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Eight dead and two missing after cargo ship fire in Kaliningrad, Russia

Sunday, June 8, 2008 Eight people are dead and two more are missing and presumed dead after an explosion and fire on a cargo ship undergoing repairs at a naval dockyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. The container ship MV Yenisey was the scene of an explosion while in drydock at about 3:00 p.m. Moscow time (11:00Read More

Eight dead and two missing after cargo ship fire in Kaliningrad, Russia

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Service held in Nova Scotia on tenth anniversary of Swissair crash that killed 229

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 A memorial service has been held in Nova Scotia, Canada to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Swissair Flight 111 disaster. None of the 229 people on board survived the aircraft’s impact with the sea on September 2, 1998. Hundreds of search and rescue personnel and local fishermen were mobilised afterRead More

Service held in Nova Scotia on tenth anniversary of Swissair crash that killed 229

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Windows Vista faces possible trademark challenges

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, announced the name of its forthcoming version of the Windows operating system from its headquarters in Redmond, Washington Friday. But in choosing the name “Vista,” Microsoft may find itself in a legal fight. Microsoft has made a name for itself in legal circles as aRead More

Windows Vista faces possible trademark challenges

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Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before ‘externals’

This article’s primary contributor, Patrick Gillett, is an alumnus of Sunshine Coast Grammar School. Monday, August 30, 2010 A deal between Sunshine Coast Grammar School headmaster Nigel Fairbairn and the Independent Education Union of Australia has ended a week of uncertainty for 22 of the Queensland, Australia school’s staff. Last week Wikinews obtained a listRead More

Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before ‘externals’

How To Choose The Most Qualified Oil And Gas Company For Your Project

Here’s An Opinion On: Luxury Home Builders Adelaide Hills Adelaide Passive House Builders byAlma Abell Prior to embarking on the search to find the best oil and gas construction companies, Edmonton project managers will want to do sufficient research. This may be time consuming in the beginning but ultimately, it will be well worth theRead More How To Choose The Most Qualified Oil And Gas Company For Your Project

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UK education secretary Michael Gove to drop GCSEs in favour of new O-level-style exams

Friday, June 22, 2012 According to documents leaked to the press, Conservative education secretary Michael Gove intends to drop GCSE exams as part of a sweeping reform of the school exam system in England and replace them with exams based on the traditional “O-level” system that GCSEs replaced in the 1980s. As leaked, Gove plansRead More

UK education secretary Michael Gove to drop GCSEs in favour of new O-level-style exams

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Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate

Saturday, April 17, 2010 Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discuss his campaign with Wikinews in an interview. Schriner previously ran for president in 2000, 2004, and 2008, but failed to gain much traction in the races. He announced his candidacy for the 2012Read More

Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate

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Rescue workers search wreckage of Brazilian air crash

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Gol Transportes AƩreos Flight 1907 crashed 1,750km (1,100 miles) north-west of Rio de Janeiro killing all people onboard, on Friday September 29. National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) has confirmed that the crashed Brazilian airplane did crash into a smaller aircraft. Rescue workers and air force personnel are searching the wreckage forRead More

Rescue workers search wreckage of Brazilian air crash