Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Coinciding with Easter Sunday, Glasgow Cannabis Social Club’s annual 420 event was held on Glasgow Green, under sunny blue skies, and overlooking the river Clyde. Despite the city’s council attempting to revoke permission for the gathering at the last minute, police were happy for it to go-ahead with approximately a dozenRead More
Thursday, January 29, 2009 Zimbabwe has decided to abandon its currency, the Zimbabwean dollar, in favour of other currencies. Acting Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced today that Zimbabweans will be allowed to make transactions in other currencies along with the local currency. “In line with the prevailing practices by the general public, [the] government isRead More
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Past Pandemics have claimed many lives. Disease Year Death toll Spanish Flu 1918/1919 50 million Asian Flu 1957 1 million Hong Kong Flu 1968 1 million The science journal Nature devoted a special section to the Asian H5N1 virus, or “Avian Flu“, highlighting the danger it poses to world populations, andRead More
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading toRead More
Here’s An Opinion On: Sunshine Coast Toyota Dealer Online Buy Toyota Maroochydore Buying A Used Car? Buy With A Kelly Blue Book by Phil De GruchyFirst, the prospective owners of Carolina used cars want to know that the car you consider buying a clean bill of health before driving off the lot. When it shouldRead More Buying A Used Car? Buy With A Kelly Blue Book
Friday, May 25, 2007 The Western Australian Government has announced that after September 1, 2007 all construction approvals for new homes must comply with new Environmental regulations. The new regulations known as Five Star Plus will be implemented in two stages. Michelle Roberts, minister for Housing and Works, announced that the first stage would increaseRead More
Thursday, May 18, 2006Prime Minister of Nepal, Giriraj Koirala proposed in Parliament a resolution which is aimed at drastically curtailing the monarch’s powers. According to the resolution, the King will be stripped of his status as the Supreme Commander of the Royal Nepal Army (which is to be renamed as the Nepal Army Cabinet). PortionsRead More
Monday, August 27, 2012 Wikinews spoke to several residents of the US state of Texas finding varying opinions, and responses, to the threat from the West Nile virus; this, in contrast to the troubling media reports released recently. The state as a whole has seen more than 400 confirmed instances of the illness so-far thisRead More
Here’s An Opinion On: Site Storage Box Equipment Storage Chest byadmin Packing up your valuables and belongs is never an easy thing. It is essential to be well-prepared and have all the correct packing supplies on hand. The best thing to do first take an inventory of what you will be moving and packing. FiguringRead More Utilizing Packing Boxes
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 The health department in Guizhou province, China has ordered three batches of milk products to be removed from sale after the discovery they contain melamine. In 2008 six children were killed by milk contaminated with the chemical and 300,000 fell ill. The department has suspended all sales from the three companiesRead More