan after suicide bombings
Sunday, September 27, 2009 Two powerful suicide attacks struck different areas of northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, apparently targeting the country’s security forces. In the first attack, a bomber killed at least six people and wounded more than 60 others outside a police station in Bannu. Shortly thereafter, in Peshawar’s commercial district, another attacker blew himself up outside a bank affiliated […]